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Welcome to the University Physical Society
2008 Election Candidates
The candidates for the 2008 Physics Club Election have been officially announced! Click this link to see a statement from each candidate as well as important election information.
Boston College REU
I am writing to let you know of the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program in the Department of Physics at Boston College. We are starting this summer with six visiting students plus two of our own majors who will serve as peer guides. Attached please find a poster (a pdf file printable on a 8.5” x 11” sheet) describing our program—eligibility criteria, benefits, and application procedure. We would be grateful if you could make this poster available to your undergraduates, by posting it somewhere in your department, and also by forwarding it to students you know who may be interested in this research opportunity.
UIChicago Summer REU
The Departments of Bio-Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemistry and Electrical Engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago are pleased to announce their Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program (REU) for 2008 entitled "Novel Advanced Materials and Processing with Applications in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering" and funded by the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense.
In the attached flyer you will find the program overview, sample projects, application requirements and further important information.
We would appreciate if you circulate and forward the attached flyer to faculty and undergraduate students in your department.
Sincerely,
REU NSF 2008 Program Coordinator
University of Illinois at Chicago
http://www.uic.edu/labs/AMReL/NSF-REU.htm
Outreach Opportunities
Hi everyone,
Now that you've all recovered from the Physics Fair, I wanted to alert you to some more outreach opportunities coming up this spring. Click "read more" to see what's available:
Resume Writing/Career Workshop Rescheduled
The resume writing and career workshop for physics students has been rescheduled for 3:45 PM on Wednesday, March 5 in 2241 Chamberlain Hall. Please plan to attend, it is a great opportunity.
Hirsch Family Award
*/The Hirsch Family Award/* is a new cash award available to
undergraduates in all disciplines.
Please help us spread the word about this award which provides
undergraduates with an incentive to explore the campus' rich academic
and social environment.
Attached you will find more information. Additional information
available online at www.union.wisc.edu/hirschaward
Please forward questions to Susan via email at smvandeh[at]wisc.edu
Johns Hopkins University - Center for Talented Youth (CTY)
Web: www.cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment
Poster
Johns Hopkins University's Center for Talented Youth (CTY) is seeking candidates for instructor and teaching assistant positions for our 2008 summer residential programs.
For over 25 years, JHU's CTY has been offering intensive course work to academically talented pre-collegiate students. Students who attend are between 8 and 16 years old, and take rigorous courses in mathematics, science, computer science, humanities, and writing.
We are currently looking for outstanding candidates in physics and engineering to fill instructor and teaching assistant positions at many of our summer sites. Currently we have 30 different summer sites on the east and west coast of the United States, as well as four international locations. At all of our residential sites, in addition to your salary, room and board are provided.
MentorNet
Since 1998, UW-Madison has been participating in MentorNet, an electronic
mentoring program that pairs primarily women and underrepresented minority
undergraduate and graduate students, and postdocs (all referred to as
“protégés”) with mentors from industry and academia. MentorNet provides
protégés and mentors with training, coaching and support for an 8-month
mentoring period. Since its founding in 1997, MentorNet has matched nearly
17,000 protégés and mentors.
As a UW-Madison student studying science, math or engineering, you can get
“real world” information, encouragement, and advice from professionals in
your field through MentorNet. Just sign up for MentorNet at:
http://www.mentornet.net/Wisconsin/
Go to the link for One-on-One Mentoring.
How to Join UPS
We serve all UW-Madison students, those majoring or interested in physics. There are two ways to join:
- If you have a google account, go to our google group page, and click 'apply for group membership' on the right hand column.
- If not, click the contact form link on the left, and select the Join UPS option from the menu. Please give us your wiscmail address for verification.
After that, an officer will collect the annual membership fee of $5 and you will be put on the ups-members email list. You will receive an email notifying you that an access card for the club room can be picked up at the UW campus police station (formerly the credit union, behind Camp Randall stadium).
