The goal of this course is to help graduate students in public health and health sciences write effective grant proposals with a specific focus on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant funding mechanisms and requirements. We will cover all aspects of the proposal-writing process from Identifying a Topic and Choosing the Right Funding Source continuing through the grant proposal section by section. Fellowship Grants and Career Development Awards, targeted for doctoral and postdoctoral students, will be covered. The Submission and Resubmission process will be reviewed.

Basic introduction to the field of quantum information and quantum computation, using concrete examples of superconducting qubit systems as a main thread. Covers: Qubits and their driven dynamics; entanglement and teleportation; unitary control and quantum gates; quantum circuits and simple algorithms; density matrices and open quantum systems; superconducting circuit quantization; characterization and tomography; quantum error correction.

Formalism and principles of quantum mechanics using 1D systems as examples. Continues with quantum mechanics in three dimensions, including the Hydrogen atom, angular momentum, and spin.

In this course, we will explore through a comparative lens the psychological structure of traumatic experience and the effect of political, religious, and nationalist sentiments on the construction of pain and suffering in key 20th century literary texts and visual arts. The course will explore the extent to which personal memory clashes or overlaps with the cultural remembrance of historical trauma, examine how trauma shapes such narratives, and consider the social, political, and cultural implications of narrating trauma in and across different aesthetic/artistic forms.

This course explores the significance of the public sphere - from pamphlets, newspapers and letters to radio, television, the internet and social media - and its relationship to participatory, democratic society. Moving back and forth between the history of the public sphere and contemporary debates about the tensions between media and democracy, students will learn why democracies prescribe protected roles of the media, how media manipulation plays a role in politics, and how media spaces serve as deliberative spaces.

This course explores the significance of the public sphere - from pamphlets, newspapers and letters to radio, television, the internet and social media - and its relationship to participatory, democratic society. Moving back and forth between the history of the public sphere and contemporary debates about the tensions between media and democracy, students will learn why democracies prescribe protected roles of the media, how media manipulation plays a role in politics, and how media spaces serve as deliberative spaces.