GSN Orientation 2024

Throughout the events planned from October 7th to 10th, the newest GSN cohort will be introduced to the network and research at LMU Munich and its collaborating institutions forming MCN-LMU, GSN regulations, and resources within the graduate school and the Munich universities. Several activities such as Speed Networking, Teambuilding, and a campus tour will round up the program and help the newcomers get to know each other.

For this year, we have come up with a concept meant to bring the new and current students (ideally 2022 and 2023 PhD students, also older cohorts welcome) together during the GSN Orientation Week - Collaborative Presentations:

The presentations (20 min.) aim to implement a collaborative concept, in that they are given as "tandem talks” where a more experienced PhD student and a few new students team up to present the project of the current student. The collaborative talk should contain a 10-minute introduction by the new students’ team, followed by a 10-minute flash-talk by the more experienced student, presenting the research results. The more experienced PhD student should explain the motivation and experimental design of their PhD topic to the new students in such a way that these, in turn, are able to grasp the concepts and effectively convey them to the audience. This way, we expect the new students to engage with various topics investigated in the GSNLMU labs, while the more experienced students can practice how to relay the essence of their research work.

If you are interested in contributing, use the following form: https://www.portal.graduatecenter.lmu.de/gsn/OriWeekCurrentStudents

We would much appreciate your answer by August 26th.