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Undergraduate Research NEWS AND EVENTS Welcome to the Undergraduate Research "News and Events" page. This page will be updated periodically with upcoming campus and regional events as well as promotional items and newsletters. Please check back. ************************************** STUDENT OPPORTUNITIES IN SPACE SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING: February 15, 2008 Announcement (link) ************************************** 2008 Sigma Xi Student Short Science Film Competition on Water
Prizes of $1,000, $800 and $500 will be awarded for the top three films. The competition is open to undergraduate and graduate students, either individually or in teams. There is no entry fee, but individual entrants or at least one member of each team must be members of Sigma Xi. Winning films will be screened at the 2008 Sigma Xi Annual Meeting and Student Research Conference next November 20-23 in Washington, D.C., during an international forum on the topic of water. Travel costs to the forum will be provided for individual awardees or up to two members of a winning team. Water related topics may include, but are not limited to, surface water, ground water, fresh water, oceans, ice caps, desalinization, distribution, health, ecosystems, hydrological cycles, climate change, carbon emissions, science and space. Entries may be scripted or candid, fictionalizations, live video or animation or any combination of these, but must communicate scientific ideas in a manner that the general public can understand. All submissions must be in a DVD format. Entries will be evaluated for the quality of their production and for the accuracy and depth of the scientific ideas they present. Click here for the complete competition guidelines. Download a flyer to post at your institution. ************************************** The American Journal of Undergraduate Research (http://www.ajur.uni.edu/) is a refereed journal for undergraduate research in the pure and applied sciences, mathematics, engineering, technology, and related areas in education. ************************************** The most recent Montana NSF EPSCoR Newsletter (linked below) has been dedicated to the Undergraduate Research Programs at Montana Tech, The University of Montana, and Montana State University. Montana Tech students are highlighted on pages 4, 5 and 6 of the Newsletter. Congratulations to all URP participants, mentors, and supporters. Keep up the good work! Montana NSF EPSCoR Newsletter--Winter 2007 ************************************** POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Managing Editor The prestigious Journal of Young Investigators (JYI) is recruiting staff and manuscript submissions. Applicants must be undergraduate students with an interest in science, broadly defined. In particular, JYI is seeking students with an interest in web development and programming skills, as well as copy-editing skills, to fill Managing Editor and Chief Technical Officer positions. Application information and position descriptions can be found at http://www.jyi.org/participate.php. For best consideration, application materials should be received by June 1, 2007; however, applications are always accepted on a rolling basis. JYI is also seeking original research manuscripts and review articles for publication in its monthly online journal. For more information on submissions, please visit http://www.jyi.org/submissions/. JYI is an international, online peer-reviewed journal for undergraduates, publishing both original research manuscripts and science feature and news articles written by undergraduate science journalists on staff. Over JYI's 10 years in operation, we have been supported by the National Science Foundation, Science Magazine, the Burroughs Wellcome Fund, Science's Next Wave, Duke University, Georgetown University and many others. JYI has been featured in The New York Times, Science Magazine, Nature Magazine, Chemical Engineering News and EureekAlert!. For more information, please e-mail JYI's Chief Executive Officer, at ceo@jyi.org, or JYI's Director of Human Resources, Arvind Suresh, at dhr@jyi.org. For questions about this listserv, please email ceo@jyi.org. **************************************
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In conjunction with a year-long focus on the issue of water, Sigma Xi is sponsoring a competition for three-minute student films on aspects of this precious and dwindling natural resource. The entry deadline is September 1, 2008.