The Weekly Beaker

Volume 23, Number 8

“Chemistry the Central Science: Looking Beyond the Flask” Official/Unofficial Story

Corporate Scientist and group leader in the 3M Corporate Research Process Laboratory

Friday, November 9th, 2018
3:30 p.m. /Olin 141 – new location

Lunch will be this Friday, November 9 from 1:10-2:10 in the LDC. Students on and off board are welcome. Meet in the hallway outside of Old Music Hall 103 to walk over to the LDC. I have reserved the “Class of ’51 dining room” for lunch today.  

There is an informational session happening Monday, November 5th at 7:00pm in Leighton 304.

The application deadline is January 11th, 2019. Here is the link: https://apps.carleton.edu/mathscience/research/summer_fellows/

Anonymously Submit Your Personal Statement

We are seeking curious and highly motivated students with strong science backgrounds. If selected, these students receive an all-expense paid opportunity to complete a 6 week summer course in Nuclear and Radiochemistry in either California or New York. They also earn hours (tuition paid) of undergraduate chemistry credit through either San Jose State University or SUNY-Stony Brook.  Selected students also receive a stipend of $4,000.

The deadline for applications is February 1, 2019. 

Program: Summer research appointments are available for undergraduate students in chemistry, materials science, chemical engineering and related fields, between their junior and senior years, who intend to pursue graduate studies and have an interest in polymers and coatings science.  Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials (CPM) at North Dakota State University (NDSU) is widely recognized as one of the top educational and research departments in its field.  

Applications deadline is March 1^st, 2019.

Applications are now open for the 2019 Molecular Imaging Summer Program, sponsored by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and the 2019 Chemical Biology Summer Program, sponsored by the Tri-Institutional PhD Program in Chemical Biology. These 10-week programs begin on June 3, 2019 and end on August 9, 2019.

Applications now open through February 1.

Master of Science in Environmental Metrology & Policy program (EMAP) at Georgetown University, Washington DC that is a joint endeavor between Georgetown, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Priority deadline:  January 15, 2019