We are writing to you about the Oregon Science Startup Forum, an event our section is holding onSaturday, April 28, 2018 at the Learning Innovation Center at Oregon State University in Corvallis. It’s designed to be a 1-day exploration of what it is like to be a science entrepreneur.

Attached is a letter explaining the event and flyers we hope you will post in your department. We hope that the science students and faculty at OSU will be interested in our event. Please let us know if you have any questions.

We hope to see you on April 28!

OSSF Pub 19FEB18[1]

The Teva Pharmaceutical Marc A. Goshko Memorial Grant Program which is administered by the American Chemical Society will be accepting proposals from March 1, 2018 – April 6, 2018.   One grant will be awarded for a three-year period with funding of $100,000 per year. The proposed research must be in the area of organic chemistry with potential or direct connections with medicinal or pharmaceutical chemistry. Applicants must be a recently tenured faculty member in a Ph.D.-granting U.S. institution. Details and application forms available at www.acs.org/teva .     For further information contact program manager:   Dr. Nancy Jensen Office of Research Grants American Chemical Society (202) 872-6186   n_jensen@acs.org

Jason Slot
Dept. Plant Pathology
Fungal Evolutionary Genomics
The Ohio State University

Investigating fungal chemical ecology with evolutionary genomics

Date:  Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Time:  3:30 – 4:30 PM
Place:  ALS 3021

Host: Michael Freitag

Slot_Flyer

2018 Winter Term Safety Memorandum V2

Recent reports show that nearly a quarter of all women employed in the U.S. have been harassed at work. Join Kate Clancy, Associate Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, as she discusses her several publications on sexual harassment in the sciences, as well as upcoming work in engineering. During this interactive broadcast with C&EN journalists Linda Wang and Andrea Widener, on Thursday, February 15, 2:00-3:00 PM ET, Dr. Clancy will also talk about how universities and individuals should address the problem moving forward. What You Will Learn What is sexual harassment Why sexual harassment is prevalent in science How to address sexual harassment in your science workplace Join us weekly for free, live ACS Webinars to learn from the best and brightest minds in chemistry – every Thursday, 2:00-3:00 PM ET!

What do you do if Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) comes to your classroom looking for a student? What if you are asked for a list of undocumented students? What are impacted students concerned about?  What resources are available for impacted students?

 

If you are interested in the answers to these and other questions, and want to learn more about supporting undocumented students at OSU, join us for a Know Your Rights & Responsibilities Session for Faculty and Staff with OSU’s Undocumented Student Care and Wellbeing Committee and immigration lawyer Maria Cobarrubias on Thursday, February 22 from 12-1pm OR 2-3pm in the MU Multipurpose Room (MU 13). Coffee & water will be provided. RSVP by Monday, February 19 athttp://dce.oregonstate.edu/rights. Walk-in attendance available depending on space availability. Learn more about the presenter here: https://www.cobarrubiaslaw.com/.

 

NFUSS is a six-week course, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), designed to provide undergraduate students with comprehensive, experimental, hands-on training in topics essential to nuclear forensics. This program will be held June 11 to July 20, 2018, at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City. Through laboratory experiments and complementary lectures, students are introduced to the practice and technical aspects of nuclear forensic science. The program will also include a field trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).

Nuclear forensics involves examining materials recovered from radiological and nuclear events of an illicit or hostile nature in order to determine their character and origin. Nuclear forensics conclusions, combined with information from law enforcement investigation and intelligence, help identify those responsible for planned and actual attacks.

Nuclear forensics supports the U.S. Government commitment to identify and hold fully accountable any state or non-state actor that willfully supports, enables, or engages in hostile weapons of mass destruction activities that threaten the United States or our allies and partners.

Important Dates

• Application deadline:February 28, 2018
• Reference received deadline: March 9, 2018
• Candidates notified of selection:March 1-30, 2018
• Program dates:June 11 to July 20, 2018
• Field trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory:Tentative date of July 11, 2018

If you have any questions, visit https://orise.orau.gov/nfuss/ or contact NFUSS@orau.org.

Best Regards,

 

Brook Benson

Program Specialist – WorkForce Development

 

Join us for the ORNL Science Education and Workforce Development VIrtual Career Fair on February 22 from noon to 3 pm.

Register at http://orau.us/live-ornl and discover the next step in your career!

NFUSS Flyer Summer 2018

Appointments for Summer 2018!

Apply NOW to the Nuclear Engineering Science Laboratory Synthesis Program (NESLS) Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) – Summer 2018

Must apply at https://www.zintellect.com/Posting/Details/3685

by February 28, 2018 for Summer term (must start by June 15 and end on or after August 10, 2018

·       Current AAS, BS, MS, and PhD students – Majors related to Engineering, Earth and Geosciences, Environmental and Marine Sciences, Life Health and Medical Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Nanotechnology, Chemistry, Physics, International Relations, Political Science, Government, Policy, Risk Analysis, Science Writing, Public Affairs, and Computer Sciences

·       Stipend based on academic status – range from $529/week to $935/week for full-time; pro-rated for part-time

·       Travel/Housing assistance (if eligible)

·       Professional development activities

·       Minimum GPA  – 3.0/4.0

·       Open to U.S. and Eligible International Citizenship

Visit http://www.orau.org/ornl or contact NESLS@orau.org for more information!

Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education are excited to share with you a great opportunity for your students to learn about the variety of internships and research participation programs available at ORNL, the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest science and energy lab.

ORNL and ORISE are co-hosting a virtual career fair on February 22 from noon to 3 p.m. EST. Students may register up to the day of the event at http://orau.us/live-ornl.

During the virtual career fair, students will be able to chat with ORNL scientists and ORISE recruiters and get tips on applying. (See the attached agenda to learn more about the researchers scheduled to chat.)

Please share this information with your students and encourage them to find out more about the science education programs at ORNL!