The Revised GOG budget for 2007-2008 has been posted.
Click here to download the full pdf which includes a breakdown of each committee’s spending. (The graphic below is just a preview).
Budget for 2007-08 Online
Posted: May 20, 2008 – 4:52 am
Clothing Drive and Book Swap!
Posted: April 20, 2008 – 11:07 pm
Feel like a little spring cleaning? Do you have unwanted clothes in your wardrobe that you’ve been meaning to give away? Read all those books on your shelves and dying for something new? Or do you just feel like taking a study break and hanging out for an hour with your fellow grads?
Well, look no further, on Sunday, April 27th from 1pm-4pm in the Gowen Room of Wilson Commons, the Graduate Organizing Group would like to invite all graduate students to bring in those unwanted clothes in a bag or a box and we’ll donate them to the Goodwill for you.
As for the books, like the traditional book swaps of our elementary-school days, when you bring in your books, you’ll be given a slip of paper with the number of books you brought in. You may then choose up to that number of books from the already donated books to take home with you (so if you bring in four books, you can take up to four different books home with you). Books for books! What could be better than that! And any books left over after the swap will be donated to the University of Rochester’s Friends of the Library.
Coffee and cookies will be provided for anyone who donates books and/or clothes. Please email Aviva (adovevie[at]mail.rochester.edu) with questions and we hope to see you there!
Feedback from Dept Rep Meeting
Posted: April 2, 2008 – 10:03 pm
A meeting was held for Department Representatives and GOG officers on March 24th. The discussion was productive, generating lots of new ideas for ways to serve the graduate student community at UR. Minutes were recorded for the meeting and have been posted online here:
Wine-Tasting Photos Online
Posted: March 27, 2008 – 11:16 pm
On March 22nd, GOG sponsored a wine-tasting event at Wine Sense. Many people showed up, taking a break from their graduate studies for an evening of oenology.
Click here to view the photo gallery!
Sign-up for Free Bowling with GOG!
Posted: March 25, 2008 – 12:42 am
Get ready for FREE Bowling with the Graduate Organizing Group on Sunday, March 30!
- What’s Included: Two games of bowling, rental of bowling shoes, pizza and a soda
- Where: Clover Lanes, 2750 Monroe Avenue, Rochester
- When: Sunday, March 30th, 8pm-10pm (please try to arrive on time to make it easier logistically for the Officers)
- Price: FREE, but we ask that you please sign up by Friday, March 28th using the link below to get a sense of numbers (if you don’t sign up in time, you can still come, but we’d really appreciate it if you did!)
Please email Aviva (adovevie [at] mail.rochester.edu) if you have any questions.
Conference Fund Recipients Announced
Posted: March 22, 2008 – 9:22 pm
We are very happy to announce the winners of the spring 2008 contest for GOG funding. Due to a larger number of applicants (22 verses 14) from the fall, We have decided that this semester, we will be giving out 6 awards instead of 4. Each 300 dollar will be used to reimburse graduate students going to conferences. The following people won awards:
- Stefanos Giampanis - Physics - Search for Stochastic Background of Gravitational Waves with LIGO - St. Louis - April 13, 2008
- Emily Kuschner - Psychology - Visuospatial Processing Style and Social Functioning in Down Syndrome With and Without Symptoms of Autism - London - May 15-17, 2008
- Rodrigo Velez - Economics - Let them cheat! - Evanston, Illinois - July 13-17, 2008
- Jen Horton - Visual & Cultural Studies - Swastikas and Soap: Silvia Gruner’s ‘The Birth of Venus’ - Ottawa - March 13 & 14
- Xi Liu - Biomedical Engineering - Towards Development of a Porous Silicon-Based Hybrid - San Francisco - March 2nd-5th
- Biswajoy Roy - Biology - Establishing a link between ribosomal RNA processing and translational fidelity - Berlin - July 28-August 3, 2008
Congratulations to the winners and thank you to all who applied for funding and to our volunteer reviewers for stepping forwarding and helping us with this ranking process! You are all encouraged to apply in the fall for conference funding.
Open Letter to the Provost
Posted: March 12, 2008 – 7:48 pm
Dear Provost Kuncl:
We are writing to you on behalf of the Graduate Organizing Group (GOG) of the College for Arts and Sciences here at the University of Rochester in order to discuss an issue our organization has been facing since the end of last year. We at GOG believe the resolution of this issue is of great importance to the performance of our organization and its ability to serve the graduate population at large.
We heard you speak at the General Session of the Board of Trustees last semester and were impressed by your clear investment and interest in interdisciplinary efforts. Similarly, the Graduate Organizing Group aims to foster interdisciplinary connections between students on a variety of levels: co-sponsoring academic events, providing a competitive conference fund, advocating for the quality of life for graduate students, and organizing social activities. Read More
Interested in Wine Tasting?
Posted: March 3, 2008 – 9:22 pm
I wanted to let you all know about a really special opportunity to attend a wine class at Wine Sense, called “Wine 101″ that is catered specifically to us! I told Holly, who will be leading the class, that what our main goals are:
- To be able to taste, smell, and describe a few of the subtle differences in various types of wines
- To feel confident in ordering wines at a restaurant: being able to predict what wines we will like, will go well with the food, will be enjoyed by a lot of people
- To have a great time tasting good wines in the company of fellow graduate students, catch up with old friends and meet new people
Does this sound great or what!? The class is limited to 28 people, and I think spots will go fast! Here is what you can do to sign up… Read More
National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Posted: February 23, 2008 – 8:34 am
The Graduate Organizing Group is pleased to announce that we are
co-sponsoring National Eating Disorders Awareness Week at the University
of Rochester. Please see below for more information and a calender of
events!!!
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The UHS Health Promotion Office has teamed up with the Hartnett Gallery,
University Counseling Center, Graduate Organizing Group (GOG), UR
Women’s Caucus, and other student groups to sponsor National Eating
Disorders Awareness Week. Read More
Reviewers Needed for Conference Fund
Posted: February 19, 2008 – 8:58 am
Our GOG Forum Committee Chair is looking for graduate students who would be willing to review applications for conference funding. “Reviewing” means looking over 3 or 4 anonymous applications and ranking them based on:
- The quality of their abstract
- The professional development gained by going to the conference
- The conference’s influence
- The need of the candidate
This takes roughly less than an hour. Anyone interested in helping out, please email [mmoy at lle.rochester.edu]. And remember, conference fund applications are due Friday, February 29 (see the conference fund webpage for more information).
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