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Undergraduate Summer Research Fellowship

By Sana Meghani

This Program will provide students with an increased confidence in their abilities to work in a research setting and raise their awareness of Systems Biology and the opportunities available in the emerging field. Students selected to participate in the Program will be awarded a $3500 stipend. Students will be placed in a SDCSB affiliated laboratory and be assigned to a senior member of the lab to act as a mentor during the ten-week program from June ? August. The deadline for submitting a comple

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Summer 2012 internship at NASA DEVELOP JPL

By Sana Meghani

NASA's DEVELOP Internship Program at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA is now recruiting students and recent graduates (Fall 2011 graduation) in biology, chemistry, computer science, Earth sciences, engineering, environmental sciences, geography, geology, math, statistics, and all other related disciplines for the upcoming NASA DEVELOP Applied Sciences Spring and Summer 2012 Internships. The deadlines are November 14, 2011 and January 30, 2012. US Citizenship is required.

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SEEK (Summer Engineering Experience for Kids) Mentors Needed!

By Melinda Rose

California NSBE Chapters, This summer SEEK (Summer Engineering Experience for Kids) is back in San Diego and Oakland, California. We are thrilled to be back on the West Coast reaching more Cali youth! SEEK is a 3 week engineering summer camp program for 3-5 grade students where students learn engineering concepts and science and math skills through fun, hands-on projects and competitions.

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Society of Women Engineers

By Melinda Rose

Is your New Year's resolution to get more involved? The Society of Women Engineers is the perfect opportunity for you! Exciting events this quarter include a high school outreach event called Envision, a Facebook industry event, and community service. First GBM info will be posted soon at swe.ucsd.edu.

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Expanding Your Horizons - Call for Female Mentors!

By Melinda Rose

Expanding Your Horizons (EYH) provides hands-on/minds-on exploration in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics for 6th ? 10th grade girls. Our mission is to encourage young women to pursue careers in these fields by offering interactive workshops from Architecture to Zoology. EYH mentors are enthusiastic female undergraduate and graduate students with an interest in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics. All Majors are welcome!

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Internship/ National Competition Opportunity with Society Of Women Engineers/ Life Technologies

By Melinda Rose

Society of Women Engineers at UCSD and Life Technologies are looking for engineering students to work on a Industry Project. The time span of the project will be from January to June . Each Team member can win up too $400 a person at the SWE TeamTech Boeing Compeition, gain national recognition October 2012, and potentially be published in the national SWE magazine.

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Orientation to Engineering II Course WI12

By Melinda Rose

Learn about Engineering as a career. Hear experiences of engineers from the industry. Prepare for future internships and jobs.

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$2,000 CISCO IDEA Scholarship

By Melinda Rose

The Cisco IDEA Scholarship is awarded annually for the purpose of recruitment and retention of students in the Jacobs School of Engineering who demonstrate a commitment to the ideals of inclusion, diversity, excellence and advancement. In addition to a monetary stipend, the scholarship includes an optional summer internship with CISCO.

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2011-2012 UCSD McNair Program

By Melinda Rose

The program facilitates research experience under the guidance of a faculty mentor in the winter and spring quarters of 2012 and during an 8-week summer program from late June through mid August of 2012. In the summer, thirty McNair students in all academic fields receive a $2,800.00 research stipend, free on-campus housing, and a free GRE preparatory course. McNair Scholars also participate in a series of seminars designed to prepare them for graduate study and careers in research.

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DOW-MIT ACCESS Program

By Melinda Rose

The DOW-MIT ACCESS Program is a weekend-long symposium aimed to expose underrepresented minority students to the benefits of a graduate education in the aforementioned research areas. This 3rd annual event, taking place on MIT’s campus September 30th and October 1st, is an interactive and informative symposium that has proven to have a lasting impact on its past participants. Hosted by the Departments of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering at MIT.

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