GPSG eBulletin, February 1st Edition
VP of Communications
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February 2016, First Edition
Announcements
GPSG Elections
GPSG will be holding elections from February 28th to March 4th. You will vote by logging in to my.pitt.edu and clicking on the ‘GPSG elections’ icon in the top left corner. For more information on the candidates and the voting process visit gpsg.pitt.edu
Blue Man Group
Discounted tickets to see the Blue Man Group are currently sold out. We have a lot of other fun events coming up soon!
TEDx University of Pittsburgh
TEDx will be returning this spring with new and exciting discussion, including talks by John Fetterman, the mayor of Braddock, and Mike Boninger, the director of the UPMC rehabilitation institute. The event will begin 10am Saturday, March 26th in the Assembly Room at William Pitt Union. Tickets will go on sale Monday February 29th at 9a.m. Go to tedx.pitt.edu or Facebook for more information.
Party in the Tropics
GPSG will be offering drink tickets to Party in the Tropics at Phipps Conservatory on March 4th. Go to the Phipps website for more information on the event. More information will follow on how to purchase tickets.
PhD Comics
Jorje Cham, from PhD comics will be coming to speak to University of Pittsburgh graduate students on March 14th, and on March 3rd, we will be showing a screening of The PhD Movie, written and produced by Dr. Cham. Click here for more information on the screening and here for more information on Dr. Cham’s talk.
Student Opportunities
GOSECA Graduate Conference
March 18-20. This year’s conference theme encourages participants to think critically about the impact that fluid, adaptable conceptions of belonging and exclusion in the realms – past and present – of domestic and international politics, economics, cultural production, social relations, the law, and demography, among others, have had on their specific field of study. Graduate students from all academic and professional disciplines are invited to make submissions. See attached flyer for details.
Patient Care Health Simulation
Pharmacy, PharmD is hosting a large Patient Care Health Simulation on February 29th in O'Hara. This is to be interprofessional and will allow all students to learn more about what each profession does to help patients throughout their healthcare experience, as well as to increase patient empathy and understanding.
Pitt Health Innovation Case Competition (PHICC)
PHICC is a great opportunity to experience and practice business cases in health innovation while building professional connections in a networking reception. And you have the first place team wins $4000! See the flyer for more details and go to www.fourthriversolutions.org/phicc2016 to register.
Library Workshops
This semester several workshops will be offered to Pitt graduate students through Hillman Library. Each workshop will be on Fridays from 1-3pm. See the schedule below for workshop offerings or go to the library website for more information.
March 4th - Getting Started with Network Visualization with Gephi
March 15th - New Models for Scholarly Communication
March 18th - Managing Qualitative Data from Online Communities
March 25th - Wikipedia and how YOU can Contribute
April 1st - Telling Online Stories with Omeka
April 8th - Building a Digital Portfolio with Wordpress
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We’re so excited for PhD comics next month!
