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Women Making History

The goal is to inspire young female trainees (postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students) to pursue their career goals and learn about what obstacles they might face, as well as how to overcome them.

ASRC Graduate Students Meeting

What type of information does the CP&PD offers to support GC students and postdocs in exploring and understanding career paths and achieving their professional goals in the industry, academic, non-profit, government, and for-profit sectors.

The Urban Public University as an Engine of Recovery

Please join the CUNY ASRC and CUNY Graduate School of Public Health on Tuesday, July 7 for the next session of the Thriving after Massive Global Disruption webinar series hosted by the University of Strathclyde (UK) and involving partner Universities from across the globe. Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 9:00 a.m. ET REGISTER: https://bit.ly/ThriveAfterPandemic The COVID-19

Virtual Film Screening: PICTURE A SCIENTIST

Join the CUNY ASRC and CUNY Office of Research for a virtual screening of PICTURE A SCIENTIST, a film that chronicles the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter for women scientists. Biologist Nancy Hopkins, chemist Raychelle Burks, and geologist Jane Willenbring lead viewers on a journey deep into their own experiences in

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Meet the Editor: Open Access Journals

Join us on October 16, 2020 at 1 p.m. for a session with eLife Editor-In-Chief Michael Eisen and Nature Communications Editor-in-Chief Elisa De Ranieri, where we’ll discuss considerations for publishing with open-access journals.

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Science Op-Ed Writing Bootcamp

This event is part of Communicating Your Science, a series of talks and workshops aimed at helping STEM professionals publish and communicate their research.

How to Streamline your RNAscope Image Analysis with Imaris

Please come and join us for a workshop co-hosted by Epigenetics Core and Living Imaging Core. We will discuss how to use Imaris to streamline your RNAscope analysis using images generated at our core!

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Improving DEI in STEM

This event is part of Communicating Your Science, a series of talks and workshops aimed at helping STEM professionals publish and communicate their research.

How to Combat Unconscious Bias in Academia

The recently published NSF Survey on Doctorate Recipients, 2019, highlights the lack of progress made in diversifying the STEM professoriate. Hispanic or Latinx scientists and engineers comprise 5% of PhDs employed by 4-year educational institutions, and Black or African American scientists and engineers, 4%. During this event, we will explore one contributing factor to underrepresentation

How to Become an Aspen Institute Science Mentor

This event is part of Communicating Your Science, a series of talks and workshops aimed at helping STEM professionals publish and communicate their research.

Sharing Your Research Through Images & Graphics

This event is part of Communicating Your Science, a series of talks and workshops aimed at helping STEM professionals publish and communicate their research.

CUNY Women in STEM: Building Our Network

Join us for a professional development and networking event open to all CUNY graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty interested in furthering their STEM academic research careers! 

Converge to Transform Interdisciplinary STEM Seminar Series

Join us for the next speaker in this series: Benjamin A Garcia, PhD, Raymond H. Wittcoff Distinguished Professor and Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at the Washington University School of Medicine, in St. Louis.

Easy Science Videos With Lumen5 & iPhones

This event is part of Communicating Your Science, a series of talks and workshops aimed at helping STEM professionals publish and communicate their research.

Brain Awareness Week: Ask Me Anything Session with professor Orie Shafer and his lab

Join the Neuroscience Initiative as they partner with the Dana Foundation to celebrate Brain Awareness Week, March 14-20. As a part of the public events hosted by the Neuroscience Initiative, professor Orie Shafer and his lab members will answer questions on how circadian clocks work, how the environment acts on your brain to affect your clock and sleep, and the effects of shifting to daylight saving time. 

Undergrad Research Open House at the ASRC

Join the Macaulay STEM Society, an organization that promotes research opportunities and allows students to explore their interests in STEM, at 11 a.m. on March 25 to explore research opportunities for undergrads at the ASRC. The day will consist of lab tours, lunch and a faculty/mentor meet-and-greet. Research areas at the ASRC include Nanoscience, Photonics,

Defense and Intelligence Research Forum

Please join us May 6th for the Defense and Intelligence Research Forum hosted by The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY).

Campus Safety Info-Session

Campus Safety - General Information and Situational Awareness Training hosted by CCNY Public Safety.

Science Communication and IlluminationSpace Tour

This event is part of the 2022 Professional Development Seminar Series hosted by the CUNY Office of Research, in partnership with the Velay Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship.

EHOS Training Session: Lab Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: C14 FDNY Fire Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Lab Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

EHOS Training Session: Cryogenic Safety

These are zoom trainings, provided by Tom Dickson with Environmental Health and Occupational Safety, to ensure that all researchers and guests of the ASRC meet safety and regulatory requirements before working in labs/ the building.

Applying to Grad School: How to Prepare and What to Expect

Please join us on July 12th for a talk from Jason Patterson, Assistant Director of Admissions at the CUNY Graduate Center & Joshua Brumberg, Interim Director of the Advanced Science Research Center and Dean for the Sciences, CUNY Graduate Center.

ASRC/ City College Ice Cream Social

Faculty, staff, students, visitors and more- you're invited to join us on the ASRC's north terrace for an ice cream social from 12pm-3pm.

From Bench To Bedside: Science Innovation and Technology

This event is part of the Velay Professional Development Webinar Series 2022 and will be hosted by Jessica Fields, Associate Director, NSF I-Corps Hub: NY Region & NYC Regional
Innovation Network.

EHOS Training Schedule August 2022

These are Zoom trainings.  The login and Pass Code information are located on the schedule and registration is not required. 

Pop-Up Science in St. Nicholas Park Plaza

This pop-up booth in the park is hosted by the ASRC's STEM Outreach and Education Manager, Kendra Krueger, along with volunteers to bring those interested in STEM ages 5 and up for activities including: Test tube lava lamps Virtual reality tours Bio-bracelets with pipe-cleaners Science zine making Please see the attached flyer for further info.

NYC Builds Bio+ Tour and Reception at the ASRC

Join us for an interactive tour of the Advanced Science Research Center at CUNY and its uniquely laid out design. Meet scientists and industry researchers that are working together in this collaborative space for innovation.

EHOS Training Schedule September 2022

These are Zoom trainings.  The login and Pass Code information are located on the schedule and registration is not required. 

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Meet the Librarian: An Introduction to The Graduate Center Library’s Science Resources

Join us on September 30, 2022, at 2 p.m. for a session with the CUNY Graduate Center's Science Librarian Mason Brown, who will be discussing how to access and discover STEM research materials from off campus. Conducting science research remotely can be done successfully with a few simple but critical tools. In this session, Mason will

Guest Speaker and Graduate Center Alum, Dennis C. Liotta, Ph.D.

We are excited to announce Dr. Dennis C. Liotta, a Graduate Center alum, will be presenting a talk titled: “Novel Therapeutics for Treating Cancers, Neurological Disorders and Viral Diseases,” at the ASRC on Friday Oct. 28th.

Converge to Transform Seminar: Ting Xu, UC Berkeley

Please join us for a one-hour talk, as part of the ASRC's Converge to Transform: Interdisciplinary STEM Seminar Series, from Professor Ting Xu, University of California, Berkeley.

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CUNY AcademicWorks: A Tool for Sharing Your Open-Access Research With the General Public

Public access to current scientific research is becoming more critical every day. Learn how to use CUNY Academic Works to further distribute your work and help the general public understand your research better. Join us on November 4, 2022, at 2 p.m. for a session with Megan Wacha, CUNY University Scholarly Communications Librarian, and Jill Cirasella, the

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Applied Science: A Conversation about STEM Higher Education & Science Communication With Malcolm Gladwell

Join us on December 2, 2022 at 2 p.m. for a special "Communicating Your Science" event with Malcolm Gladwell, New York Times best-selling author, social commentator and host of the podcast Revisionist History, where he’ll discuss the role that public higher education institutions can play in communicating science and ensuring that STEM education and research data

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Visualizing Science Workshop: How to Turn Research Into Compelling Media

Join us on January 27, 2023 at 2 p.m. for a special Communicating Your Science event with science filmmaker Tom McNamara. During this interactive talk, Tom will: Breakdown his strategies in visualizing and communicating science. Outline a practical media kit students and scientists can use in the lab and field to document their work. Highlight scientists who are currently

Challenges Facing Women in Science: Group-Led Discussion & Lunch

In honor of Women's History Month, we invite you to a group-led discussion and lunch highlighting Baruch professor and author, Julie Des Jardins, and her book, "The Madame Curie Complex: The Hidden History of Women in Science," on March 31st at 1:30pm!

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Communicating Your Science: Turn Your Complex Science Into Compelling Soundbites

 Join us on March 31, 2023, at 2 p.m. for a special "Communicating Your Science" event with Sean Patrick Farrell, a video producer who has worked for WIRED, The New York Times and others. During this workshop, Patrick will:  Explain how he works with scientists to explain complex research findings into simple soundbites and explanations. 

Science Communication Workshop: Dr. Denise Croote

Join BrainE Hour and CUNYSciCom, in partnership with the ASRC Neuroscience Initiative, to talk about science outreach and science storytelling on April 5th at the ASRC!

Earth Week 2023: NanoBioNYC Launch

All CUNY STEM graduate students and faculty interested in Bio-inspired Nanoscience are invited to attend and hear talks from current NanoBioNYC mentors and fellows, and learn how to participate in future programming such as industry internship opportunities, technical training certificates, science outreach, and more.

Earth Week 2023: 2nd Annual Sensor CAT Symposium

Join us for the 2nd Annual Sensor CAT Symposium, showcasing CUNY-wide academic-industry research and workforce development partnerships that further innovation and entrepreneurship in New York State.

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Meet the Reporter: Shaping STEM Research for the General Media

Join us on Friday, April 21, 2023 at 2 p.m. for a media-skills building session that includes an opportunity to talk about your research with working science reporters from Scientific American, Science Friday, PBS and more. Now more than ever it’s critical for science to be accessible and understandable to the public. In this Communicating

Semat Public Lecture: Luis Alvarez-Gaume

  It is with great pleasure that we announce the upcoming Henry Semat Lecture, which will be given by renowned physicist  Professor Luis Alvarez Gaume. The lecture is scheduled for April 26 at 4PM in the ASRC Auditorium, located at 85 St. Nicholas Terrace, New York, NY 10031. Prof. Alvarez Gaume currently serves as the Director of the

ASRC Undergrad Open Programming Schedule: Summer 2023

This undergraduate programming series has been specifically developed for undergraduates participating in research during the summer of 2023. Undergraduates are also welcome to attend any additional open programming advertised on the ASRC website.

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CUNY Student SciComs Symposium: Communicating Your Science

Join us on Friday, June 9 at 10 a.m. for the third annual "Communicating Your Science Symposium." The symposium, created by the CUNY Graduate Center's Ph.D. student-led organization, CUNYSciCom, aims to use peer-to-peer training and engagement to challenge and reshape the way scientists discuss scientific research with each other and the general public. The symposium

Neuroscience Initiative: Advanced Bio-Imaging Camp

The Advanced Bio-Imaging Camp at the ASRC is a week-long summer program for high school students and undergraduates that offers an opportunity for immersion in cutting-edge imaging technologies, neuroscience research, and interdisciplinary research.

ASRC Pride Open Mic + Art Showcase

Dear ASRC Community, We are excited to announce the ASRC Pride Open Mic and Art Showcase to celebrate self-expression, identity, art and have a joyous time with our colleagues! The event will take place on Thursday, June 15th 2023, 4-7pm in the ASRC Cafe. All are invited to share art projects and talents of any

EHOS Training Schedule August 2023

EHOS Training Schedule August 2023 These are Zoom trainings.  The login and Pass Code information are located on the schedule and registration is not required.  After training, the instructor will then send you a certificate and our training records will be updated to show that you have completed all requirements before working in the labs

End of Summer Events at CCNY/ASRC

This year we’ve had the amazing opportunity to host over 90 high school and undergraduate summer students conducting research with mentors at the ASRC. Below are a number of events that will be taking place to  celebrate and present the work of the students and the rest of the ASRC community. All are welcome to join and we looking forward to seeing you!

Climate Stress Across the Biosphere: From Molecules to Organisms to Earth and Social Systems

TO VIEW THE FULL AGENDA: ASRC Climate Stress Conference Agenda   Join us for an exciting event exploring the impact of climate stress on our planet, from the tiniest molecules to complex organisms, we will delve into the challenges faced by Earth and its social systems. This in-person event will be held at the CUNY Advanced

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Meet the Librarian: An Introduction to The Graduate Center Library’s Science Resources

Join us on September 29, 2023, at 2 p.m. for our annual session with CUNY Graduate Center Science Librarian Mason Brown, who will be discussing how to access and use STEM research source materials on and off campus. Conducting science research on-campus or remotely can be done successfully with a few simple but critical tools.

8th Annual Sharon Cosloy – Edward Blank Family Distinguished Scientist Lecture

Please join the CCNY Division of Science for the 8th Annual Sharon Cosloy - Edward Blank Family Distinguished Scientist Lecture to be held in the ASRC Auditorium. Guest speaker and further details, including reservation link, to be announced.  About Dr. Sharon Cosloy: Dr. Sharon Cosloy was a member of the City College Biology faculty for

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The Science Op-Ed Writing

Join us on October 27, 2023, at 2 p.m. for the Science of Op-Ed writing with Deb Stead, a former New York Times op-ed editor and CUNY Journalism School writing coach. Scientists endeavor to reach conclusions that are objective, but science exists in a world driven as much by opinion and perception as fact. Additionally, funding agencies

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Same Science/New Look: Refreshing Your Science Visuals for Different Audiences

Join us on Friday December 1, 2023, at 2 p.m. for Same Science/New Look: Refreshing Your Science Visuals for Different Audiences with CUNYSciCom co-founder and Graduate Center Ph.D. candidate Katherine Anderson who will share how she repurposes, refreshes and revises images and graphics for various audiences. Whether you’re in the field or in a lab, scientists conduct

ASRC Community Night Series: Neuroscience

Join us for an evening to learn about what’s happening in the neuroscience initiative with Director Dr. Patrizia Casaccia. Participants can also try out our new EEG headset experience, in our immersive visitor center, which visualizes electrical activity in the brain in real-time!