PhD electronics student Yanina Shevchenko is spending a year researching at a leading Harvard lab renowned for its work on tissue engineering.   MORE

Listen to Jennifer McKee explain why she chose to pursue her MA in public administration at Carleton.  VIDEO

Grad students will benefit from new funding for fibre optics research in Professor Jacques Albert’s photonics lab.   MORE

PhD physics student Ali Elsayed discusses how the Vanier scholarship allowed him to pursue his dream.   MORE

In our ongoing series on services to graduate students, we profile Carleton’s Computing and Communication Services (CCS).   MORE

The Tri-Council funding agencies recently changed a policy that has implications for the funding of some graduate students.   MORE

Journalism Grad Student Marc Ellison is fundraising to help former female child soldiers in northern Uganda.   MORE

Watch grad students talk about their research in conjunction with a travelling exhibit about prisoners of the Dachau concentration camp.   MORE

NPSIA student Dana Batho looks at cultural implications in language learning.   MORE

Alex Wong and Eli MacLaren, Carleton Postdoctoral Fellows and Banting Scholars, add prestige to Carleton.   MORE

Meet TA Vlogger Daniela Holmes.   MORE

The International Student Services Office is looking for grad students who would like to mentor new international grad students.   MORE

ACADEMIC DEADLINES

March 1 – Deadline to apply online through Carleton Central for Spring (June) 2012 graduation.

March 1 – Last day for UHIP refund applications for International students who will complete their studies in April and in turn be eligible to graduate.

April 5 – Last day for academic withdrawal from Fall/Winter and Winter term courses.

April 5 – Last day of Fall/Winter and Winter term classes.

April 5 – Winter term ends. Any balance owing on your student account will prevent access to marks through Carleton Central, release of transcripts and official documents, and re-registration. An account balance may delay Summer 2012 course selection.

For information about other important dates concerning your academic year, please view this page from the Graduate Calendar and/or the Business Office.

EVENTS

Now- April 2012 – Tunnel Entrance Closure

Now-March 9 – Names Instead of Numbers Exhibition

Feb. 15 – Science Cafés – Full Schedule

Feb. 17 – Run for Carleton’s Board of Governors

Feb. 17 – Funded Research Opportunities in Europe

Feb. 20 – Stat Holiday. Carleton closed

Feb. 20-24 – Reading Week

Feb. 29 – Live Conversation with Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi

March 1-2 – Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium

March 2-3 – Global Gaze Graduate Student symposium

March 6 – Call for Papers for Ubiquitous Learning Conference

AWARDS DEADLINES

March 7 – Deadline to apply for the Foreign Government Awards – Korea

March 7 –Deadline to apply for the OAS Fellowship Program

March 15 – Deadline to apply for the Foreign Government Awards – France

March 15 – Deadline to apply for the Foreign Government Awards – Russia

March 15 – Deadline to apply for the 2012 Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation of Canada Scholarship

March 16 – Deadline for applications to Sheldon Chumir Foundation Internship in Ethics in Leadership

March 30 – Deadline to apply for “Advancing a National Dialogue Awards”

CAREER & TRAINING WORKSHOPS – FEBRUARY

Feb. 16 – Researching Careers (part two)

Feb. 23 – Graduate Career Certificate

March 2 – Career Certificate for Graduate Students

March 6 – Getting Security Clearance Workshop

March 9 – Grad Student Resumé Workshop