PACS-Girl Scouts tomorrow Sat 3/14/2009 Friday, March 13, 2009
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Random, Volunteering , comments closedThis is an event through NYU:Polytechnic University. See below message from their American Chemical Society president. You may email her for further details if you’re interested in attending. Hello all,This is just a reminder that we will be having our event, “Chemistry of Cooking”, in collaboration with the Girl Scouts tomorrow where we will be teaching young girls how to bake beard and the chemistry behind the process. (more…)
Trip to Brookhaven National Labs Sunday, December 28, 2008
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Meetings, Random , comments closedBrookhaven 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
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Random , comments closedAre 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…)
ACS Sponsored Nuclear & Radiochemistry Summer School Program Thursday, November 20, 2008
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Random , comments closedThe ACS is seeking curious and highly motivated students with strong science backgrounds. If selected, these students receive an all-expense paid opportunity to complete a 6 week summer course in Nuclear and Radiochemistry in either CA or NY. They also earn hours (tuition paid) of undergraduate chemistry credit through either San Jose State University or SUNY-Stony Brook.
An announcement for the Nuclear and Radiochemistry Summer Schools that can be posted is available at
http://www.nscl.msu.edu/~mantica/2009_SummerSchoolFlyer.pdf
It describes the application procedure and the background we hope applicants will have when applying. This information,and downloadable application and personal reference forms,can also be found on the web
http://www.cofc.edu/~nuclear/nukess.html
The deadline for applications is February 1, 2009. (more…)
Translational Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center Thursday, October 23, 2008
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Random , comments closedBelow is the brochure for the the “hot-off-the-presses” brochure for our Translational Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program at the University of Rochester Medical Center. The program is intended for individuals who wish to acquire a Ph.D. in a basic, clinical, or epidemiological area of direct relevance to human disease and its diagnosis and treatment.
Free Climate Change Event @ The American Museum of Natural History Monday, October 20, 2008
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Lectures, Random , comments closedClimate Change: The Threat to Life and A New Energy Future
Educators’ Evening
Thursday, October 23, 2008
4:00—7:00 pm
Free event!
Register by
October 22, 2008!
Call 212.769.5200
(Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm)
Scientific Youth Camp Monday, April 28, 2008
Posted by Garrett Lew in : Announcements, Random , comments closedI thought that you may be interested in the scientific youth camps organized by our non-profit association on various scientific themes for 7 to 18 year-old kids and teenagers.
http://asso.objectif-sciences.com/To-learn-French-with-high.html
We are hoping to reach all the kids and teenagers who like sciences and French speaking and we would be very grateful if you could pass on information about our association all around you (friends, family, colleagues, professors…)
There is the link to reach our center in Quebec province :
http://asso.objectif-sciences.com/+Objectif-Sciences-au-Quebec+.html
Weekend Project: Extract DNA from Anything Living Saturday, March 8, 2008
Posted by Rahul Sengupta in : News, Random , comments closed 
The University of Utah’s Institute of Human Genetics has posted instructions for an interesting little project that you can do at home: extract DNA from anything living. However, they discourage trying to extract DNA from such things as pets and body parts belonging to siblings.
You’ll need:
- A blender
- Some table salt
- Liquid detergen
- Meat tenderizer
- Rubbing alcohol
- DHMO
- Something that’s not a cat, dog, etc. that you want to get the DNA from
So, if you’re looking to procrastinate and want to do a totally random experiment this weekend, hit up their article.
[How to Extract DNA from Anything Living]
Organic Chemistry People Monday, March 3, 2008
Posted by Rahul Sengupta in : News, Random , comments closed
The Journal of Organic Chemistry ran an article back in 2003 that may interest those of you who love Legos and orgo.
