February 4th, 2008
This newsletter is prepared by the Chemistry Undergraduate Office to provide information that is important and relevant to Chemistry students. If you would like to submit an announcement for future newsletters, please email the office at chemound@indiana.edu, or call us at 855-2700.
General Chemistry tutoring (100-level courses): Sunday - Wednesday 6:45-9:45 pm
Organic tutoring: Sunday and Tuesday nights only 6:45-9:45 pm.
Tutoring will begin (tentatively) on January 14th and will run through up until finals week. Please check back for further updates.
Tutoring
If you will be applying to graduate schools this fall and spring, you should take the GRE general test soon. Applications to some graduate schools can be due as early as November or December. The general test can be taken almost anytime on computer at IUB's Evaluative Services and Testing Office in Franklin Hall room 014. To schedule to take the exam, stopin their office, or call 856-0684. Their website http://www.indiana.edu/~best/best_cbt.shtml has a link to the GRE site where you can find information about the GRE chemistry subject test, which is required by some graduate programs.
The University of Wisconsin in Madison offers a Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition Emphasis (BMN) group that reflects the fact that modern nutrition is an interdisciplinary science with research emphasis in Animal Nutrition, Human Nutrition and Biochemical and Molecular Nutrition. The BMN group offers training that leads to a Ph.D. degree in Nutritional Sciences. Students who have backgrounds in biochemistry, molecular biology or related disciplines and who wish to focus their interests on studying fundamental biological processes are urged to apply.
For further questions, please contact ntambi@biochem.wisc.edu .
Major areas of faculty research include: Organic and inorganic synthesis, Chemical biology, Surface science, Combinational chemistry, Bioanalytical chemistry, Polymer and materials chemistry, Bioorganic chemistry and drug design, Organic reaction mechanisms, Organometallic chemistry, and many more. For more information on the graduate studies in chemistry, please refer to the following website: www.chem.pitt.edu.
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Arizona State is exceptionally diverse in terms of programs and faculty research interests. The traditional areas of chemistry are all well-represented, the Department has a historical track record of remarkable and effective support of chemical research in interdiscliplinary areas, including biophysics, bio-organic chemistry, solid-state chemistry, geochemistry, environmental chemistry and materials science.
The Department now ranks in the top 30 among Ph.D. granting chemistry departments in the United States in terms of chemical research spending and 7th nationally, behind only Harvard, U.C. Berkeley, Stanford, University of Wisconsin, Princeton, and MIT, in papers published in Science and Nature in the last 5 years. The Department has both Masters and Ph.D. programs, and can support students who are looking for temporary research intern positions.
Please refer to the following website for more information: www.chem.arizona.edu or call 1-800-545-5814.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
If you are looking for a degree in Marine Science and Technology then Dartmouth may be the University for you. The University is currently seeking applicants with degrees in the sciences, engineering, and applied mathematics.
The degrees offered are MS and PhD in:
-Coastal Ocean Observation and Modeling
-Fisheries Oceanography
-Estuarine System Dynamics
-Ocean Biogeochemistry
-Small Scale Processes
For more information, please refer to the following websites: www.smast.umassd.edu and www.umassmarine.net .
The Clemson chemistry department offers programs leading to the Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees with an emphasis in analytical, inorganic, organic or physical chemistry. Individual programs of study may involve an intensive concentration in one of these traditional areas of chemistry or in a combination of areas. Twenty-four faculty members direct student research in a wide range of interdisciplinary projects. In order to find out more about becoming a part of the Clemson graduate chemistry program in one of three ways.
1. Send a request to chemgradprogram@chemed.ces.clemson.edu.
2. Call toll-free at 1-888-539-8854.
3. Visit the departmental web site at www.chemistry.clemson.edu. The website provides the most up-to-date information about the program. An application can be initiated via the website, completely free of charge.
The University of Toldeo offers an excellent Graduate program in Chemistry and also has many oppurtunities for financial support for new Graduate students. For the 2008 term year, they offer $15,000 for Masters level for one year and $19,000 for Ph.D. level for one year in a Teaching Assistant position. There are also Departmental Merit awards that range from $1,000-$3,000 additional per year for Qualified Students.
For more information, please view their home page at: http://www.utoledo.edu/as/chemistry/index.html
Graduate Programs
Scholarship Opportunities
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is offering a Bioengineering and Bioinformatics summer program for summer 2008. The BBSI is an NIH-NSF funded summer research program open to undergraduate students in their junior and senior year, and also to students entering their first and second year of graduate study. The goal of the program is to expose talented students to current research topics in the field of computational biology and bioinformatics and also to encourage them to consider careers in bioengineering, bioinformatics, and computational biology by providing them with cross-disciplinary mentoring and a team-based active experience. For more informatio, please refer to the following website: www.ccbb.pitt.edu/bbsi .
Indiana University School of Medicine-Evansville has announced the availability of a limited number of summer research research oppurtunities in the basic medical sciences. Students who are interested in exploring one of the basic sciences or academic medicine as a career choice, and who have completed at least two semesters of upper level science courses. The program will run from May 27th, 2008-August 1st, 2008 and it is an intense and hands-on summer research fellowship that is carried out under auspices of one of our faculty members and pays a stipend of $2,500 for the summer. For more information about the Center and the summer research program, interested students may refer to their website at:
http://medicine.iu.edu/body.cfm?id=2189
The deadline for receipt of all application materials is February 28th, 2008 and participants will be notified of their selection at the end of March.
The Summer Research Program at the Center for Computational Chemistry is designed to provide outstanding undergraduate chemistry, physics, and mathematics majors an oppurtunity to explore quantum chemistry at a world-class research institute.
The program includes:
-Complettion of an independent research project under the guidance of a senior group member
-Abundant access to the Center's extensive computational resources
-Lectures in molecular quantum mechanics
-Programming projects introducing the implementation of quantum chemical methods and scientific programming
-A monthly stipend of $2,000, as well as a travel stipend of $400.
For additional information, visit: http://www.ccc.uga.edu/summer or send an email to summer@ccc.uga.edu.
The Summer REU program at Iowa State University, which is awarded by the National Science Foundation, is anticipated again this summer (2008). The program has had six successful summers working with the brightest young researchers in the US. The theme for the program is "Computational Materials Science", and it involves fauclty researchers in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, Physics, and Mathematics. Students will have an oppurtunity to interface with both experimental groups and computer scientists. For more information about REU, please go to http://www.chem.iastate.edu/reu/ .
Stony Brook University invites undergraduates majoring in Chemistry (or a related chemical science field) to apply to their 2008 REU Chemistry Summer Research Program. REU provides students with an intensive research experience in the laboratories of a leading research group. Participants will receive a $4,000 stipend, lodging on campus, and an allowance for food and roundtrip transportation to Stony Brook. For more information, please refer to the following website: http://www.sunysb.edu/ureca/chemistryreu.htm .
There are currently two Summer undergraduate research programs being offered at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas. The goal of SURF is to give students an intensive , 10-week research experience. Students will be able to immerse themselves in the laboratory and work on individual research projects with UT Southwestern Graduate school faculty members. Research interests include: modern cancer biology, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, neuroscience, and pharmacology. There are 50 fellowships available. Participants are selected based on their letters of reference, course work, and experience. Application deadline is February 8th, 2008.
For more information, please refer to the following website: www.utsouthwestern.edu .
Through the program at Dartmouth, undergraduates work for nine weeks with faculty in state-of-the-art facilities on independent research projects in nanomaterials and nanotechnology. Participants receive a stipend of $4,050 and on-campus housing during the duration of the program. Also, students are reimbursed for up to $700 for travel from their home institution to attend the program. Additional application forms and further details about the program are available on-line at http://engineering.dartmouth.edu/nanomaterials . by clicking on the "Summer Program" link.
Summer Research
Internship and Employment Opportunities at Baxter Pharmaceuticals:
Please see www.IUCAREERS.COM for information about career opportunities at Baxter and other employers.There have been numerous inquiries about storing letters of recommendation for students
in a credentials file which they may later use after graduation for grad school or job
applications, but the Arts and Sciences Career Services do not provide this such service.
But, students in the College of Arts and Sciences wishing to have such a file can go to
the Career Services office in the School of Education to establish one.
Their address is:
Education Career Services Office
School of Education
W.W. Wright Education Building, Room 1000
201 N. Rose Avenue
Bloomington, IN 47405
(812) 856-8506
carsrv@indiana.edu
www.education.indiana.edu/~careers
If you are interested in opening a credential file, you may print off forms at: http://education.indiana.edu/~careers/coas.html or pick up the forms at the Education Career Services Office.
Completed forms must be submitted in person to the Education Career Services Office.
Job Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities
