Summer Undergraduate Research Opportunity, Nemours/alfred I duPont Hospital for Children

10-week paid scholarship.  Must have a miniumum GPA for a 3.0 and interest in Basic and Applied Sciences, Healthcare, Pre-Med or related fields.  Direct questions to: Programcoordinator@nemours.org. 

• Application deadline is January 22, 2010.

The Edward M. Chester, M.D. Summer Scholars Program awards fifteen collegiate undergraduate students the opportunity to spend ten weeks over the summer in clinical laboratory research settings at MetroHealth Medical Center.

Scholars spend the better part of each weekday participating directly in the research project activity. There are also opportunities for observation of surgery, hospital rounds, and other experiences at MetroHealth that are an integral part of the program. At the end of the ten-week experience, the Scholars are required to prepare a project report for presentation.

• The application deadline is February 19, 2010. For further information see the web. 

Upstate Medical University Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship Program

The aim of the intensive, ten-week summer program (June 7 - August 13, 2010) is to expose undergraduate students to biomedical research.  Undergraduates, with appropriate faculty help, will formulate their own proposal, carry out research under the supervision of one of our faculty, write a research paper and have the opportunity to see their work published. In the process, students will attend research seminars and participate in discussions on alternative careers in research and how to apply to graduate school. Each fellow will be provided a $3,000 stipend for the period plus housing in Clark Tower, our residence hall.

• The application deadline is February 15, 2010.

A new course will be offered in spring 2010

Disease and Health in Latin America - HIST 392

T Th at 10:50 am

Saturday, December 12, 5-9:00 p.m., Holiday Inn in the Ithaca Commons. 

The event is hosted by Ithaca College’s Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Club (ICMSA). They are a new organization hoping to bring Ithaca College and the Ithaca community together to fight this disease.

• Reservations needed by November 22. 

Sunday, November 22:  Annual Diversity Student Open House,  The Albert Einstein College of Medicine.  This is an opportunity for students from groups that are historically underrepresented in medicine to tour the medical school, meet students and get information on the admission process and summer programs. 

The deadline for registering is November 11.  Contact Andy Smith (Asmith@ithaca.edu) for more information.

Students who are planning to take the MCAT this year should begin planning for registering. 

The registration will open sometime on Nov. 2.  For more information on test dates, locations, and registration guidelines check their web site.

Seating can be limited at some testing centers and dates, so we highly recommend signing up early.  That way you are more likely to be able to go to a relatively nearby testing site on the day you choose.

Note that the MCAT is offered a number of times throughout the year at computer testing sites.  There are ten administrations between January and May of this year.