The Biomedical Exploratory Program will introduce undergraduates to research, laboratory techniques, pre-graduate school planning and resources, and mentor students year-round to increase their competitiveness for graduate school in the biomedical/behavioral sciences.

A Look At The Modern College Student

WHO SHOULD APPLY? Freshman and Sophomore students majoring in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, health science, mathematics, physics, psychology, public health, speech language hearing science, statistics

Actress Pauley Perette of “NCIS” stars in this video explaining the importance of encouraging the involvement of today’s youth in science, engineering, and technology.

ORACLE and Java

Oracle has been a leading and enthusiastic supporter of Java since its emergence in 1995.

Java is the foundation for virtually every type of networked application and is the global standard for developing and delivering mobile applications, games, Web-based content, and enterprise software.

With more than 9 million developers worldwide, Java enables you to efficiently develop and deploy exciting applications and services.

With comprehensive tooling, a mature ecosystem, and robust performance, Java delivers applications portability across even the most disparate computing environments.

Though President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address stressed the need for a competitive workforce, especially in more technical fields such as energy, young Americans see massive barriers to entering such professions, according to survey results released Wednesday. Huffington Post, 1/25/12

The measure of a university is more than the sum of its buildings, the size of its enrollment, its array of degrees, its number of graduates, or its cumulative grade point average. It is instead the qualities of the students, faculty, and staff who comprise its community.

To these ends, Dr. James Kitchen, Vice President for Student Affairs, along with Student Life and Leadership, announces the 26th annual Vice Presidential Student Service Awards. Under the theme of “Quest for the Best,” these awards seek to recognize outstanding student leaders who have typified and promoted this broader mission of the university.

NSF offers a wide variety of paid summer research experiences for undergraduates. To search over 600 programs, please visit: http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/undergrads.asp

You probably don’t want to admit it but you love distractions. In fact, just like monkeys, you get a shot of dopamine every time something pulls you in another direction. Why do you think you check your email so much?

Want to be more productive and get your focus back? There are no secret tricks here… do one thing at a time. Stop multitasking—it’s just another form of distraction.

This is a list of the active chemistry division funded REU sites (Sies with active NSF awards). Almost every site has a web page where more information can be obtained. Clicking on a highlighted site title should direct you to the external web page. [NSF is not responsible for the content of these external web pages.] Useful information for REU Site Principal Investigators can be found through the REU Leadership Group (http://www.nsf-reu.org/) [Not an NSF website -- NSF is not responsible for its content]