Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs at the University of Pennsylvania School is pleased to announce the award of an NIH IRACDA “University of Pennsylvania Postdoctoral Opportunities in Research and Teaching” (PENN-PORT).  The PENN-PORT program offers biomedical postdocs an opportunity to develop teaching skills at a partner minority serving institution in addition to research training in a cutting edge laboratory under the direction of a PENN faculty member.

APPLICATION PROCESS:  Application forms are available on-line.  In addition, please submit a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, and a one page description of past teaching experience, a commitment to an academic career in research that involves teaching, and an interest in under-represented minority education.  Currently we are accepting applications for admission in August 2008. 

ELIGIBILITY:  Eligible postdocs must provide proof of a doctoral degree and be either US Citizens or Permanent Residents. 

CONTACT:  PENN-PORT IRACDA
postdoc@mail.med.upenn.edu
University of Pennsylvania – School of Medicine
Biomedical Postdoctoral Program
215.573.4332

You can find links to many other postdoc opportunities at these NSF programs: AGEP, Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate and IGERT, The Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT).

FACULTY RESOURCE NETWORK

Network Summer 2008, June 9 to June 13, 2008 at New York University's Washington Square campus.

Network Summer 2008 Seminars
Applications of Mathematics in Finance and Economics
Better than Fiction: The Urban Chronicle and the New Latin American Novel
Critical and Creative Thinking Across the Media
Designing Successful Online Learning Environments
Dynamics of Social Diversity in College Classrooms: New Topics in Teaching for Social Justice
Entrepreneurship and the Business Curriculum
Harlem and Its Landmarks: A Physical and Institutional History of the Black Metropolis
The Landscape of American Food in the Twenty-First Century
Library Assessment: Measuring and Documenting the Library's Contributions to Academic Success
The Quest for Peace in the Ancient World and Beyond
Teaching Visual Storytelling

Summer Scholar-In-Residence program

The 2008 National Symposium, Defining and Promoting Student Success, will be held Friday, November 21 to Saturday, November 22, 2008, at the University of San Francisco. San Francisco, California. It will be the aim of the symposium to examine the current thinking on this critical topic in an era when students are dealing with greater pressures and colleges and universities are facing substantially increased levels of accountability.