Expired (Archived) Announcements - Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience

11-OCT-2007 EXPIRED

2007 FUN ELECTION: Please cast your ballot for new FUN officers before midnight, Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007 .

Dear FUN Member,

The polls are open! Please note: Ballots are NOT posted on the FUN website. If you have paid your Individual or Organizational Membership dues for 2007, you have been sent an additional e-mail labeled “2007 FUN BALLOT” which contains a direct link to the ballot.

Please cast your vote for President-Elect, Secretary, and three FUN councilors by 11:59 PM (Pacific Time), Wednesday, Oct. 24, 2007.

CANDIDATE STATEMENTS are posted on the FUN website at http://funfaculty.org/election2007.html.

One ballot may be submitted from each Regular FUN Member. Organizational Member representatives may cast an additional ballot on behalf of their institutions. Please contact FUN Treasurer, Gayle Brosnan-Watters <mailto:gayle.brosnanwatters@sru.edu> and/or FUN Webmaster, Debbie Colbern <mailto:colbern@ca.rr.com>, if you have any questions regarding your status as an organizational member.

For your vote to be eligible, the e-mail address on your ballot must match the e-mail address you submitted on the FUN Information Form. Please take time to check your information in the on-line FUN Membership Directory (http://funfaculty.org/directory.html). If corrections are necessary, or you are not listed in the directory, please take a couple of minutes to submit a revised FUN Information Form <http://funfaculty.org/infoform.htm>.

Questions or comments regarding election procedures or other issues should be addressed to FUN President-Elect and Election Committee Chair, Bruce Johnson , <mailto:brj1@cornell.edu>. Questions or comments regarding database or website issues should be addressed to the FUN Webmaster, Debbie Colbern <mailto:colbern@ca.rr.com>.

Thank you in advance for your participation in the FUN election process.

'See you in San Diego!

Bruce Johnson, Ph.D. <mailto:brj1@cornell.edu>
Chair, FUN Election Committee
FUN President-Elect

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10-OCT-2007 EXPIRED

Student and Faculty Help is Needed to Staff FUN Booth at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting in San Diego!

STUDENT STIPENDS ARE AVAILABLE. Applications will be accepted until all sessions are staffed. Students will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis, so APPLY EARLY!

FUN is very pleased to offer an additional program to help support undergraduate student attendance at the annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting. Undergraduate students can apply to receive a $50 stipend for staffing our FUN Exhibit Booth (#4726) for one morning (9:00 AM - 1:00 PM) or afternoon (1:00 PM - 5:00 PM) session, Sunday - Wednesday, November 4–7. Students can earn this money to help offset the cost of attending the meeting or choose to donate all or part of their stipend to their neuroscience club, Nu Rho Psi Chapter, etc. Responsibilities include answering questions, distributing brochures, selling FUN merchandise and collecting FUN dues.

FUN faculty, if you have an undergraduate student attending the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego, PLEASE encourage him or her to participate in the FUN student stipend program. We also need faculty volunteers to help staff the booth. Do you have an afternoon or morning free to help out? Perhaps you would like to volunteer during your student's shift? This is your chance to help recruit new members and raise money for FUN programs. Helping staff the FUN booth is an excellent way to network and become more involved in our organization. We need your help to support FUN’s mission.

SIMPLE APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS:

Please send an email to FUN President, Mary Harrington <mailto:mharring@email.smith.edu>, as soon as possible with the following information:

FROM THE STUDENT: The student's name, email address, cell phone number (if available) and which sessions (AM or PM) on which days (Sunday – Wednesday) the student will be available to staff the booth. Each student is limited to one stipend per morning or afternoon session. Two students may also "share" staffing responsibilities for one or two sessions and split the stipend (e.g., while one student attends presentations, the "partner" student staffs the booth).

Students will be selected on a first-come, first-serve basis, so apply early! However, students will be eligible for multiple stipends if sessions remain un-staffed after all other applicants have been assigned.

FROM THE FUN MEMBER: A simple note from the sponsor stating that: 1) the sponsor supports the student's application for the stipend, and 2) the member has verified that the student will be attending the Society for Neuroscience meeting.

Members may support more than one application, and the sponsor can be the student's advisor. As with FUN travel awards, only members of FUN who are current with their membership dues may sponsor applications. If you're not a FUN member, become one today! Regular Member Dues are only $35 <http://brainexchange.net/store/ >.

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Questions or comments? Please send email to FUN President, Mary Harrington <mailto:mharring@email.smith.edu>.

See you in San Diego!

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10-OCT-2007 EXPIRED

Nomination for FUN / German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience Poster Award - Please submit ASAP but no later than Friday, October 19, 2007.

This year, German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience (GSN) <http://www.neuroschools-germany.com> and the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience <http://funfaculty.org> are proud to announce the inception of a new poster award for an undergraduate poster presented at the FUN Social in San Diego, California.

The recipient of this award will be given a one-week science trip to Berlin and other neuroscience hot spots in Germany. German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience will cover airfare, travel expenses and overnight stays within Germany as well as coordinate lab visits based on the winning student's research interest. Optimal travel dates will be discussed with the winner.

The winner of this award will be announced at the FUN Social / Poster Session on Monday, November 5, 6:30 - 8:30 PM, at the San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina: Marriott Hall, Salon 3.

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ELIGIBILITY
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To be eligible for this award, the nominee must currently be an undergraduate student. Each nominee must be sponsored by a FUN Member whose dues are current for 2007. Each sponsor may nominate only one student.

PLEASE NOTE: For a poster to be considered, it must have been accepted for presentation by the nominee at the FUN Social and Poster Session at the Society for Neuroscience Meeting in San Diego. The DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION of abstracts for presentation at the FUN poster session is no later than FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2007. HOWEVER, due to space limitations, posters must be accepted on a FIRST-COME, FIRST-SERVE basis. The complete "call for abstracts " is located on the FUN website at: http://funfaculty.org/announcements.html#CallForAbstracts .

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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FUN / GERMAN GSN POSTER AWARD:
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Please submit the following via ONE e-mail to Michael Kerchner <mkerchner2@washcoll.edu > as soon as possible but no later than Friday, October 19, 2007.

1. Student's Name / School / Current year in school / Major (Minor) / Current contact information: email address and phone number(s)

2. Sponsor's Name / Institution / Current contact information: e-mail address and phone number(s)

3. Title, authors, and abstract prepared according to instructions for abstracts submitted to the 2007 Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting.

4. If, in addition to presentation at the FUN Poster Session and Social, the poster will also be shown on the floor of the Society for Neuroscience general meeting, please include the abstract number, date, time, and location of the poster presentation.

5. A brief statement from the nominee's sponsor that: a) endorses the candidate's nomination for the FUN / GSN Poster Award, and b) clearly identifies the specific contributions of the student to the research presented, especially in the case of multiple student authors on a single abstract.

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JUDGING CRITERIA FOR FINALISTS WILL INCLUDE:
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- methodological approach
- degree of difficulty
- solidity / verifiability of data
- contribution to "new knowledge"
- design and layout of the poster
- ability of the student to answer questions regarding the project

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS:
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Please submit the required information via ONE E-MAIL addressed to Dr. Michael Kerchner <mkerchner2@washcoll.edu> with "Nomination for FUN / German GSN Poster Award" in the subject header. The information must be included within the body of the e-mail or as one or more attachments compiled in .pdf format. (Please note: If you do not have .pdf writing software, a free .pdf writer, CutePDF Writer , can be downloaded from http://www.cutepdf.com/.) The e-mail containing the nomination materials must be received by 11:59 PM (PST), Friday, October 19, 2007.

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03-SEPT-2007 EXPIRED

SOMAS: Support Of Mentors And their Students in the Neurosciences
Summer-research grants program announced

**Up to $10,000 per award targeting junior faculty in the neurosciences at predominantly undergraduate institutions**

The SOMAS program is pleased to announce the 2008 SOMAS summer fellowship program designed to support junior faculty (untenured/pre-tenure assistant professors, typically within 5 years of having completed Ph.D. And postdoctoral training) in the neurosciences seeking to launch research programs with undergraduate student collaborators. Faculty from predominantly undergraduate institutions will be eligible for awards of up to $10,000 to cover a supply budget, summer student housing, faculty and student stipends, and travel expenses to the joint annual meetings of the society for neuroscience and faculty for undergraduate neuroscience.

Application deadline is December 1, 2007 , with awards made in early February for the 2008 summer research effort. Up to six awards will be made for the 2008 program. Faculty members with little experience in grant-writing or those from institutions serving women and minority groups underrepresented in the sciences are particularly encouraged to apply. For more information, go to www.SOMASprogram.org .

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15-AUG-2007 EXPIRED

FUN Committee for the Teaching of Evolution: Call for Self-Nomination

A committee on the teaching of evolution in undergraduate courses is being formed to develop a set of guidelines for teaching the fundamentals of evolutionary science within the context of neuroscience courses. The goals of the committee will include the development of the teaching guidelines, and mounting a web page with resources and model lessons for instructors wishing to implement the guidelines. You may wish to read the essay by W. Pizzi in the current issue of J.U.N.E. (www.funjournal.org/downloads/PizziJUNEs07.pdf ). We anticipate our organizational meeting will take place at the SFN meeting in San Diego this November, and we plan to complete this effort by September 2008.

If you would like to self-nominate for membership on the "evolution committee", please submit your name to Mary Harrington at mharring@email.smith.edu .

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15-AUG-2007 EXPIRED

Have you seen the latest issue of JUNE (The Journal for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education)? www.funjournal.org/ .

Dear Colleagues:

I am delighted to announce that the new issue of JUNE is now posted at: http://www.funjournal.org . I hope you find this issue as informative and worthwhile as our previous issues have been. Thanks to all the authors, reviewers, editorial board members, and especially Barbara Lom and Fern Duncan for the critical roles you have played in getting the new issue launched.

With Best Wishes,
Gary L. Dunbar, Editor-in-Chief

From left to right: Julio Ramirez, Gary Dunbar, Barbara Lom, and William Grisham at the FUN Social and Poster Session at the SfN Meeting in Atlanta, 2006. Gary Dunbar became Editor in Chief of J.U.N.E. on January 1, 2007, Barbara Lom (founding Editor in Chief) replaced Julio Ramirez as Senior Editor (Julio will remain on the editorial board), and William Grisham is now Associate Editor. Congratulations to all who to have contributed to the success of J.U.N.E.!

Contents for Volume 5, Issue 2 - Spring 2007

Editorials & Features:

- JUNE as the Voice for Undergraduate Neuroscience Education (by GL Dunbar)

- Neuroscience and the Liberal Arts (by JJ Ramirez)

- Evolution and the Neuroscience Curriculum: A Call to Action (by WJ Pizzi)

- The Society for Neuroscience and the Undergraduate (by AE Stuart)

- Commentary: Work through SfN — but Keep Higher Education and K-12 Separate (by RF Olivo)

- Commentary: Toward a Better Neuroscience Tomorrow: Thoughts on The Society for Neuroscience and the Undergraduate (by EP Wiertelak)

Articles:

- Utility and Versatility of Extracellar Recordings from the Cockroach for Neurophysiological Instruction and Demonstration (by RL Ramos, A Moiseff, & JC Brumberg)

- Use of the Pyrithiamine-Induced Thiamine Deficient Animal Model of Korskoff's Syndrome for Exploratory Research Activities in Undergraduate Physiological Psychology (by RW Flint, Jr; JE Hill; LA Sandusky; & CL Marino)

- IFEL TOUR: A Description of the Introduction to FUN Electrophysiology Labs Workshop at Bowdoin College, July 27-30, and the Resultant Faculty Learning Community (by K Mead, J Dearworth, W Grisham, GA Herin, H Jarrard, CA Paul, R Waldeck, J Yates, & J Young)

- An Undergraduate Neuroscience Seminar Based on the Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (by DJ Bucci & WA Falls)

- The Use of Case Studies in Teaching Undergraduate Neuroscience (by WM Meil)

- Methods for Handling Missing Data in the Behavioral Neurosciences: Don’t Throw the Baby Rat out with the Bath Water (by LH Rubin, K Witkiewitz, J St. Andre, & S Reilly)

- Teaching About the Brain and Reaching the Community: Undergraduates in the Pipeline Neuroscience Program at the University of Pennsylvania (by BL Edlow, K Hamilton, & RH Hamilton)

Book and Media Reviews:

- Media Review: Shaken: Journey into the Mind of a Parkinson’s Patient (by KS Mead)

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20-JUL-2007 EXPIRED

FUN Educator Award - Call for Nominations
Nominations due: Friday, September 14, 2007
Nomination instructions

The FUN Educator Award is awarded annually and recognizes a FUN member (regular or fellow) for an accomplishment that REALLY reflects the mission of FUN, i.e., having aided the promotion of neuroscience education and research at the undergraduate level. Examples of such accomplishment might include: efforts in classroom instruction techniques; work at the local level or national level; the development of laboratories; authorship or other activities.

Previous FUN Educator Award Recipients
2006	Robert Wyttenbach
2005	Richard F. Olivo
2004	Mary Lou Caspers
2003	Cheryl Frye
2002	Barbara Lom
2001	Bruce R. Johnson
2001	Carol Ann Paul
2001	Joanne Berger-Sweeney

How to nominate: Please write a short letter of nomination, stating why the individual FUN member should be chosen for the award. Make sure that your letter provides detail on the nominee’s accomplishment(s) you feel reflects the essential mission of FUN.

Only dues-paying members of FUN can sponsor nominations for this award (self-nominations are not allowed). All awards will be presented at the FUN Social during the annual SFN meeting in San Diego (Monday, Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Please send your nominations via e-mail, no later than Sept. 14, 2007, to:

Michael Kerchner, Ph.D.
mkerchner2@washcoll.edu
Chair, FUN Faculty Awards Committee
Past-President, FUN

Please direct questions regarding this award to Mike Kerchner (mkerchner2@washcoll.edu , ph: 410-778-7730) or FUN President, Mary Harrington (mharring@smith.edu , ph: 413-585-3925)

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20-JUL-2007 EXPIRED

FUN Lifetime OR Career Achievement Award
Nominations due: Friday, Sept. 14, 2007
Nomination instructions

The FUN Lifetime/Career Achievement Award, FUN's highest honor, is NOT an annual award. Upon appropriate nomination and vote of the Awards Committee, this level of recognition is awarded to individuals who have either compiled a lifetime record of effort (i.e., Lifetime Achievement Award; 10+ years), or a SINGULAR contribution (i.e., Career Achievement Award) that substantively aids the greater neuroscience community, in a way (or ways) that reflects the mission of FUN promoting neuroscience education and research at the undergraduate level.

Previous FUN Lifetime / Career Achievement Award Recipients
2006	Ron Hoy (Lifetime), Eric Chudler (Career)
2005	Felix Schweizer (Career)
2004	Deborah Colbern (Career)
2003	Jeffrey Wilson (Lifetime)
2002	Gary Dunbar (Lifetime)
2001	Denney Smith (Lifetime)
2000	John (Jack) J. Boitano (Lifetime), Julio Ramirez (Career)

How to nominate: Please write a letter of nomination, stating the reasons why the individual should be considered for the Lifetime/Career Achievement Award. Make sure that your letter provides detail on the accomplishment(s) that you feel reflects the mission of FUN. Additional letters or other materials in support of the nomination are welcome, but not a requirement for consideration.

Remember, as with other FUN awards, only dues-paying members of FUN can sponsor nominations; self-nominations are not allowed. Nominees for the Lifetime/Career Achievement Award need not be members of FUN to be eligible for this award. All awards will be presented at the FUN Social during the annual SFN meeting in San Diego (Monday, Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.)

Please send your nominations via e-mail, no later than Friday, Sept. 14, 2007, to:

Michael Kerchner, Ph.D.
mkerchner2@washcoll.edu
Chair, FUN Faculty Awards Committee
FUN Past President

Please direct questions regarding these awards to Mike Kerchner (mkerchner2@washcoll.edu , ph: 410-778-7730) or FUN President, Mary Harrington (mharring@smith.edu , ph: 413-585-3925)

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20-JUL-2007 EXPIRED

Call for FUN Executive Committee Nominations!
Nominations due: Friday, August 24, 2007

Do you know someone who would be a great leader for FUN? Are you looking for a way to get more involved in FUN's activities? Now is your opportunity to nominate yourself, or someone else, for a position on FUN's executive committee. This year we need nominations for the following positions:

President-elect (1 year term but 3 year commitment as President-elect, President and Past-President)
Secretary (2 year term)
Councilors (3 openings, 2 year term)

For details on the responsibilities associated with these positions, please refer to the FUN bylaws (http://funfaculty.org/mission.html#officers ) or talk to a current member of the FUN Executive Committee (http://funfaculty.org/officers.html ). To be eligible for nomination, you must be a dues-paying member of FUN (sorry, student and sustaining members of FUN are not eligible).

Please send your nominations by Friday, August 24, 2007 to the Chair of the Elections Committee, FUN President-elect, Bruce Johnson (brj1@cornell.edu ).

Once nominations have been accepted, all candidates must submit a short (300 words or less) biosketch and a high resolution photo from which we can capture a "head shot". Please send these materials via e-mail to the FUN Webmaster, Debbie Colbern (colbern@ca.rr.com ), and a copy to Bruce Johnson (brj1@cornell.edu ) ASAP but no later than Friday, August 31, 2007. Ballots will be distributed in late September and election results will be announced prior to the SfN Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Help determine the future of FUN!

Sincerely,
Mary Lou Caspers (casperml@udmercy.edu )
FUN Secretary

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Stereology for Neuroscientists
November 1-2, 2007 (at the Horton Grand Hotel prior to the Society for Neuroscience Meeting in San Diego)

Neuroscientists! What you’ve always wanted to know about stereology, but were afraid to ask. A special two day introductory course in stereology for neuroscientists will be held in San Diego immediately before the Annual Society for Neuroscience Meeting, November 1-2. For more information see www.neurostereology.info .

With best regards,

Mark. J. West, Ph.D., Dr. Med. Sci
University of Aarhus, Denmark

Please contact maryamgolchin@gmail.com for registration and program information.

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17-JUL-2007 (updated 17-SEP-2007) EXPIRED

Call for Abstracts for FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session at SfN in San Diego - due ASAP, but no later than October 12, 2007 (on a space available basis)

2007 FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session & Social
Monday, Nov. 5, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina: Marriott Hall, Salon 3

Abstracts for posters to be presented at the 2007 FUN Undergraduate Poster Session should be submitted as soon as possible but absolutely no later than Friday, October 12, 2007. Each poster must be sponsored by a dues-paying individual FUN member or organizational FUN member designee.

Due to space limitations and the increasing popularity of this event, poster space will be assigned on a first-come, first-serve basis and each dues-paying individual or organizational member may sponsor only one poster board. If desired, more than one "poster-style" presentation may be displayed at each poster board. As in the past, posters must be presented by undergraduates who will be attending the SfN meeting. Abstracts accepted for presentation at the SfN poster sessions, as well as those not submitted for presentation as part of the larger SfN program, are welcome and encouraged for presentation at this session.

Application procedure: To apply for poster space, undergraduate students must send: 1) a copy of their abstract and, 2) a short letter of support from a sponsoring FUN faculty member or organizational member representative. Please send these items by e-mail to the Poster Session Chair, Mike Kerchner <mkerchner2@washcoll.edu > and put "FUN Poster Abstract Submission " in the subject line of your e-mail. Again, application materials should be submitted as soon as possible but no later than Friday, October 12, 2007.

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17-JUL-2007 (updated 17-SEP-2007) EXPIRED

Reserve Display Space for Graduate Neuroscience Programs & Summer Internship Information at the FUN Social & Poster Session in San Diego.

2007 FUN Undergraduate Research Poster Session & Social
Monday, Nov. 5, 6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina: Marriott Hall, Salon 3

A number of tables and two poster boards will be available at the FUN Social & Poster Session for advertising your institution’s graduate neuroscience and/or summer internship programs. Because poster boards are in limited supply, requests for poster space will be restricted to no larger than 12 x 20 inches.

If you wish to reserve space on a table and/or poster board, please e-mail your request and space requirements to the Poster Session Chair, Mike Kerchner, mkerchner2@washcoll.edu and put "Request for Program Display Space " in the subject line of your e-mail. Reserved space will be provided on first-come, first-serve basis.

17-JUL-2007 (updated 17-SEP-2007) EXPIRED

FUN / German GSN Poster Award – Fabulous New Opportunity!

This year, German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience (http://www.neuroschools-germany.com) and the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience are proud to announce the inception of a new poster award for an undergraduate poster presented at the 2007 Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego. The winner of this award will be announced in San Diego at the FUN Social / Poster Session on Monday, Nov. 5 (6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., San Diego Marriott Hotel and Marina: Marriott Hall, Salon 3 ).

The recipient of this award will be given a one-week science trip to Berlin and other neuroscience hot spots in Germany. German Graduate Schools of Neuroscience will cover airfare, travel expenses and overnight stays within Germany as well as coordinate lab visits based on the winning student's research interest.

Details regarding the application procedures for this award will be published in the near future on the FUN and German-GSN websites and FUN Fan Mail list .

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11-APR-2007 EXPIRED

Attention, all Undergraduate Neuroscience Faculty-- especially in the
Midwest!

The inaugural MidBrain s Regional Undergraduate Neuroscience Conference, MidBrains 2007, will be held at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, on Saturday, April 28th, 2007. The conference will provide a forum for undergraduate students in the Midwest to present research findings, to attend research lectures and special panels, and to meet other undergraduate students interested in the neurosciences. Representatives from several major research universities will be present to discuss graduate school opportunities. Students are encouraged to submit abstracts in all fields of the neurosciences and related disciplines!

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN ONLINE AT: http://www.macalester.edu/midbrainconference/

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02-APR-2007 EXPIRED

FUN Undergraduate Student Travel Awards Due May 23, 2007.

We welcome dues-paying members of Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience to sponsor nominees for a FUN Undergraduate Student Travel Award. The award covers expenses associated with attending the Society for Neuroscience 2007 meeting for an undergraduate student who is presenting a poster. Award application instructions and judging criteria are located on the FUN Student Travel Awards web page located at http://funfaculty.org/travelawards.html . Applications are due Wednesday, May 23, 2007.

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27-MAR-2007 EXPIRED

TEACHING SURVIVAL SKILLS AND ETHICS
13th Annual Trainer-of-Trainers Conference
June 10-15, 2007
Snowmass, Colorado

Supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Office of Research Integrity, and the University of Pittsburgh

(Attendance is limited to 50 persons and applications are considered on a rolling basis. For additional information, go to: http://www.survival.pitt.edu/events/trainer.asp )

This conference provides faculty and administrators with the background and materials needed to establish or improve instruction in the responsible conduct of research and in a broad range of professional skills, abilities to write research articles, give research seminars, obtain employment, secure funding, teach and mentor.

Members of the conference faculty include Gary Comstock (Professor and Director of the Research Ethics Program, North Carolina State University), Jeannette Hoit (Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, University of Arizona), Debra Parrish (Partner, Parrish Law Offices, specializing in research integrity and intellectual property law), David Jensen (professional career counselor and contributor to Science Next Wave), Jeffrey Kahn (Professor and Director, University of Minnesota Center for Bioethics), Julio Ramirez (Professor of Psychology, Davidson College), and Craig Wilcox (Professor of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh.)

Details on the conference, as well as an application form, are available on our website at http://www.survival.pitt.edu/events/trainer.asp . Conference participants will receive an extensive set of lecture outlines, ethics cases, student handouts, readings, slides, and a comprehensive bibliography. A limited number of conference fellowships are available.

Attendance is limited to 50 persons and applications are considered on a rolling basis. For additional information, contact:

The Survival Skills and Ethics Program
University of Pittsburgh
3500 Fifth Avenue, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
phone: 412-578-3716
fax 412-578-3790
mailto:survival@pitt.edu
http://www.survival.pitt.edu/events/trainer.asp

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16-JAN-2007 EXPIRED

Symposium for Young Neuroscientists And Professors of the Southeast (SYNAPSE)

SYNAPSE is a one-day regional undergraduate neuroscience conference that was inspired by NEURON in the Northeast. A very successful first SYNAPSE meeting at James Madison University in 2003 demonstrated interest and demand for the symposium. In 2006 this important undergraduate neuroscience meeting returned. To see photos of the 2006 meeting, click here. SYNAPSE provides opportunities for students to: present their research results and obtain feedback from neuroscientists at other institutions via poster presentations, discuss important issues in neuroscience training via workshops and panel discussions, learn about cutting-edge research via a keynote speaker, form and potentiate connections with other neuroscientists in the region

2007 Meeting: March 31, Davidson College

Keynote Speaker: Professor Darcy Kelley, Columbia University
Keynote Address: "The vocal synapse: perception and production"

Registration and Abstract submission close on March 15, 2007

For more information go to: http://www.cofc.edu/synapse/

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16-JAN-2007 EXPIRED

N.E.U.R.O.N. in New England!

This year will be the start of dual meetings of N.E.U.R.O.N. (NorthEast
Undergraduate Research Organization for Neuroscience) each year. This
year there will be two Spring meetings (usually it will be Fall and Spring):

1. NEURON IN NEW ENGLAND: March 3, 2007 at Simmons College in Boston.

2. NEURON IN NYC: April 28, 2007 at Hunter College CUNY in NYC.

Details for both meetings are on the Web site:
http://www.albany.edu/neuron/conference/index.html

Note that registration for Poster presentation at the Boston Meeting is February 16. These can be works in progress or recycled SFN posters etc, but great for discussion and networking! Our Keynote Speaker is Erich Jarvis (Duke University Medical Center) who will talk on songbird vocalization! Remember registration is free with refreshments and lunch . And there will be free parking right in the middle of great museums and shopping and entertainment.

Any questions on the Simmons meeting please contact Bruce Gray at bruce.gray@simmons.edu

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16-JAN-2007 EXPIRED

Please submit Undergraduate SUMMER INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES to Alan Gittis

Dear Colleagues,

I am in the process of editing the Summer Internship Opportunities linked to the FUN website- http://www.psych.westminster.edu/psybio/internops.htm .

Please send me the URLs for internship opportunities for undergraduates not currently posted or in need of update of which you have knowledge.

Thanks very much!!

Alan Gittis, PhD
email: gittisa@westminster.edu

Chair, Psychology Department
Coordinator, Neuroscience Program
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA 16172
phone: 724-946-7358
fax: 724-946-7146

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11-OCT-2006 EXPIRED

Applications to shelter a Chapter of Nu Rho Psi, the National Honor Society in Neuroscience are now being accepted.

SfN-Atlanta Alert! All those interested in the organizational aspects of NuRhoPsi should plan on attending the FUN Business Meeting on Monday, October 16, 2006, 7:00–8:30 a.m. at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis Hotel, Madrid / Trinidad Rooms (continental breakfast provided).

Colleges or universities with large undergraduate neuroscience programs, majors or minors, are encouraged to shelter a chapter of Nu Rho Psi. Alternatively, colleges or universities that are geographically close to one another may chose to apply for a charter as a Cooperative Chapter consisting of members from more than one school. In this case, multiple schools should be listed in the chapter application and charter.

The purpose of Nu Rho Psi shall be to:

encourage professional interest and excellence in scholarship, particularly in neuroscience;
award recognition to students who have achieved such excellence in scholarship;
advance the discipline of neuroscience; encourage intellectual and social interaction between students, faculty, and professionals in neuroscience and related fields;
promote career development in neuroscience and related fields;
increase public awareness of neuroscience and its benefits for the individual and society; and