Housing

• Local Links
• Off Campus Housing
• On Campus Housing (Goler House)

Some specific apartment complexes that are very close to the URMC (1-2 miles at most) and, in most cases on a bus line, include the following

• Rustic Village Apartments On a busline.
• French Court Apartments
• Imperial South
• Clintwood Apartments
• Elmwood Manor Apartments
• Rochester Renters Guide The URMC is at 575-601 Elmwood Avenue.

Living in Rochester; About the URMC

• About Rochester
• Georgen Athletic Center
• Med Center Athletic Center
• More info about Rochester
• About the University of Rochester A series of articles from the Democrat and Chronicle
  

Advice on Publishing and Presenting, including Posters

• NIH Site Advice on Writing Papers and Posters.
• Poster Advice. Swarthmore College Site.
• Creating effective posters. NSCU Site.
• Sample poster In Powerpoint.

Advice on Resumes, Interviews, Cover Letters and More

• Sample Resumes. Go to Professionals and then to Research Fellow. Also look at Entry Level and Students, and go to Graduate School Admissions.

GRE Info

• Kaplan course Includes a free online practise test (to GRE, then practise test).
• ETS Materials Includes practise questions

Graduate Program and Graduate School Information

• Graduate programs at UR Medical Center
• American Association of Immunology Includes information on graduate programs, CD antigens, classes, more. Also job info (see below).
• ASM ASM's home page: good teaching links, searchable membership directories, education/training (below) and much more
• Predoctoral research training programs A list of Ph.D. and M.D./PhD. programs in selected disciplines, hosted at the NIGMS (NIH) website. This list does NOT include several disciplines, including Microbiology and Immunology, but it does include Biochemistry, Genetics, Bioinformatics and more.
• All NIH Predoctoral training programs See under T32 listing
• NIAID Predoctoral training programs A list of NIH-funded predoctoral training programs in Microbiology and Immunology.

Useful Documents and Sites Relating to Graduate Education

• Pew Report on Graduate Education and Training, 2001
• Trends in the Early Careers of Life Scientists, 1998 (NAS)
• A Study on the Status of Women Faculty in Science at MIT, 1999
• Mentoring Issues National Academy of Science - Full text of a book entitled: "Advisor, Teacher, Role Model, Friend: On Being a Mentor to Students in Science and Engineering"

Useful Documents and Sites Relating to NIH Funding

• NIH Award Data Main Entry Page for Data on NIH Awards
• US Medical Schools
• Biochemistry
• Microbiology
• The Top American Research Universities See under: Top American Research Universities.

General Links

• Main IMV Cluster links page. A very complete listing of useful links.