Beyond the lab and library
This month’s to-do list offers opportunities far beyond the normal lab-and-library grind for Ph.D. and master’s students at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS). For the second year running, GSAS is sponsoring a winter grab bag of seminars, workshops, and recreational activities designed to help its students recharge and build skills. Want to learn Spanish? Write a winning fellowship proposal? Bring your data to life? Tour the new wing at the Museum of Fine Arts? Get a leg up on the academic job market? At GSAS, students can do any of that this month. More than 75 events, scheduled primarily between now and Jan. 21, make up January@GSAS, meeting students’ expressed desire for short, intensive workshops dedicated to topics such as public speaking, statistical analysis, research tools, language skills, and other pragmatic enrichment activities. Partnering with institutions across campus, including the FAS Office of Career Services (OCS), the Harvard College Library...