Ready to Transition to a Career in Biotech, Medtech, or Pharma?
American Society for Cell Biology
Join Us for Biotech 2025 – A Virtual, Hands-On Course
Dates: June 2-4, 2025
If you're thinking about a move into biotech, medtech, or pharma, ASCB's 3-day virtual Biotech Course is your launchpad. Through real-world case studies, networking, and a team-based project, you’ll gain the business acumen, career insights, and confidence needed to thrive outside academia. In fact, 75% of past participants have successfully transitioned into industry, regulatory affairs, or tech transfer roles.
What You'll Gain:
- Understanding of how science is conducted and commercialized in industry through case study analysis and group problem-solving exercises. Topics include commercializing science, business models, market assessment, innovation management, and building networks and entrepreneurship.
- Insight into career paths for scientists in industry and strategies for leveraging your analytical PhD skill set for a professional career.
- Opportunities to connect with industry guests and like-minded course participants.
- Experience with interdisciplinary teamwork through a team project.
- Advice on landing job interviews and navigating the transition to industry.
Application Deadline: May 29, 2025
Cost: ASCB Members: $259; Nonmembers: $359
Please
click here to learn more about the course and the American Society for Cell Biology
The Office of Graduate Student Life (OGSL) is hiring two 20‑hour/week graduate assistants! Each comes with a $18 K stipend, full tuition remission (fall + spring), and GA health insurance. Both roles are on‑campus and US work authorization is not required.
Graduate Student Writing Advisor
Help fellow grads turn great ideas into polished prose.
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What you’ll do: One‑on‑one writing support (essays → dissertations), run annual Writing & Literature Review Workshops, craft bi‑weekly writing tips, and keep the Writing Advisor website humming.
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You’ll thrive if you: Love mentoring, know your way around style guides (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.), and have a knack for clear, compassionate feedback, especially for writers from diverse disciplines and language backgrounds.
Apply on Handshake (Job #9901827)
Graduate Research Assistant - Communications Manager
Shape the story of UMBC’s graduate community.
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What you’ll do: Build & execute comms strategies; manage emails, design, OGSL's MyUMBC, and other platforms; collect and analyze engagement data; and research best practices in higher‑ed communication.
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Must‑have: Federal Work‑Study eligibility (per FAFSA).
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Nice‑to‑have: Graphic‑design skills, survey/focus‑group experience, and an eye for storytelling.
Apply on Handshake (Job #9901735)
Key Details for Both Roles
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| Hours | 20 hrs/week, Aug 1 2025 – May 22 2026 |
| Pay & Benefits | ~$18 K stipend • Full tuition (Fall + Spring) • GA health insurance |
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| Location | On‑site @ 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore MD |
| Questions? | Email ogsl@umbc.edu (subject: LastName – Writing Advisor or Comms Manager) |
Ready to level‑up your grad journey? Submit one PDF containing resumé, cover letter, references, and (for Writing Advisor) three writing samples to ogsl@umbc.edu, then hit “Apply” on Handshake.
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Updates from Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Spring Semester Opportunities!
Fall 2025 Course Being Offered: ENTR 330 — Entrepreneurial Finance!
Ready to turn great ideas into sustainable ventures? ENTR 330 dives into the financial decisions every start-up founder must master—from building airtight forecasts to choosing the right funding mix. You’ll learn to:
Craft a rock-solid financial plan that investors trust
Evaluate financing options (bootstrapping, angels, VCs, and more)
Manage cash flow for healthy, long-term growth
The course satisfies an elective for the Entrepreneurship & Innovation minor and is back by popular demand after last fall’s cancellation—so if you missed it, this is your chance!
Add ENTR 330-01 to your fall schedule and get the financial toolkit to launch with confidence!
Help Build the Future of Student Collaboration with FolioUp!
FolioUp is a new mobile app designed to help student innovators like you connect with teammates across different backgrounds, industries, and skill sets. Whether you're building an app, launching a nonprofit, designing a product, or starting something totally new—FolioUp makes it easy to find the right partners for your bold ideas.
The app uses a gamified experience to make collaboration fun and engaging. Earn points, hit milestones, and climb the leaderboard as you build amazing projects with your team!
They are currently testing their core features and need your input to improve. Here’s how you can help:
Watch a short 3-minute demo
Answer a few quick questions to share your feedback
Share the link with friends and fellow students
Scan the QR code on the attached flyer or
click here to get started!
2025 Small Business Advancement Conference!
In partnership with the Baltimore City Mayor’s Office of Small & Minority Business Advocacy & Development, we’re thrilled to share an outstanding opportunity for entrepreneurs and resource partners—the Small Business Advancement Conference, coming Thursday, June 12, 2025 at the Baltimore Convention Center.
This full‑day event is free for attendees and features networking with prime contractors, breakout workshops, and panels geared toward helping small, minority, and women‑owned enterprises scale. If you have a product, service, or program that can help Maryland’s small‑business community thrive, consider becoming an exhibitor!
Whether you’re looking to recruit new talent, showcase solutions, or simply learn from industry experts, this conference is the place to be.
Click here for details and to secure your spot!
This summer CIRTL is teaching an intensive, 6-week course guiding participants through developing a Teaching-as-Research (or TAR) project. TAR is a cornerstone of CIRTL's pedagogy, and future faculty throughout the network conduct TAR projects each year to examine specific questions in teaching through CIRTL's evidence-based, reflective, iterative process.
Read our
summer programming preview to see our other courses and workshops on evidence-based teaching fundamentals and academic professional development.
Wednesdays, June 18 - July 23
Planning Your Teaching-as-Research Project.
Develop a plan for a Teaching-as-Research project in this 6-week online course. In this course, you'll develop a plan that includes: a specific question to explore in your local teaching context
measurable student outcomes connected to your TAR question data collection methods that align with your question and outcomes, and reflect what's known in educational research relevant to your discipline Weekly course topics mirror the components of your project plan, and each week you'll have time to refine your plan through in-class feedback and activities with peers. By the end of the course, you'll have a project ready to implement. This course is fast-paced and intensive; each week participants will need to spend 4-6 hours outside of class working on your plan. Cap 25; registrants must complete a short application to help instructors determine eligibility for the course
May 21 - June 25
University of Colorado Center for Teaching and Learning Book Club: "Grading for Growth"
Join CTL Professional Development Lead Preston Cumming alongside instructors of all levels to read and discuss bell hooks’ seminal book Grading for Growth. During this time, we will have discussion of the text as well as ways we can apply this understanding in our own classrooms and university lives.