Graduate Research Assistant - UIC Office for Research on Student Success

Who: UIC, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Affairs and Academic Programs, Office for Research on Student Success

What: The Office for Research on Student Success is looking for a 50% Research Assistant starting August, 2019. The RA will work on undergraduate education research projects with the aim of increasing undergraduate student retention and graduation.

The ideal candidate will have quantitative research and IRB experience, as well as excellent writing skills, good organizational skills, office skills, and content knowledge in higher education, developmental/community/educational psychology, and/or student success. Data analytic skills is essential. Expertise with SPSS, Excel, and Word is required.

Graduate Hourly - The Illinois Prevention Research Center (closes 5/6!)

Who: UIC Institute for Health Research and Policy / The Illinois Prevention Research Center

What: The Illinois Prevention Research Center seeks a Graduate Hourly with strong writing skills to support communications about federally funded public health research. We're looking for someone with a warm and professional writing voice who is curious about the intersection of media and public health. This position will be an excellent introduction to both the academic research environment and professional health communications. This is an hourly position for 10 to 20 hours per week.

The successful candidate will execute an established communications strategy, curating content and writing messages for Twitter and Facebook; maintain and update a WordPress website; write monthly/biweekly newsletter; track audience benchmarks (Web traffic and social interaction); and contribute to blogs.

Graduate Summer Internship - U of I Press (Urbana-Champaign)

Who: Established in 1918, the University of Illinois Press supports the mission of the entire University of Illinois System through the worldwide dissemination of significant scholarship, striving to enhance and extend the reputation of the system. A leading publisher in music history; African American studies; film and media; labor history; women, gender, and sexuality studies; sports history; American ethnic studies; and foodways, Illinois currently publishes 100 books and 40 journals annually. The Press is proud to serve the University of Illinois System and the broader scholarly community in advancing the development and circulation of knowledge and pursuing the twin goals of scholarly communication and an informed citizenry.

What: The Press invites University of Illinois at Chicago graduate students to apply for an 8-week, half-time internship at the UIP offices located in Urbana-Champaign. This internship offers the opportunity to work with publishing professionals at the Press, gaining hands-on experience and an introduction to the nuts and bolts of academic publishing, exposure to the rich intellectual content of scholarly publishing, and opportunities for special projects as well as intensive immersion in day-to-day publishing activities.

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Hourly Graduate Position - UIC Energy Resources Center

Who: The UIC Energy Resources Center (ERC) leads the Illinois Monarch Project (IMP), a collaborative of multi-industry stakeholders working together to develop conservation strategies that help monarch butterflies thrive throughout Illinois and engage public and private landowners across urban and rural landscapes.

What: Looking for graduate student with strong writing skills to support the development of an Illinois statewide monarch butterfly conservation plan. Working closely with ERC staff, this position will facilitate the compilation of written strategies from the IMP technical steering committee and other stakeholders into a single, comprehensive, cohesive written plan that will serve the IMP for decades to come.

Internship – Obama Foundation (closes 9/12)

Who: Obama Foundation

What: The Obama Foundation draws on a diverse cohort of passionate, mission-oriented, and qualified interns to serve in our Chicago and D.C. offices. 

This internship is open to current undergraduate and graduate students who are eligible to work in the United States. The application opened on August 23, 2018 at 9AM CT and closes on September 12, 2018 at 5PM CT. We will not accept late applications.

If you are a law student interested in an internship in the Office of the General Counsel at the Obama Foundation for the Summer 2019 term, click here. To ensure you get all the information you need in a timely manner, we encourage you to read our FAQ page before reaching out with questions.

What do interns do? We are looking for interns who have excellent time management and organizational skills, are strong writers and researchers, and are eager to work in a fast-paced office environment. Interns will play a key role in providing departments at the Obama Foundation with the administrative, logistical, and operational assistance needed to execute their work. To learn more, check out our department descriptions here.

Graduate Hourly - UIC Freshwater Lab

Who:The UIC Freshwater Lab is an initiative to communicate Great Lakes water issues to the general public, create tools to visualize the current state and future scenarios of water sources, engage unaffiliated groups in water planning, and train a new generation of Great Lakes leaders.

What: The UIC Freshwater Lab will have two major projects underway in Fall 2018 and seeks motivated, self-sufficient graduate students to help with research, analysis, and writing.  We will likely hire one person for each project.  However, should you possess skills that overlap or don't perfectly match the individual descriptions, then feel free in your cover letter to describe your particular strengths and how you would like to deploy them.
It is mandatory to enroll in the Fall 2018 Freshwater Lab course [PA 494, ENG 440, HIST 481] that meets on Tuesday afternoons from 3:30-6:15] in order to be apprised of the relevant topics and methods.

Graduate Research Assistant - UIC Library - Special Collections and University Archives

Who: UIC Library, Special Collections and University Archives Department

What: Fall 2018, 50% Graduate assistantship. The Graduate Research Assistant assists in researching, processing, describing, preserving and ensuring access for personal papers, organizational records, and photographic collections in the Special Collections Department. Responsibilities include:

• Assist in the arrangement and description of archival collections for the Special Collections Department. Describing collections requires research, organizational, and writing skills. 
• Maintain collection data in the department’s content management system. 
• Create metadata for digitization projects. 
• Assist in implementing educational and promotional events and programs, and other activities related to the organization and preservation of the department’s manuscript collections. 
• May have the opportunity to contribute to the exhibition program through research, writing and design of interpretive digital and physical exhibits. 
• May contribute to writing grant proposals. 
• Folder labeling, archival rehousing as necessary, and other clerical tasks as assigned.