11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Attending the BIG10 Academia Career Fair? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join gradCAREERS to learn how to put your best foot forward - before, during and after any virtual fair!
Attending a virtual career fair will give you an edge in landing that next job or internship. Academic and research institutions, organizations and companies who will attend this fair and all future ones want to hire UO graduate students and postdoctoral scholars —and they’ll host virtual sessions to find the students they want to interview. If you are a graduate student or postdoc scholar, register now for this free zoom session!
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Are you looking for ways to really stand out as a candidate?
Come learn about the basics of resume and cover letter writing and have the opportunity to ask questions on formatting, structure, your own resume tailoring, and much more! Questions welcomed and encouraged!
This workshop is hosted by the University Career Center's Career Readiness Coaching team! To learn more about career coaching, drop-in peer advising, and other career readiness workshops and events visit career.uoregon.edu/coaching or stop by the UCC in Tykeson Hall-Garden Level
This event is part of the 2024 Fall Career Readiness Week. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events
2:00 p.m.
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Physical Chemistry Seminar Series
Professor Julia Widom, University of Oregon
Title: Spectroscopic Studies of Nucleic Acid Structure, Dynamics and Photophysics
RNA performs a diverse set of biological functions, many of which require it to fold into specific structures. Many techniques have been developed to study RNA folding, a number of which are based on fluorescence detection.
I will present work in which we used fluorescent analogues of the natural RNA bases to selectively probe the structures of different conformational subpopulations of RNA.
We investigated the photophysical properties of base analogues in different structural contexts using a combination of time-resolved fluorescence measurements and fluorescence-detected circular dichroism spectroscopy, which circumvents the ensemble averaging that typically limits the power of bulk spectroscopic methods such as CD.
Ensemble averaging can also be avoided by performing measurements on single molecules. I will present work in which we utilized single-molecule microscopy to investigate the ensemble of structures adopted by RNA “switches”. These studies reveal how the 3D structure of RNA is impacted by intrinsic factors such as base sequence and extrinsic factors such as the binding of small molecules.
7:00 p.m.
"Malaria Eradication in Africa, 1920-2020: A History of Failures, but What About the Present?"
Associate Professor Melissa Graboyes
The UO Department of History and the Lane County Historical Society present a series of talks with scholars about history, from the local to the global. Join us for stories, food, and conversation in a casual setting! Free and open to everyone. For more information, please visit history.uoregon.edu.
10:00–11:00 a.m.
Please join us Tuesday mornings for a free cup of coffee, pastries, and conversation with your history department community! We’re excited to continue this tradition for our history undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff. We hope to see you there!
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Meets Week 3 in person and Week 7 online each term
First meeting in person
Tuesday, October 15 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon Graduate Student Lounge, Susan Campbell Hall, Room 111 RSVPThis event is co-sponsored by the Accessible Education Center and the Division of Graduate Studies.
noon
A Morse Bookmarks event featuring Neil O'Brian, assistant professor of political science at UO.
In the late twentieth century, gay rights, immigration, gun control, and abortion debates all burst onto the political scene, scrambling the parties and polarizing the electorate. Neil A. O’Brian traces the origins of today’s political divide on these issues to the 1960s when Democrats and Republicans split over civil rights. It was this partisan polarization over race, he argues, that subsequently shaped partisan fault lines on other culture war issues that persist to this day.
Neil O’Brian is an academic expert in U.S. politics with focus on public opinion, political parties and polarization. In May 2024, he was named a 2024 Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Attending the Graduate Student & Postdoc Recruitment Event (GSPIRE)? Are you not too familiar with a virtual career fair and how it works on Handshake, specifically? Join gradCAREERS to learn how to put your best foot forward - before, during and after this, and any, virtual fair!
Attending a virtual career fair will give you an edge in landing that next job or internship. Academic and research institutions, organizations and companies who will attend this fair and all future ones want to hire UO graduate students and postdoctoral scholars —and they’ll host virtual sessions to find the students they want to interview. If you are a graduate student or postdoc scholar, register now for this free zoom session!
8:00–11:00 a.m.
Calling all graduate students and postdoctoral scholars! If you are considering a faculty, researcher, lecturer, postdoc, or other academic-adjacent position, then consider attending the 2024 BIG10+ Academia Career Fair, offered in a virtual, highly interactive, and completely free, format! Details and sign up on Handshake at https://uoregon.joinhandshake.com/stu/career_fairs/48820
Meet with academies and research organizations.Interact with recruiters through video, audio, or chat. Discover new tenure, non-tenure track (lecturers, researchers,...etc.), postdoctoral trainee, & fellowship career opportunities. All levels of graduate students and postdocs (1st years to those finishing) are welcome to explore career opportunities in academia and research. Never wait in line, ever. Pre-schedule individual (10 minutes - recommended for those looking for jobs now or completing their program in 2025) and/or group sessions (30 minutes) with organizations ahead of the fair or on the day-of the career fair. Both types of sessions are limited, so don't miss out! Once registered, you can add sessions with recruiters for specific organizations attending the career fair.DEADLINE for C.V. submissions is Tuesday, October 8th at 9:00 PM Pacific Time. This is a HARD deadline, so submit early just in case you have technical difficulties. It is recommended that you add your C.V. on Handshake, as this platform is a great place to search and apply for positions at your level.
11:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
Did you know you can have someone review your resume before the Fall Career & Internship Expo on 10/24? Drop-in with a career readiness coach or peer coach in Tykeson Hall Commons to get feedback on your resume! Free cookies & hot chocolate too :)
Don’t have a resume? Come learn how to make one!
Want to apply for the Peace Corps? We'll also have returned Peace Corps volunteers available to review resumes and give advice about the application process with any interested students! Ask for Carolyn Williams!
This University Career Center event is part of the 2024 Fall Career Readiness Week sponsored by Enterprise Mobility and Sherwin Williams. To learn more about all of the week's events visit http://career.uoregon.edu/events