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Trip to Brookhaven National Labs Sunday, December 28, 2008

Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Meetings, Random , comments closed

Brookhaven National Labs is center with more than five decades of history that was started to understand the basic structure of matter. Their research includes but is not limited to the nuclear  technology, high energy physics, life and physical sciences, medicine and homeland security.

Brookhaven is a potential employer (careers and internships) for postdocs, graduate and undergraduate students in the sciences. They came searching for our students at the Fall 2008 career fair.

More information can be found on their website: http://www.bnl.gov/world/

We will be visiting Brookhaven on Thursday, Jan 15th. If you would like to attend this trip, please RSVP to wah.yan@gmail.com as soon as possible.

New PhD Program at Georgia Tech - Deadline 1/15/09 Wednesday, December 10, 2008

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Are your science & engineering students looking to get into science & technology policy?

Georgia Tech now offers a PhD Program in International Affairs, Science, and Technology.

If any of your undergraduate or masters students are interested in a pursuing a PhD at a program which specializes in S&T politics and licy, then please alert them of this new opportunity. Any science/engineering majors (especially those pursuing a political science, policy, or economics minor) would be a good fit for this program.

The department’s faculty includes political scientists, physicists, chemists, computer scientists, and policy experts from across a wide spectrum of issue areas and regional specialties. Students will also be encouraged to incorporate faculty from the various science & engineering departments at Georgia Tech into their dissertation committees. (more…)

Presentation at Polytech ACS Chapter Saturday, December 6, 2008

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Join the Polytech chapter of the American Chemical Society (PACS) in an upcoming seminar, “LifeMap Nutrition System”, on Tuesday December 9, 2008 @ 1pm in RH205. Refreshments will be served. Randy Rosler, from GeneWize Life Sciences, will be the speaker for this event.

The presentation will touch on 3 things:

1. The Product and some of the science behind it: A unique product launch from a pioneering company. GeneWize is the world’s first company to take 14 years of research revolving around DNA, Nutrition and Genetics and combine this into a product that is customized for an individual based on their DNA.
2. The Business Model: How the parent company (GeneLink) formed GeneWize, a direct sales company to distribute this product.
3. How the company is continuing to grow even in this recession.

RSVP to polyacs@gmail.com if you would like to attend and/or need directions getting there.