Monthly TSGP Meetings -- a combination of data club, journal club, and career development activities
Attendance at monthly TSGP seminars, which also have optional lunches with the speakers
Teaching assistantship -- one course in either the fall or spring semester of the second year; foreign students must obtain certification from the Center for Language Studies (English for International Teaching Assistants) before they can serve as teaching assistants.
Presentation of thesis research in at least one scientific conference
First-year talk -- approximately 10-15 minutes, describing a rotation, in an TSGP seminar slot in May
3rd-year talk -- a full seminar in the TSGP seminar series, usually Dec-Feb, about research progress
Writing of scientific articles -- at least one first-authored, peer-reviewed paper accepted for publication by graduation
Submission of a fellowship application
Fall Welcome Dinner and New-student Orientation -- incoming students greeted by others and the graduate program committee, and receive information on their first-year processes
Annual TSGP Retreat -- in May, with posters and talks by students, talks by faculty and a keynote speaker, breakout group of graduate program committee with students
RCR/R&R/IDP/Lab safety trainings -- all trainings will be communicated to the students via email; these are ethics (responsible conduct of research), rigor & reproducibility, individual development plans, and various lab safety trainings
Standard training in research ethics (RCR: responsible conduct of research), rigor & reproducibility, writing of individual development plans, and various lab safety trainings
Fall Breakfasts -- September-November, meetings of new students with individual faculty to help set up spring lab rotations
Faculty-student gatherings -- spread throughout the year, one faculty trainer at each, along with several students, to get to know the faculty and discuss career paths and experiences