The Weekly Beaker
Volume 14 Number 5
October 14th, 2009
From the Chair
As many of you may know, the Chemistry Department is interviewing candidates for a tenure-track position in Chemistry. We actively seek out students’ participation in this process, through asking you to make time to attend seminars given by the candidates, asking for your feedback on the individual candidates, and asking you to attend meals with the candidates. Please look for signs about these events around the department, and please participate as much as you can. Your attendance at these events is a great way for the candidates to learn about Carleton students’ interests and departmental contributions, and to convince them that they want to come here!
Seminar Announcement
No seminar this Friday.
Periodic Table Meets This Week
Periodic Table meets this Thursday in the East Dining Hall. We meet at noon in the chemistry hallway and walk over together, or you can join us there. If you are off board, the department will cover your lunch.
Career Center Scholars Program
There are three scholars programs available this winter break: Clean Tech (Bay Area), Public Health/Medicine (Atlanta), and Film/Television and Media (LA). The dates for each program are November 29 until December 2nd. See the attached for more information. The application deadline is this Friday, October 16.
Seminar Announcement
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
3:30 p.m.
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Candidate Talk
This seminar will be given by a candidate for our tenure-track position in chemistry. Prior to the seminar, students will receive an email that contains more information about this seminar.
South Dakota State University Chemistry Day
Saturday, November 21, 2009
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at South Dakota State University invites you to explore research opportunities at SDSU and investigate graduate study in chemistry, chemical education, and biochemistry. If you’re interested in attending Chemistry Day, the schedule can be found here. For planning purposes, please RSVP to natalie.garry@sdstate.edu or 605-688-5154 by November 16.
RISE Summer Internship Program
RISE is a summer internship program for undergraduate students from the United States, Canada and the UK in the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, earth sciences and engineering. It offers unique opportunities for undergraduate students to work with research groups at universities and top research institutions across Germany for a period of 1.5 to 3 months during the summer. RISE interns are matched with doctoral students whom they assist and who serve as their mentors. The working language will be English. All scholarship holders receive stipends from the DAAD to help cover living expenses, while partner universities and research institutes provide housing assistance. RISE hopes to accept as many students as possible for a summer internship in Germany. However, this is a scholarship program and there are only limited funds available. Each year they have to turn away many students who apply to this program. In 2010 they hope to have 300 interns.
Interested students should apply for a RISE internship through the DAAD. The application period for undergraduate students from the US, Canada, and the UK, who wish to take part in an internship during summer 2010, is December 7, 2009 to January 31, 2010. For more information, visit http://www.daad.de/rise/en/.