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Metacognition!
If you didn’t get a chance to attend Dr. Saundra McGuire’s presentation on Metacognition last week (10/26/2016), the recording is now available to you here. You can also find copies of each of the presentations she gave during her visit. You will need to log in with your Carleton credentials to see these materials. Watch this for inspiration about how to study more effectively and intentionally to enhance your success in classes! A copy of her book, “Teaching Students How to Learn” is available to look at on the shelf with textbooks outside Joe’s and Chris’s offices.
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Chemistry Department Seminar: Margaret Tolbert
Colorado University-Boulder, “Every Drop Counts…Looking for Water on Mars”.
Friday, November 4th, 2016
3:30
Olin 04Mars is a cold, dry planet where pure liquid water is not stable. However, recent observations of “recurring slope lineae” (RSL) on Mars may be evidence of current liquid water flows. Several different hygroscopic salts are known to exist in the Martian soil, and deliquescence of those salts could provide small amounts of liquid water temporarily. Our research group uses Raman microscopy and an environmental cell to probe the conditions under which such liquid brines can form and persist under low Martian temperatures. I will discuss the brine-forming ability of several different Mars-relevant salts and salt mixtures, as well as the potential habitability or toxicity of these aqueous solutions to bacterial spores. I will also discuss the results of experiments we have done on salty sediment samples from the Dry Valleys of Antarctica, the only terrestrial analog site for the Martian RSL.
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Lunch With Seminar Speaker Margaret Tolbert
Lunch with this week’s seminar speaker will be Friday, 1:10-2:20 p.m., in the LDC. Meet in the hallway outside Mudd 169. If you are off board, the department will cover your lunch. I have reserved the “Class of ’51 dining room” for lunch today.
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Journal Club Meets This Week
Thursday, November 3, 2016
12:00 – 1:00 pm / Mudd 171Have lunch and discuss the work of this week’s seminar speaker. The paper we’ll be discussing will be found here.
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The deadline for submission is February 15, 2017.
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Summer Undergraduate Research at Caltech
Caltech is excited to announce two summer research opportunities available to continuing undergraduate students. Questions about these programs can be directed to Carol Casey or (626) 395-2887.
WAVE Fellows
Online applications are due January 10, 2017.and
Amgen Scholars
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Stipend based program
Centers for Decease Control and Prevention (CDC)
National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH)
Division of Laboratory Sciences (DLS)
Atlanta, GAApplication deadline is January 20, 2017.
Dates are May 22 – July 28, 2017.
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CAICE Undergraduate Summer Research
Check out this link to see if you can spot the Carleton student in the webpage
Deadline to apply online and submit letters of reference is February 1, 2017.
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The Volpe Center is recruiting talented and diverse individuals to fill internship positions in a variety of fields. The summer 2017 Internships are open from November 1, 2016 to November 20, 2016 (or until the applicant limit is reached). Jobs are expected to start in May 2017.
The Pathways program is a particularly good way for students interested in government work to get their foot in the door. There are 4 Carleton alumni currently employed at Volpe.
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The Chemistry Department, at the University of North Texas, invites applications for their Summer 2017 NSF-REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) Program. The ten-week program will tentatively begin the last week of May or the first week of June. Also, participants will be given a $5,000 stipend, plus housing will be provided. Funds are available to help defray travel costs to and from the REU site, which is located in the northern outskirts of the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.
Deadline is Wednesday, March 1, 2017.
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Chemistry REU program at Indiana University
the Chemistry REU program at Indiana University is requesting we advertise their 9 week Research Experience for Undergraduates at their Bloomington campus for Summer of 2017. They will begin to accept applications shortly with a January 15th deadline. You will find more details here.