faculty advisors:
Dr. Christine Queitsch and Dr. Doug Fowler are the graduate program co-directors and will be your contacts for questions regarding electives and rotation options (Brian Giebel is your contact for registration & other standard questions).

Thursday, September 5
4:00 - 6:00 - welcome event, organized by COGS
Vista Cafe Patio

Monday, September 9 - Wednesday, September 11
department retreat
IslandWood, Bainbridge Island

individual meetings with Brian | various times, September 13 & 17
Please sign-up here. We'll go over how to register & other first year program items.

Monday, September 16

9:00 - 12:00 - computing resources training
core services training presentation: https://wikisrv.gs.washington.edu/twiki/bin/view/Main/TrainingPresentations
UNIX shell tutorial
Foege S-110

2:00 - 3:00 - HR / Payroll meeting with Serena Newhall
held via Zoom - Serena will contact you with this link

Thursday, September 19

2:00 - union meeting
UW graduate students voted to unionize in 2004. This presentation will give you an introduction to your rights and benefits as a union member.
Foege S-110

3:00 - orientation session with Dr. Christine Queitsch and Dr. Doug Fowler
Foege S-110
2023 orientation slides | at a glance grad program overview

Monday, September 23
lab safety training
facilitated by UW Environmental Health & Safety - please enroll yourself via this link
1:30 - 3:30 | held via Zoom

graduate student mentors

Ayomikun Akinrinade - Connor Finkbeiner
Carina Biar - Sophia Gibson
Kyle Brandt - Erik Bergstrom
Ben Cohen Stillman - Joe Min
Alex Donny - Conor Kelly
Zanny Ham - Monika Perez
Rachael Hu - Bo Wen
Lucas Kerr - Caleb Carr, Caroline Kikawa
Anna Leipertz - Stephen Gonzalez
Carlo Melendez - Cliff Rostomily
Jyoti Rai- Jenny Nathans
Yash Sonthalia - Qi Yu
Megan Taylor - Sahar Attar
Karl Young - Iris Jia

You'll meet with your mentor at least twice, once either at the retreat or early in the quarter, and once toward the end of Autumn Quarter, to get their advice on courses, rotations, and the first year in general. Either first year grads or mentors may initiate these meetings. Please see the graduate student directory for contact information.

October - November: faculty research presentations
There will be weekly presentations by faculty members throughout Autumn Quarter to provide an overview of their research. These will be scheduled in September.

should be done online before the quarter begins:

Husky Prevention & Response
This is a foundational, required online prevention and response course about sex- and gender-based violence and harassment. It takes about 90 minutes and should be completed before Autumn Quarter begins.

Graduate Appointee Insurance Program orientation sessions
There will not be a live session this year, but you can follow the link to a recording & slideshow from last year which will provide helpful info about the insurance plan.