October 20, 2025

✨ Your Future, Your Career, Your Next Step ✨

Join LGS Professional Development and Career Planning for a networking workshop on Building Your Professional Community, designed to equip you with practical tools and strategies to build meaningful professional relationships. Students will gain insight, ask questions, and practice real-world networking skills in a supportive environment.

This will be a participatory, in-person workshop and will not be recorded.

✅ Find out how to build your network

✅ Learn who to connect with and how to connect with them

✅ Learn what an informational interview is and how to do one

✅ Find out how to network if the idea of networking makes you nervous or uncomfortable

Time: 3-4:30 p.m.

Date: Tuesday, October 21
Location: In-person location details will be sent to registrants

👉Register here

Laney Graduate School and nursing PhD student receives NIH fellowship to study chemo-induced neuropathy in breast cancer survivors

Laney Graduate School and Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing PhD student La-Urshalar Brock, FNP-BC, CNM, has been awarded the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

This highly competitive award supports promising predoctoral students conducting mentored research that contributes to the nation’s health-related research needs.

Brock’s research, titled “The Nerve of Chemo: Unpacking Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Breast Cancer Survivors,” addresses a critical gap in survivorship care. As breast cancer treatments improve and survival rates increase, long-term side effects such as chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN) have emerged as significant challenges to quality of life. CIPN can cause numbness, pain, and balance issues, often leading to psychological and social difficulties.

Read La-Urshalar's full story

Homecoming and Family Weekend

Homecoming and Family Weekend, October 23-26, is a fun opportunity to experience the heart and soul of Emory while reconnecting with old friends and making new ones. There will be social, intellectual, athletic, religious, and affinity-based activities around campus.

Reunion activities and school- and department-specific events will occur throughout the week. Learn more here.

Come out and enjoy free food, drinks, and Emory swag—while supplies last!

Food & Music Festival - Will feature live music on multiple stages
Time: 12-4:30 p.m.
Date: Saturday, October 25
Students register here.

Come by the Laney Affinity Tent

Chat with Dean Arriola, meet other Laney alumni, students, and staff and pick up some Laney swag.
Time: 12-3 p.m.
Date: Saturday, October 25
Faculty and staff register here.

Emory Oaks - Providing Support for Autistic Emory Students

Emory Oaks is a thriving and growing college autism support program at Emory University, currently dedicated to helping nearly 30 autistic undergraduate and graduate students flourish in their academic journeys.

The program provides a nurturing community that helps students overcome challenges such as isolation and anxiety, paving the way for their academic success and future careers.

For more information, visit here
Questions? Contact (404) 727-8350 or email oaks@emory.edu

Ask RCRA

The Office of Research Compliance and Regulatory Affairs (RCRA) invites you to its monthly "Ask RCRA" community forum! Join them for important research compliance information, including regulatory updates and institutional changes in policies and procedures regarding ClinCard Updates and Compliance, Insight Implementation & Annual Certification Cycle, Controlled Drug External Assessment Findings, and Federal Research Compliance Updates.

Time: 12-1 p.m.
Date: Tuesday, October 21

👉Register to receive the webinar link

Questions? Submit them to: researchcompliance@emory.edu or

aaliyah.saran.van.de.cruize@emory.edu

Apply Now! Burt H. Masters Scholars Endowment Award

The Burt H. Masters Scholars Endowment Award will be awarded to support graduate students who have had substantial full-time work experience outside of academia prior to their graduate studies and who desire to further their education and start a new career. This application is open to both masters and PhD students within LGS who have a 3.0 or above GPA.

Application deadline: Sunday, October 26
Award amount: Selected awardees will receive $15,000
What to submit: Please submit the following in order as a single PDF file to: LGS.profdev@emory.edu: (1) CV, which must demonstrate substantial full-time work experience and (2) Statement describing the substantial work experience and a description/explanation of how they wish to further their education and start a new career. 2-pages max for the statement.

6 Weeks in Munich, Germany as a Program Assistant

Emory’s Undergraduate Program in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology is seeking qualified graduate student applicants to serve as a program assistant (PA) for NBB in Germany in Summer 2026.

The PA will accompany a group of 16-20 Emory undergraduate students and two NBB faculty members for a 6-week summer study abroad program to Munich, Germany.

Language skills in German are preferred but not required. No experience teaching or expertise in neuroscience is required.

Tentative dates: May 17-June 27, 2026

Compensation: $3,000 and a per diem for food $2,200

Transportation and housing: Airfare to and from Munich, local housing, and a local metro pass are included and will be coordinated via Emory or our international education partner

Read the full job description and apply

The Georgia CTSA is seeking applications for the TL1 (T32-like) Program for Clinical & Translational Research Training. This NIH-funded initiative supports predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees interested in careers in clinical and translational research and science. Please see the attached RFA for more information about the program.

TL1 Application Workshop:

Time: 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Date: Thursday, October 30

Application deadline: 5 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026

👉Register here

View application details

14-Day Writing Challenge

Writing is one of the most critical aspects of academic success—but it’s often the first thing to slip when competing demands take over.

The 14-Day Writing Challenge is your chance to reset, refocus, and jumpstart your writing momentum this winter. In just two weeks, you’ll develop consistent writing habits, stay accountable, and make meaningful progress on your work.

This is a low-pressure, high-accountability experience designed to help you overcome resistance and finally make writing a priority.

Here’s what you can expect:

✅ Daily Writing Commitment – write for at least 30 minutes a day.
✅ Goal-Setting & Tracking – log your progress and celebrate milestones.
✅ Supportive Online Community – connect with peers who share your writing goals.
✅ Productivity Tips – learn strategies to beat procrastination and perfectionism.
✅ Results That Last – build habits you can carry beyond the challenge.

Register here by Friday, October 24, 2025
Session dates: November 3 – November 16, 2025

Fall 2025 Dissertation Writing Bootcamp

This bootcamp is a full-day, focused writing session for graduate students to make real progress on their dissertations. Sessions include breaks, writing alongside peers, and one-on-one support from librarians and tutors.

Lunch and refreshments will be provided.

Time: 10 am – 4:30 pm

Date: Saturday, November 8

Location: Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room, Level 2

👉Register here

Clear Speech for Effective Communication

Unlock the power of clear and confident communication. This two-part multi-level workshop will focus on critical elements of American English pronunciation and offer strategies to elevate your overall intelligibility.

Time: 4-5:30 p.m.
Date: Thursday, Oct 23 and 30

Interested in participating? Sign up here

Questions? Contact Grace Song

Tips and Strategies for Serving as a Teaching Assistant in the U.S. Context

Graduate students who are new to the US higher education classroom environment may have unique questions or concerns about what to expect in their role as a Teaching Assistant (TA). The goal of this session is for participants to develop a firm understanding of the skills needed to ensure greater success with serving as a TA in the US classroom.

Participants will learn what to expect in the US classroom culture as well as strategies for communicating as a TA with Emory students, specifically useful phrases for asking and answering questions, asking for clarification, and giving feedback. There will be opportunities to interact with experienced TAs who can share their perspectives and advice about their experience with this topic. This session is designed specifically for TAs who are new to the US educational context.

Speakers/Presenters:
Grace Song, ELSP Faculty
Katy Leonard, Assistant Dean, Professional Development and Career Planning
Advanced Graduate Student Teaching Assistants

Time: 4 – 5:30 p.m.
Date: Monday, November 3
Location: Cox Hall Computing Center, Classroom B
👉Register here

Questions? Contact Grace Song

Paid Opportunity - Handshake MOVE AI Fellowship

AI needs safe, reliable, high-quality data, and only experts like you can provide it. In this Model Validation Expert (MOVE) Fellowship, the fellow will gain skills they can’t get anywhere else while learning firsthand how AI can enhance (not replace) what you do.

Interested? Apply here

The Hatchery Innovation Consulting Fellow

The Hatchery is seeking an innovation consulting fellow to help support student entrepreneurs and innovators from all Emory schools.

With training and oversight from The Hatchery, the fellow will provide student innovators with programming and peer-to-peer coaching on innovation/entrepreneurship (I/E) best practices to ensure all student innovators are able to discern and execute their best next step. The role will consist of 85-90% self-guided work and 15-10% mentoring and coaching.

Duration: Now until May 10, 2026

Time: Approximately 2 hours per day, at least 10 hours/week will during 9a-5p normal business hours

Compensation: Starting at $15/hour

Read full job description

Academic Success Resources

Are you looking for some help related to procrastination, imposter syndrome, test anxiety, perfectionism, or attention and concentration challenges? Check out the resources available on CAPS website.

In addition, the LGS Student Affairs Team is here to support every phase of your educational journey, so reach out any time! They can connect you to resources, answer questions you might have, or discuss concerns.

Explore these topics and other student affairs-related topics by contacting an LGS Student Affairs team member:

Jennifer M. Cason, EdD, assistant dean of student affairs and deputy Title IX coordinator

Emily Neutens, associate director of student affairs

Shannon Marsh, student affairs program coordinator