GSA and the Graduate School's Mentoring Statement

Compiled by the Graduate School Mentoring Committee: Tarek Fadel, Stephen Gosden , Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Peter Parker, Florian Ploeckl, Julia Prest, Mark Schlesinger, Brian Scholl, Bobbi Sutherland, Laura Thomas. June, 2008 Mentoring is difficult to define, although everyone has some sense...

Mentoring & being mentored in math sciences. Lunch. AKW, Thur, Feb 5, 11 am

Yale CS's Drew McDermott, Holly Rushmeier, and Dan Spielman will talk about best practices and pitfalls in mentoring mathematical sciences. A fine lunch will be served....

Mentoring in psychology. Kirtland Lounge, Wed, Feb 4, 4 pm

Susan Nolen-Hoeksema, Teresa Treat, and other Yale Psychology professors will discuss pitfalls and best practices in graduate mentoring in the field of psychology. Hors d'oeuvres, wine, and beer will follow....

Mentoring Week in 'Cross Campus'

Yale Daily News, Cross Campus: 03.03.09 "Free coffee and cookies were offered on Cross Campus yesterday. There was no survey to fill out, no flyers, no questions — only a Yale Mentoring Week poster on a table. Giving without asking...

YDN Mentoring Week Article

Graduate Students Discuss Mentors Divya Subrahmanyam Staff Reporter Published Monday, February 2, 2009 This week, students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences will participate in forums to talk about the quality of faculty-student mentoring at Yale, as the...

Helen Tartar, ed, Fordham Univ Press: Mentoring and nurturing. Bingham, Old Campus, Tues, Feb 3, 4 pm

Helen Tartar, editor of the Fordham University Press, will visit Yale to talk about mentoring. The talk is hosted by Comparative Literature, and will be hosted in the Comp Lit Library, 8th floor, Bingham Hall, Old Campus. Hors d'ouevres, wine,...

The 2-4 Project: Ph.D. Programs Self-Evaluate Transition from Coursework to Research

Most Ph.D. programs at Yale are structured such that students transition from a coursework focus to independent research in years 2-4. This is typically a difficult transition to make, and the Deans of the Graduate School have long suspected that...

Happy hour. Free drinks! GPSCY, Tues, Feb 3, 8-10 pm.

As part of Mentoring Week 2009, GSA is hosting a happy hour at GPSCY, encouraging newer students to talk with more advanced students, to gain candid advice on negotiating the perils and joys of finding and working with a faculty...

Announcing Mentoring Week 2009

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Mentoring Panel in French, Spanish, and Italian Departments

On the evening of October 31 the French, Spanish, and Italian Departments had a joint panel session on mentoring.  The panel included five members from the various departments and both junior and senior faculty members.  The discussion included professors' various...

Psychology Department Mentor Panel

On October 30, the Psychology department hosted a panel discussion on mentoring. Professors Laurie Santos, Paul Bloom, and Jack Dovidio had dinner and a candid conversation with graduate students on issues pertinent to mentoring and research. The professors shared their...

Mentoring Week Panel - BBS and Chemistry on Science Hill

As part of the Yale University Mentoring Week initiative, co-sponsored by the GSA and the Graduate School during the week of October 29th, several departments on-campus hosted panel sessions intended to discuss mentoring here in the graduate school and to...