The Draper Society

Call for Papers for the 57TH ANNUAL UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH SYMPOSIUMSponsored by: The New York Chemistry Students’ Association of the American Chemical Society’s New York Section. The symposium provides an excellent opportunity for undergraduate chemistry students in the NY metropolitan area to present the results of their research. The program includes a keynote address by a Pace University graduate, Dr. Michael Alekshun, of Schering-Plough Corporation, speaking on “Contemporary Issues in Antibiotic Resistance:  Problematic Bugs and the Therapeutic Strategies Used to Treat Them”, presentation of student papers (15 minute talks to small groups), followed by a luncheon.Date: Saturday, May 2, 2009Place: Pace University, Pleasantville, 

Summer Research Program for students majoring in science, mathematics an engineering: You are invited to participate in the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s Gaithersburg, MD Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program for students majoring in science, mathematics and engineering. Students can participate in any one of the nine NIST laboratories: 

•  Building and Fire Research 
• Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology 
• Chemical Science and Technology
• Electronics and Electrical Engineering
• Information Technology
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Science & Engineering
• NIST Center for Neutron Research 
• Physics