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Recruitment

Administrators and students at the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students

Representatives from SEAS and other Harvard Schools attend a number of conferences and recruitment events each year. Please review the below schedule and we hope to meet you at one of the events.

SEAS Recruitment Webinars and Networking

SEAS Office of DIB virtual events are designed to provide networking and professional development opportunities. Attendees will engage with faculty, graduate students, and researchers. Sessions will cover topics related to research projects, applying to graduate school, and thriving in graduate school. 

Who should register? Individuals interested in pursuing a graduate degree in STEM. These programs are designed for those that hold membership in one or more underrepresented and/or historically minoritized groups in STEM.

All virtual events will take place via Zoom.

Virtual Events

Date Title Register
October 6, 2022 @ 5:30 pm EST Applied Mathematics/Computer Science/Electrical Engineering Prospective PhD Student Networking Event Register here 
TBD How to Write a Statement of Purpose (Co-hosted with Princeton School of Engineering and Applied Sciences) Pending
TBD Master's Program Student Panel Pending
TBD Environmental Science & Engineering and Earth & Planetary Science Prospective PhD Student Networking Event Pending
TBD Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Quantum Science and Engineering Prospective PhD Student Networking Event Pending
TBD The Why and How of Applying to Graduate School Pending

Conference and University Recruitment Events 

Date

Conference/Institution

September 7-10, 2022

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Richard Tapia Celebration of Diversity in Computing

September 14, 2022

Quantum Information Science (QIS) Virtual Career Fair hosted by the Department of Energy

September 20-23, 2022

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

October 6-8 2022

American Indian Science & Engineering Society (AISES)

October 20-22, 2022

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) National Conference

October 27-29, 2022

Society for Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)

November 9-12, 2022

Annual Biomedical Research Conferences for Minority Students (ABRCMS)

November 17, 2022, 5pm

Environmental Science & Engineering and Earth & Planetary Science Prospective PhD Student Networking Event

November 18, 2022, 2:45pm

Applied Physics, Bioengineering, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering, Quantum Science and Engineering Prospective PhD Student Networking Event

Wed. March 22 to Sat. March 26

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Annual Convention

Past Webinar Events

Applying to Graduate School: Is Graduate School Right for Me?

 

A panel discussion with SEAS faculty and current graduate students on what factors to consider when deciding on graduate school.

Panel Moderator: Dr. Vinothan N. Manoharan Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering & Professor of Physics

Graduate Student Panel:

- Greg Cunningham, Applied Physics

- Elizabeth Gallardo, Materials Science & Mechanical Engineering

- Blakely O’Connor, Bioengineering

- Lily Xu, Computer Science