SUMMER 2010 UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ENRICHMENT PROGRAM
Tentative
Wednesdays  4 to 5 PM 205 Brown Lab
Special Sessions  Thursdays June 10 4-5:30 PM
June 24 &
July 28 NOON-1:30 PM 
    
                  
HHMI Scholars, Peter White Fellows, Beckman Scholars, and others including Science and Engineering Scholars
 DATE
 PROGRAM
On-line
On your own
 What do you need to know about Safety in the Research Laboratory?
Please note: You need to have completed safety instructions in your research laboratory and/or on-line before you start work in a laboratory. If you have questions, contact Occupational Health and Safety.
Thurs
June 10
4:00-5:30
Gore Hall

Undergraduate Research Ethics Conference
Dr. Thomas Powers, Department of Philosophy and co-director of the Science, Ethics, and Public Policy program administered by the Delaware Biotechnology Institute, and graduate students

June 16 What are you doing here this summer? Introduction to Research and issues you may encounter.
Dr. Harold White (Dept. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Director UD's HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program).
Dr. David Usher (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Assoc. Dir. UD's HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program)
June 23 Student Voices. Students who have done undergraduate research for more than a year describe their experiences. Megan Kissig, Nick Marze, Michael Napolitano, Wuroh Timbo, and  Justin DiAngelo BS Biology '02, PhD UPenn '10 (F 2010 begins Asst. Prof. Cell Biology at Hofstra University.)
Thurs
June 24
(optional)
Dealing with America's Health Disparities Problem - Part I Socioeconomic and Cultural Factors
Drs. David Usher, Robert Sikes (Dept. of Biological Sciences), Jacqueline Aldridge (NUCLEUS Program), and Cynthia van Golen (Delaware State University), and  Susan Safford (Lincoln University)
Special optional session in 243 Wolf Hall from 12-1:30 PM. Food Provided.
Readings: Disparities and Discrimination in Health Care-an Introduction
Health Care Disparities Reading List Abstracts.
June 30 Don't stop now-Other University opportunities?
Susan Serra,
Service Learning Coordinator and Katharine KerraneSenior Associate Director, Honors Program, and undergraduate panelists
discussing National and International Scholarship Opportunities, Semester Abroad, Service Learning, and related opportunities. (Goldwater, Marshall, Mitchell, Rhodes, and Truman Scholarships, Fulbright Fellowships)
July 7
How are things going? Mid-Session Perspectives.
Dr. David Usher (Dept. of Biological Sciences, Assoc. Dir. UD's HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program),
Dr. Harold White (Dept. Chemistry & Biochemistry, Director UD's HHMI Undergraduate Science Education Program).

July 14
How do I get into Graduate School? (Must attend this session and/or the July 21 session)
Dr. David Usher, (Dept. of Biological Sciences),
Dr. Melinda Duncan, (Dept. of Biological Sciences),
Dr. Brian Bahnson, (Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry)
Dr. John Pelesko, Dept. of Mathematical Sciences)
July 20
Tuesday
lunch
(Optional)
Dealing with America's Health Disparities Problem- Part II Race-based Medicine
Drs. David Usherand Robert Sikes (Dept. of Biological Sciences), Jacqueline Aldridge  (NUCLEUS Program), Dr. Cynthia van Golen (Delaware State University), Dr. Susan Safford (Lincoln University)
Special optional session in 243 Wolf Hall from 12-1:30 PM
Reading: Should Racial Profiling have a Role in Cancer Prognosis?
July 21
Managing a career in science.What is it like to be a scientist in academia or industry?
Career biographies from academic and industrial scientists.

Erica Selva and Kenneth van Golen, Department of Biological Sciences,
Charles Riordan, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Easley Wallace, Jr. , Principal Investigator, DuPont.

July 28 How to communicate your Results - Conferences (Talks and Posters) 
Megan Kissig, BS Biology, and Michael Napolitano, BS Biochemistry
Judging Rubrics for the ASBMB Undergraduate Poster Competition 2007
A good site for instructions on poster preparation. Another good site.
August  4
How do I get into Medical or other professional Schools? 
(Must attend this session and/or the July 14 session)
Dr. David Usher (Dept. of Biological Sciences), Aivi Nguyen, BS Biology '09 (Jefferson Medical School), Obi Mmagu, BS Biology '09 PCOM, Christine Arenson, MD BS Chemistry '86, Director, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Jefferson Medical School.
Aug 11


Plenary Lecture: 
Snapshots of Proteins in Action

11:15 A.M.
Clayton Hall

9:00 - 11:00 AM
(Participants and their Poster Assignments to be posted in August)

Student Talks and Posters Presentations
Clayton Hall
(Last year's program)

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Program organized by David Usher [e-mail: dusher at udel.edu], Department of Biological Sciences
Page last updated: 22 July 2010  by Hal White [e-mail: halwhite at udel.edu], Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry