The Initiative to Maximize Students Development goal is to increase the number of underrepresented
The Northeast Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (NEAGEP) is one of 26 NSF-funded Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) programs in the US. The goal of the NEAGEP is to increase the number of domestic students receiving doctoral degrees and entering the professoriate in the sciences, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). We are particularly int
09/14/2016
Learn when to say "no" Don't be afraid to decline involvement with things that are a distraction from your goals. "Time only becomes available when you limit what you do," executive coach John Baldoni says in this blog post and video.
09/14/2016
Are you part of a dual-career couple? HERC has helpful resources and information to help you both with your job search. You can also search for jobs within a commutable distance of one another by using HERC's dual-career search technology and finding jobs that meet your partner's profile. Start searching today!
09/14/2016
Ideas for Ph.D.s on planning a career Ph.D. students should seek out mentors and begin thinking about their career options early, some experts suggest. Having conversations with professionals who are more advanced in their careers can help students determine the field they want to pursue, they advise.
09/01/2016
SURPRISE! Happy Birthday, Tammy Sobers! You are great! Celebrating with New Graduate Students, PREP students, and their Neer-Peer Mentors at lunch in Goodell. Tammy and Radha are doing a presentation on the importance of networking to the new graduate students this afternoon.
09/01/2016
IMSD/SDI 2016 New Fellows Orientation Week. Welcome to UMASS! Great Group!
-Graduate Students Panel
-Tammy and Radha on Networking
08/18/2016
Postdoctoral Fellow Awarded $138,000 NSF Grant for Cell Biophysics Research
Joelle Labastide, a postdoctoral fellow in physics, has been awarded $138,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) fellowship to examine the dynamics of “cargo transport,” the act of carrying organelles, proteins and other material around inside the cell.
She seeks to uncover how kinesin-1 motor proteins can get around and through the crowded and complex architecture of the cell interior. She will perform the work in the lab of physics professor Jennifer Ross.
Labastide proposes to use her training in the physical chemistry of solid state and polymeric materials and novel super-resolution microscopy in the research.
As part of the two-year grant, Labastide will build a novel polarization microscope to track the 3D location and orientation of solid-state artificial “cargos” being transported in a manmade cytoskeletal network.
Labastide holds a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering and a doctorate in chemistry, both from UMass Amherst.
She is a founding member of the Graduate Women in STEM (GWIS) group, and is the editor of its magazine.
Dr. Labastide Is a NEAGEP alumna.
Joelle Labastide
08/17/2016
Nilanjana Dasgupta Nilanjana Dasgupta, Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences and Director of Faculty Equity and Inclusion for the College of Natural Science...
08/03/2016
Juan Jiménez Wins BMES Innovation and Career Development Award | College of Engineering | UMass Amherst Juan Jiménez Assistant Professor Juan Jiménez of the Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department has received an Innovation and Career Development Award from the Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES), awarded to early career professionals to promote career development in the field of biomedical...
07/27/2016
Assoc. for Women in Science - Summer 2016 AWIS Magazine covers topics important to women in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medicine fields. Topics include career advancement, work-life balance, the state of science and technology, women’s wellness, and AWIS’ political and