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2010 New Faculty Workshop – Strategic Planning for Early Career Success

July 9-11, 2010 Björklunden Lodge Lawrence University – Door County, WI The 2010 New Faculty Workshop was held in Door County, WI at Lawrence’s Björklunden Lodge the weekend of July 9-11, 2010. This weekend workshop is intended for first and second year faculty in term or tenure-track appointments as well as graduate students and postdocs.… Continue reading 2010 New Faculty Workshop – Strategic Planning for Early Career Success

2010 Janet Andersen Lecture Award Winners

Biological Sciences and Psychology Professor Sarah (Sally) C.R. Elgin has been a dedicated teacher, scholar and mentor for students from elementary school through graduate school for more than 3 decades. Sally graduated from Pomona College and earned a Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology in 1971. She spent time as a postdoc at Caltech… Continue reading 2010 Janet Andersen Lecture Award Winners

2010 Executive Board Meeting

The Executive Board meeting will be held May 1, 2010 at the Marriott O’Hare, Chicago, IL.  Any suggestions regarding ideas for workshops or nominations for the Janet Andersen Lecture Award should be directed to your campus rep or the Program Assistant, Marlene Field, fieldm@hope.edu.

Cognitive, Computational and Systems Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (C-SURE) at Washington University

Undergraduate students are invited to apply for fellowships to pursue research with a Washington University faculty member affiliated with the Cognitive, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (CCSN) pathway at Washington University. CCSN is an exciting and fast-growing interdisciplinary fild. It draws on psychology, neurobiology, and biomedical engineering. C-SURE fellows will complete a 10-week research experience during… Continue reading Cognitive, Computational and Systems Neuroscience Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (C-SURE) at Washington University

2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium – Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science

In the Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science Nov. 6-8, 2009 at the University of Chicago The URS in the Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science was held the weekend of November 6-8 at The University of Chicago. A total of 91 students and faculty members from all 14 Consortium member campuses participated in the… Continue reading 2009 Undergraduate Research Symposium – Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Computer Science

2009 Undergraduate Research Symposia – Biological Sciences and Psychology

In the Biological Sciences and Psychology Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 at Washington University in St Louis The URS in the Biological Sciences & Psychology was held October 30 – November 1 at Washington University in St. Louis. A total of 92 students and faculty members from 13 of the 14 Consortium member campuses participated in… Continue reading 2009 Undergraduate Research Symposia – Biological Sciences and Psychology

Moving Campus Sustainability Forward through Collaborative Student-Faculty-Staff Projects

For more than a decade, campus sustainability has gathered substantial momentum at many of Consortium’s member institutions. Students, faculty, staff, and administrators, many affiliated with natural and applied sciences, have provided inquiry and leadership along a number of campus sustainability initiatives. These activities encompass the development of courses, curricular projects, modules, case studies, student-faculty research… Continue reading Moving Campus Sustainability Forward through Collaborative Student-Faculty-Staff Projects