IU School of Optometry Open House

YOU ARE INVITED TO: IU School of Optometry Open House

Saturday, October 22, 2011

1:00 – 4:00 p.m.

800 East Atwater Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana

FEATURING
1:00 – 2:30 p.m.  Guided tours by current students of our School, Lab and Atwater Eye Care Center
2:30 – 3:15 p.m.   Presentation on Admission and Financial Aid
3:15 – 4:00 p.m.  Current Student Panel

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Call (812) 855-1917
E-mail: iubopt@indiana.edu
Visit our website: http://www.opt.indiana.edu

This is a special opportunity for interested students to explore a career in optometry…we look forward to seeing YOU!

Filed under: Careers

IMMERSE Intensive Mathematics: a Mentoring, Education and Research Summer Experience

An NSF funded research and mentoring experience in algebra and analysis for beginning graduate students in mathematics.

Department of Mathematics, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

June 11-July 20, 2012

Participant Qualifications: US Citizen or permanent resident; intent to enroll in a graduate program in mathematics (in which the PhD degree is offered) for the fall 2012 semester.

Stipend: $3,400 plus travel, Room and board provided on campus.

Participants accepted: 20 or more pre-graduate students

Application deadline: March 15, 2012 (notification in early April)

For more information or to apply see: http://www.math.unl.edu/immerse

University of Nebraska Lincoln, Nebraska IMMERSE, Department of Mathematics, 203 Avery Hall, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588-0130, 402-472-3731

Filed under: Math Majors, Research and Grad School

14th Annual Nebraska Conference for Undergraduate Women in Mathematics

January 27-29, 2012

ncuwm@math.unl.edu

A national showcase for research of undergraduate women in the mathematical sciences

Plenary Speakers: Ingrid Daubechies, Duke University and Sara Billey University of Washington Seattle

Main Program: Talks and posters by undergraduate women about their research

Panel Discussions: Careers using mathematics, Choosing a mathematics graduate program

Registration: Registration opens by Oct. 10 2011 and closes when capacity is reached. For undergraduate participants, most local expenses are covered and some travel support is available. You do not need to give a talk to participate. To register, apply for funding or sign up to give a talk, visit http://www.math.unl.edu/ncuwm

University of Nebraska Lincoln, Department of Mathematics, 203 Avery Hall, University of Nebraska Lincoln, NE 68588-0130, 402-472-3731

Filed under: Math Majors, Research and Grad School, Women

CAREERS WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Wednesday, October 5, 7-8:30 p.m.

PV (SPEA) 272

Interested in a career with the Federal Government? Join representatives from the US Department of Energy and the Partnership for Public Service, to learn about strategies for acquiring government jobs. Gina Erickson, Senior Analyst with the US Department of Energy will share the story of how she came to work for the government and offer advice to students looking to pursue a similar career path.

Gina Erickson has been with the U.S. Department of Energy for ten years. She currently serves as a senior analyst on oil markets and Middle East energy policy, where she provides analysis on bilateral and multilateral energy, oil market and cross-cutting issues that affect the Middle East and North Africa. Previously Gina served as State Program Director with a non-profit agency focused on domestic energy tax policy. She also worked as Program Manager contracted by the Directorate of Central Intelligence’s Environmental Center to study national security issues related to global warming. Gina’s teaching experience includes classes in computer science, international relations and political science at a community college in Washington, D.C. She also served four years as an Arabic translator in the U.S. Army. Gina has a Masters of Public Policy from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs in Minnesota. She is fluent in French, Spanish, Arabic, and Swedish.

This event is sponsored by The Career Development Center and Arts & Sciences Career Services and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs Career Services in collaboration with the Call to Serve Speakers Bureau.

Registration required through your myIUcareers account.

Filed under: Careers

IU Whirlpool Habitat Build

Volunteer to build a house for a family in need. The build takes place September 29-October 8 near the IU Stadium.  To get involved, email KISI@indiana.edu.

Morning and afternoon shifts available.

Filed under: Uncategorized, Volunteer opportunities

Bepko 2011-2012 IT internships

Students: Be sure to apply for Bepko 2011-2012 internships

Are you looking to add to your resume?

Apply for Bepko 2011-2012 internships to gain hands-on experience in an innovative learning environment that boasts some of the best IT resources in the nation.

These paid positions offer collaboration with leading IT experts and possible academic credit (with appropriate approvals).

Students from populations traditionally under-represented in IT fields are strongly encouraged to apply.

For more information, visit:  http://bit.ly/uits_internships
Or contact UITSHR@indiana.edu.

Filed under: Careers

Law Day is coming October 25

Tuesday, October 25 is Law Day at IUB.  With a record 120 schools (out of 203 nationwide) coming, it will be the largest Law Fair in the country!  It is a rare opportunity that most college students around the nation simply do not have.  Attending can give you a head-start and an edge on the competition.  Questions?  Contact HPPLC at hpplc@indiana.edu or call 812.855.1873.  [For a list of schools that have registered so far, click here.]

Both events below are for all IU students, including freshmen and sophomores.  But if you are a current applicant or a junior, you should consider attendance at both events mandatory.  Casual attire is fine.

1.  Panel Discussion, Q & A, 9:00 am – 10:45 am (quiet latecomers welcome) in Whittenberger Auditorium – IMU.  Law School Deans Frank Motley from IUB, Collins Byrd of Iowa, and Janet Hein of Dayton will reveal the inner secrets of the admissions processes:  “WHAT REALLY WORKS IN A LAW SCHOOL APPLICATION!”  These experts will provide invaluable insider information that you can’t find anywhere else.  The panel is extremely informative, and always very entertaining—so come early and come with questions!

2.  Law Fair, 11:00 AM until 3:00 PM in Alumni Hall.

Representatives from 120 law schools will be here to recruit YOU!  Ask questions about their programs, admission requirements, and your specific strengths (and weaknesses).  Pick up material, forms, information (and souvenirs).  Most reps are Deans of Admission, and making a good impression can be helpful in the admissions process!  Don’t know what to ask?  Consider these Questions to Ask Law Schools.

Want more info?  Please do not reply to this email, but contact the Health Professions and Prelaw Center by emailing hpplc@indiana.edu, or by calling 812.855.1873.

We hope to see you there!

Filed under: Research and Grad School

BBP Water Corp. Employer Visit

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Employer Information Session

5:30pm-7pm

PV (SPEA) 212

Pizza Provided

Position Information: Internship Program

RSVP Requested

Organization Overview: 

BBP Water is a nonprofit drinking water utility dedicated to providing a safe, life sustaining product to parts of Clay, Owen, and Monroe counties. All water is being treated and pumped from a 2.4 million gallon a day softening plant located in Spencer. Water for fire protection is also provided for some areas.

Internship Program Overview: 

BBP Water offers an internship position that would mirror on the job training that allows you to apply to take the state exam for water treatment and/or distribution operators. Training would include work in the treatment plant, lab and field work in the distribution system, geographic Information System (GIS) mapping of the system and meeting with consumers with water quality questions. Work will also include hosting groups visiting the plant.  You will work directly with the plant superintendent.

Hosted by IU SPEA Office of Career Services

Filed under: Careers

History and Philosophy of Science lecture: Quantum computers — why should we care?

Amit Hagar, History and Philosophy of Science, Indiana University, Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00-4:00 p.m., Informatics East, Rm. 130, The SoIC Colloquium Series

The School of Informatics and Computing Colloquium Series
Amit Hagar
History and Philosophy of Science
Indiana University
When:  Friday, September 23, 2011, 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Where:  Informatics East, Rm. 130

Topic:  Quantum computers — why should we care?

Abstract:  In this talk I will lay out the basic promise and current challenges of quantum computing, and discuss the philosophical consequences they may carry with them. I shall try to convince you that there are several good reasons why philosophers, as well as computer scientists, should be aware of what has become today the holy grail for both theoreticians and experimentalists within quantum information theory (spoiler – a belief in parallel universes is NOT one of these; a computational outlook on physics IS), and that, in essence, the quest for large-scale quantum computers is a quest for the universality of quantum theory.

Biography:  Amit Hagar (Ph.D. UBC, 2004), is a philosopher of physics interested in the foundations of modern physics, especially in the notion of objective chance, the philosophy of time, the notion of physical computation, and the foundations of quantum information theory. He is the author of Time and Chance (2004, MAPA, in Hebrew) and The Complexity of Noise: A Philosophical Outlook on Quantum Error Correction (Morgan & Claypool, 2010), and a recipient of two NSF scholar’s awards (2009, 2010-2013), and the IU Outstanding Junior Faculty Award (2011). He is currently engaged in writing a monograph on the history & the philosophy of the notion of fundamental length in modern physics.

Past and future SoIC Colloquiums may be viewed on the SoIC Home Page by clicking on the Master Calendar or Colloquia and Agenda

Also, click on the IU Events Calendar located at the bottom of the IUB Home page under More Events and then Information Technology or Lectures & Conferences tab to view events.

Host:  Peter Todd (pmtodd@indiana.edu)

Filed under: Research and Grad School

IU Bloomington recruiting under way for new Medical Physics master’s degree

Indiana University Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of Physics have begun recruiting students for a new professional master’s degree in medical physics. Successful applicants will begin classes in the fall of 2012.

“Medical physics is the application of the concepts and methods of physics to the diagnosis and treatment of human disease,” said Susan B. Klein, director of the new program. Klein has a Ph.D. in biophysics from University of California Berkeley and did postdoctoral research in radiation oncology at University of Michigan Medical School. “The challenges facing the field of medical physics will demand that its innovators have the broad theoretical and research training that is possible only in a program like ours. We are preparing students for the future of medical physics.”

The new program will provide a rigorous curriculum in physics, mathematics, chemistry and biomedical sciences, in addition to practical courses in the four primary areas of the medical physics practice: radiation therapy physics, diagnostic imaging physics, nuclear medicine and radiation protection physics. Besides providing a curriculum in clinical medical physics, this program will also emphasize research and development skills vital for establishing the next generation of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. A professional master’s degree is a terminal degree program that provides advanced training to prepare students to work in a particular professional field.

“Medical physics practitioners have expressed a desire for graduates with a solid grounding in physics in addition to the knowledge of medical imaging, X-rays, CT scanning and MRI’s,” said Physics Department chair Rick van Kooten. “This program addresses this need, and we are very excited about the opportunities for students — the field is wide open and the careers are potentially quite lucrative.”

The new program offers physics majors in the applied physics track the opportunity to complete the master’s degree in one year beyond their four-year undergraduate degree. New master’s students in the graduate program can expect to complete the degree in about five semesters.

Catherine Pilachowski, associate dean for graduate education in the College of Arts and Sciences, said, “Physics plays an increasingly important role in healthcare as the technologies for imaging and radiation therapy advance in complexity. The new medical physics program at IU Bloomington not only serves this need, but also takes advantage of the strengths of the Bloomington campus.”

The development of professional master’s degree programs is of particular interest to the College of Arts and Sciences, according to Larry D. Singell Jr., dean of the college.

“One of my goals as dean is to foster and encourage the development of programs that serve both individual needs and the needs of the increasingly complex and interconnected world we all live in,” Singell said. “I commend the faculty in the Physics Department for the care and attention they have given to the development of the medical physics master’s program, and I congratulate them on launching their first recruiting season. I look forward to welcoming our first group of master’s students next fall.”

Filed under: Research and Grad School, Medical Physics