Mentoring in Science: Designing Undergrad Research Projects (8.25.20)

Mentoring in Science: Designing Undergrad Research Projects (8.25.20)

Description: Are you mentoring or planning to mentor an undergraduate in the laboratory or field? The FAS Science Education Office offers a

By HMS/HSDM Office for Postdoctoral Fellows

Date and time

Tuesday, August 25, 2020 · 7 - 11:30am PDT

Location

Online

About this event

Description: Are you mentoring or planning to mentor an undergraduate in the laboratory or field? The FAS Science Education Office offers a series of workshops for postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, and other researchers who mentor or seek to mentor undergraduate researchers.

Aug 25, 2020 HMS, Mentoring Workshop, 10:00AM-2:30PM, Part II: The second part of the mentoring workshop focuses on developing undergraduate research projects. Mentoring an undergraduate can be both rewarding and challenging. In this workshop, you will learn how to design undergraduate-friendly research projects, set appropriate expectations, and foster effective communication. We’ll discuss several cases studies to explore these topics in more detail.​​​​​

Session 1 10:00-11:00 EST

Break 11:00-11:10

Session 2 11:10-12:15

Lunch Break 12:15-12:35

Session 3 12:35-1:35

Offline reading 1:35-1:55

Session 4 1:55-2:30

Mentoring Workshop website info: https://lifesciences.fas.harvard.edu/mentoring-workshops

Workshop Facilitators: Anna Babakhanyan, PhD, MBT, Undergraduate Science Research Advisor, Division of Science, Faculty of Arts & Sciences, Harvard University

 

 

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