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What's new in WISP: April 7-13, 2025
April 7-13, 2025
Spring Term - Week 2
We hope you had a good weekend settling back into life on campus!
There has been so much fun space news this past week! An international team of researchers published a paper in Nature on “starquakes” — high-energy outbursts that occur on extremely dense and magnetic neutron stars. Mapping the audio frequency of these events can tell us a lot about the star’s age and origin. At the edge of Mars’ Jezero Crater, the Perseverance rover captured video of one dust devil consuming another. And, in Copenhagen, researchers tested a batch of miso fermented on the International Space Station—reportedly the first known food fermented in space—against counterparts made on Earth. While the team could not isolate all of the variables that helped to create the ISS miso, taste testers from the culinary world shared that it has a “nuttier” quality than its terrestrial cousins.
WISP Internships
By now you’ve received an email inviting you to register for the Karen E. Wetterhahn Science Symposium on Tuesday, May 27. Please go ahead and enter your registration soon, even if you don’t have the final title for your poster (we confirm that with registrants before the event programs go to print!).
And please remember that your timesheets are due this week: April 12 at 11:59PM!
Pathways to Progess: Native and Indigenous Voices in STEM
Hosted by the Office of the Provost, this event will feature a panel of distinguished Native American and Indigenous STEM alumni who have pursued careers as chemists, ecologists, and engineers.. Discover how their Indigenous perspectives inform their work and drive innovative solutions to contemporary issues in local communities and beyond.
Fellowship Opportunities
April 10, 5:00-6:30PM, Filene Auditorium
The Office of Fellowships is hosting a series of info sessions this term and would like to invite you all to attend! The focus of these info sessions is on postgraduate awards that can help provide funding for a variety of opportunities all around the world! If you’ve wanted to travel, but have never gotten the chance, these fellowships might be the perfect opportunity for you!
Below is the list of info sessions and the individual registration links. To read more about each session, please check out their upcoming events page!
UK and Fulbright Award Overview – In Person
April 8th , 2025, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in Filene Auditorium – Moore
UK and Fulbright Award Overview – Zoom
April 16th , 2025, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm on Zoom
Knight-Hennessy Info Session (with Rachel Rosten) – In Person
April 17th , 2025, from 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Fulbright Research Info Session – Zoom
April 21st , 2025, from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on Zoom
Fulbright ETA Panel (with Alumni) – Zoom
April 23rd , 2025, from 9:00am to 10:00am
Schwarzman Info Session (with Jason Rathman) – In Person
April 28th , 2025, from 5:30pm to 7:00pm in Haldeman 125
Grad School Outside the US (with Alumni) – Zoom
May 1st , 2025, from 1:00pm to 2:00pm on Zoom
Fellowships for All: Navigating Opportunities for US and International Students – Zoom
May 8th , 2025, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm
WISP Journal Club - Update
Please take note: the April 8 journal club meeting has been canceled. The third and final meeting will be held on April 22, 5:30-7PM, in LSC 205. The materials for this session will be sent out in advance, and refreshments will be available.
We’re so grateful to our friends in GWISE for running these sessions! This is a great way to meet graduate women in the sciences and learn how they approach academic literature. if you would like to attend the April 22 meeting, please make sure to sign up at this link.
Save the Date!
Faculty Panel Talk
April 30, 4:00PM, Dartmouth Hall 105
WISP friends, mark this one on your calendars! Assistant Professor of Engineering Rebecca Gallivan and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Data Science Indrani Bhattacharya will speak about their experiences in pursuing the sciences, grad school, and academic career paths, including a Q&A session.
If you are at all considering an academic or professional career in STEM, this is a talk you’ll want to attend. Registration will go out in the spring term, so keep your eyes peeled!
Save the Date!
Pre-Symposium Mixer
May 14, 5:30-7:30PM, ECSC South Atrium
We know public speaking can be stressful. Why not practice what you’re going to say at the poster session with us? Hosted by Undergraduate Research, this mixer will allow you to meet other presenters, see some examples of good and less-than-ideal posters (courtesy of our graduate friends), and—if you want—practice your poster “pitch.” No visual aids necessary, so your poster doesn’t need to be complete! Get practice and peer feedback in a comfortable setting.
And we’ll have mocktails and snacks!
