Faculty Research Interest Seminars (FRIS):
This series of seminars provides an opportunity for Program faculty members
to describe key aspects of their research programs to the first-year graduate
students. The FRIS are an important part of the experience of first-year
students, and the students assert that it is a major factor in choosing
their rotation laboratories. The seminars are offered during the Fall
semester as part of the First Year core curriculum. Two faculty members
present at each session; each faculty member has the opportunity to give
a 20-minute talk on their research interests. Only Program faculty are
allowed to speak at FRIS. We do not allow postdocs or other proxy speakers.
To help the students keep track of the talks, we provide the students
with a notebook containing participating faculty names, phone numbers,
addresses, and a brief description of the research goals of the lab.
In order to participate in FRIS faculty members need to fill out a form
that is distributed each year by the Program Office.
Faculty FRIS Participation Forms are available by contacting Barb Saffel.
