SACNAS - e-nouncements

Judges for student poster and oral presentations in all science areas are needed!

If you are a professional attending the 2010 SACNAS Conference, SACNAS kindly requests that you volunteer to serve as a student presentation judge. At least 130 individuals are needed to ensure all student presenters are mentored and presentations are judged fairly.

Eligibility: SACNAS requests judges to hold a PhD in their field.
Additional Information: Judges review between approximately 6 student posters per day and/or 4-5 graduate student oral presentations.
Sign up today! Please email Nancy Rocha at nancy@sacnas.org and include your area of expertise TODAY!

Deadline: 9/5/10

Website: www.sacnas.org/confNew/confClient/current/register/attendee/mentor_judge.asp

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Name	Nancy Rocha
Phone	831-459-0170, ext. 333
Email	nancy@sacnas.org

Please register now for the 2010 SACNAS National Conference , "Science, Technology, & Diversity for a Sustainable Future", at the Anaheim Convention Center from September 30 - October 3. Less that 20 exhibit booths remain, and we will sell out this year. Contact sigolene@sacnas.org for support with your reservation or to inquire about availability. Log in to your MySACNAS account and register for SACNAS today.

Deadline: 9/2/10

Website: www.sacnas.org/confNew/confClient/

SANTA CRUZ, CA, May 10, 2010 - In a recent letter to Governor Jan Brewer, SACNAS formally withdrew Phoenix as a potential conference site for its 2012 national conference, stating the new Arizona immigration law virtually guarantees harassment of its conference attendees, most of whom are Hispanic. SACNAS, a national society of scientists advancing Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in science, estimates the total loss in revenue to the local economy at $3 million. For more information please visit the Press Room page on the SACNAS website.

Each year, SACNAS partners with Native Energy to purchase carbon offsets with proceeds from conference registrations. In 2009, SACNAS contributed $26,420 to help fund the Greensburg Wind Farm Project and offset 2201.67 tons of CO2! After being leveled by a tornado, the town of Greensburg, Kansas is now known as “the greenest town in America .” Learn more.

SACNAS provides a summer travel scholarship application and abstract submission process specifically for students participating in summer research programs. This process requires that program directors enroll their summer research program in the SACNAS system.

The summer program enrollment system opens on Monday May 17th. Please take note that there are separate summer deadlines for each program:

Travel Scholarship application deadline: Friday July 9th
Abstract submission deadline: Tuesday July 20th

Note: Program directors that have enrolled their summer programs in the last three years should expect a letter from SACNAS by the end of this week.

Website: www.sacnas.org/confNew/confClient/current/register/attendee/summerFA.asp

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Name	Perla Miranda and/or Nancy Rocha
Phone	831-459-0170
Email	perla@sacnas.org, nancy@sacnas.org

SACNAS leadership will join NIH Director, Dr. Francis Collins, current and former members of NIH and Congress, and family and friends of Dr. Kirschstein on May 17th for "A Tribute to Ruth L. Kirschstein, M.D.: Inspiring the Best in Others". Dr. Kirschstein was a passionate advocate for support, training, and expanded opportunities for underrepresented minority students and scientists. Learn more.

Call for Community News - Fall SACNAS News Community News In each issue, the SACNAS News highlights recent achievements—honors, awards, new positions, etc.—of members. All members are invited to submit their accomplishments within this area. Maximum length of submission is 50 words. Community News submissions should include the following information:

Full name, including salutation
Highest degree earned
50-words or less—edited and ready for print

Call for New Ph.D.s, Masters and Bachelors Degrees - Fall SACNAS News New Ph.D.s Every edition of the SACNAS News honors members who have completed a doctoral degree within the current year. New Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., Dr.P.H., etc. submissions should include the following information:

Full name
Email address for networking purposes
Ethnicity
Degree received and degree field
Full name of institution and department granting degree
Dissertation title
Thesis advisor
Research interests
Current position/information regarding acceptance into postdoc, job, fellowship, etc.

New Predoctoral Degrees On an annual basis, the SACNAS News spotlights members who have completed a pre-doctoral degree within the current year. New pre-doctoral degree submissions should include the following information:

Full name, including salutation
Degree received
Full name of institution granting degree
Degree field/major

Deadline: 5/28/10

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Name	Jenny Kurzweil, SACNAS News Editor
Phone	831-459-0170, ext. 227
Email	jenny@sacnas.org

SACNAS is honored to be invited to attend the arrival ceremony of His Excellency Felipe Calderón Hinojosa, President of Mexico, and First Lady, Mrs. Margarita Zavala on May 19th. Four members of the organization's leadership will attend the event, including SACNAS president-elect, Dr. Ernest Marquez.

The SACNAS Strategic Plan outlines a number of focused initiatives, including our new science policy program. To support our policy efforts, SACNAS has opened a satellite office at the ACS building within the heart of D.C., where Vice President for Science Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Dr. Robert Barnhill, and other key staff will be based.

SACNAS is now accepting orders for advertising space in the summer/fall edition of the SACNAS News, scheduled to begin distribution on July 26. The SACNAS News is one of the most widely read publications in science and education with a readership of over 21,000. Don’t miss the opportunity to get your name out to the SACNAS community. Order today!

SACNAS NEWS AD DEADLINE: JUNE 10

For information on all SACNAS publication deadlines, distribution dates, pricing, and audience demographics, please download the 2010 Media Kit.

For questions about this or other advertising opportunities available through SACNAS, please contact Sigolene Ortega at (831) 459-0170, ext. 237.

Submission of annual reports is a requirement for chapters to retain ACTIVE status. Chapter officers may access the new annual report form online; it is the responsibility of chapter officers to submit the annual report by the deadline to prevent the chapter from becoming inactive.

To maintain "Active Status" for the 2010-2011 academic year, chapter annual reports must be submitted by June 30.

To download the new form-fillable PDF, please go to http://www.sacnas.org/chapters.cfm

Deadline: 6/30/10

Website: www.sacnas.org/chapters.cfm

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Name	Tanya Beat
Email	tanya@sacnas.org

New Job Listings

U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Supervisory Research Chemist/Physical Scientist/Chemical Engineer

American University - Full-time Instructor in either Mathematics or Statistics

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute - Associate Director, Basic and Early Translational Research

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)/ - Associate Director, Prevention and Population Sciences

Institute of American Indian Arts - Science Instructor

Roswell Park Cancer Institute - Dean of Education

Colorado School of Public Health - Associate Professor

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention-CDC - Director, Division of Laboratory Sciences

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center - Faculty

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - Aquatic Chemist

Environmental Defense Fund - 2010 Tom Graff Fellowship Program

Stanford University School of Medicine - Assistant or Associate Professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Technical Instructor - Physics

University of Oklahoma - Faculty Position in Geophysics/Seismology

Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California - Director, Center for Quality Science Learning Afterschool

2nd Listing-45 Day Ads

United States Department of Agriculture - DEPUTY ADMINISTRATOR, CROP PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION

The Hispanic Heritage Foundation is now accepting applications for the Hispanic Youth Awards. They are looking for Latino applicants who are leaders and role models in the classroom and their community.

Deadline: 6/1/10

Website: www.hispanicheritage.org

Significant changes have been made to reduce the complexity and required documentation in the application process for the National Health Service Corps (NHSC) Loan Repayment Program. It is now faster and easier to apply!

The NHSC awards up to $50,000 toward repayment of qualifying, outstanding, educational loans for primary medical, dental and mental health clinicians. Funds are provided in exchange for a commitment of two years of service at an approved site in a Health Professional Shortage Area.

Deadline: 6/29/10

Website: nhsc.hrsa.gov/loanrepayment/

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Name

Angela L. Minniefield, M.P.A., Deputy Director

The National Center for Physical Acoustics at the University of Mississippi is now accepting undergraduate applications for the Henry E. Bass Basic Acoustics Summer School (BASS). The purpose of BASS is to bring undergraduate Students, distinguished Research Scientists of the National Center for Physical Acoustics, and Discussion Leaders together to explore a wide variety of subjects in physical acoustics and engineering. BASS will give students opportunities to work with experts and explore research topics they would not ordinarily encounter in their undergraduate experience.

Deadline: 5/15/10

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Name	Dr. Sara Davis Brown
Address	The University of Mississippi, National Center for Physical Acoustics One Coliseum Drive University, MS 38677-1848
Phone	(662) 915-6547
Email	sarad@olemiss.edu

Keystone Symposia offers a variety of scholarships and student discounts to attend upcoming conferences. Keystone Symposia scholarships are awarded based on abstract quality. Application deadlines are four months prior to the start of each meeting. Specific deadline dates are viewable on each meeting webpage.

Website: www.keystonesymposia.org/minority

Part of the Keystone Symposia Global Health Series, Supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Organizers: Bali Pulendran, Rino Rappuoli and Bruce A. Beutler. October 27-November 1, 2010, Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA. Scholarship application deadline: June 28, 2010.

Deadline: 6/28/10

Website: www.keystonesymposia.org/11S1

SfN's Neuroscience Scholars Program is a three-year fellowship designed to enhance career development and professional networking opportunities for diverse trainees in neuroscience. Application deadline: May 21.

Deadline: 5/21/10

Website: www.sfn.org/nsp

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Email

nsp@sfn.org

The National Nuclear Security Administration Consortium of SACNAS, MAES, and SHPE formed to increase the diversity of candidates in NNSA internship programs. NNSA Consortium Internships provide undergraduate and master's students challenging, hands-on, educational internship opportunities in a federal laboratory or office.

Deadline: 6/15/10

Website: www.ahetems.org/internships/national-nuclear-security-administration/

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Name	Nancy Rocha
Email	nancy@sacnas.org

The American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE), in conjunction with Educational Testing Service (ETS), has announced the third annual Outstanding Dissertation Competition. The 2011 competition is open to those who have completed a dissertation between June 1, 2008 and August 1, 2010 that either focuses on Hispanics in higher education or on select disciplines by a Hispanic student.

Deadline: 9/7/10

Website: www.aahhe.com

Salish Kootenai College, the tribal college of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, is offering a new Bachelor of Science in Science Education degree to prepare middle school and high school science teachers. Full scholarships and stipends are available on a competitive basis to American Indian students and descendants who enroll in the program.

Website: skc.edu

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Name	Regina Sievert
Address	SKC Indigenous Math and Science Institute Box 170 Hwy 93 Pablo, MT 59855
Phone	406-275-4995
Email	regina_sievert@skc.edu

Salish Kootenai College, the tribal college of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, announces the offering of competitive scholarships to American Indian and tribal descendant students enrolled in their new Bachelor of Science in Secondary Science Education degree. The program will graduate students eligible to apply for a license to teach Broadfield Science disciplines in middle and high schools.

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Name	Regina Sievert
Address	Salish Kootenai College IMSI Box 70 Hwy 93 Pablo, MT 59855
Phone	406-275-4995
Email	Regina_Sievert@skc.edu

The Community Forestry & Environmental Research Partnerships program is supporting current and potential Native American graduate students who are doing participatory research with Native American communities in the Southwestern United States. The program accepts proposals for research on sustainable integrating scientific and traditional knowledge in environmental restoration, and other topics relevant to natural resource issues in southwestern Native American communities. Please contact Anne-Marie Flynn if interested in this opportunity.

Deadline: 5/26/10

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Name	Anne-Marie Flynn
Address	Southwest Native American Communities and Natural Resources Fellowship 2015 Wickson Hall, UC Davis Davis, CA 95616
Phone	(530) 219-3882
Email	amflynn@ucdavis.edu

The Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies of the U.S. Department of Energy awards program for students. The program is designed to award graduate and undergraduate students for innovative fuel-cycle-relevant research publications and demonstrate the Office of Fuel Cycle Technologies’ commitment to higher education in fuel-cycle-relevant disciplines.

Website: www.fuelcycleinnovations.org

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Name	The Innovations in Fuel Cycle Research Awards Program
Address	WTAMU Box 60189 Canyon, TX 79016
Phone	(806) 651-3401
Email	innovations@wtamu.edu

The iPlant Collaborative develops computer (cyber) infrastructure that provides plant researchers and educators access to the large-scale datasets and high-powered informatics tools that drive modern biology. In free, 2-day workshops faculty learn how to use educational adaptations of iPlant discovery environments to support innovative curricula and exciting student research projects. Instruction and workshop materials, lunches and coffee breaks, and a stipend of $100 are provided to each participant through a NSF grant. Register through http://www.dnalc.org.

Website: www.iplantcollaborative.org

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Name	Uwe Hilgert
Address	Dolan DNA Learning Center Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY 11724
Email	hilgert@cshl.edu

The Fellowship Program provides context, understanding and insight regarding the development of high-powered research meetings, utilizing shadowing experiences with scientist organizers and key Keystone Symposia staff members. Fellowship experiences allow for learning how the research agenda is set, how to engage in high-level discourse on research topics and how to broaden perspectives in life science research. The application process for the 2010-2011 Keystone Symposia Fellows Program year will open June 1, 2010.

Deadline: 9/1/10

Website: www.keystonesymposia.org/AboutUs/Diversity_Fellows.cfm

The 2010 Synaptic Transmission Gordon Research Conference (GRC) is to be held July 25-30, 2010 at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, USA. This meeting brings together world leaders in cellular and molecular neuroscience as well as young scientists, to discuss the latest concepts on how synapses work, what new techniques can be applied to the studies of synapses, and how drugs and processes of neurodegeneration may alter the activity of neural connections. Both the group of meeting participants and the topics to be covered promise to create a unique and exciting synergistic environment to foster new ideas, research directions, and collaborations.

Website: www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2010&program=synaptrans

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Name	Pablo E. Castillo (Chair)
Address	Dominick P. Purpura Department of Neuroscience Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1410 Pelham Parkway South, Kennedy Center, Room 703 Bronx, NY 10461
Phone	(718) 430 3263

The Hispanic College Fund is coming to Maryland this summer! From June 29th, 2010 to July 2nd, 2010, the participants of the 2nd Annual Maryland Hispanic Youth Symposium will convene in Towson University for a four-day, three-night program that allows them to develop a network of peers and mentors, learn about resources and tools for college, and develop a long-term career vision.

Website: www.hispanicyouth.org/symposium-maryland

The 4th Annual Pharmaceutical PLM Conference will feature keynote addresses, presentations, case studies and interactive discussions from development to commercialisation, quality control, supplier issues, regulation and inspection. Please be sure to register your participation amongst the industry's elite for this intensive two-day of learning, networking and exploring business opportunities.

Website: vgpharma.com

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Name	Kirsty Chen
Phone	+44 (0)207 549 9951
Email	kirsty.chen@vgpharma.com

Are you a teacher enganged in critical urban education? In an effort to meet this challenge, a growing group of teacher educators committed to social justice through a true praxis are changing the ways to educate teachers and think about their development, based on socio-cultural learning theories and an explicit commitment to social justice. If you are a teacher eager to engage in REAL urban education, you must attend the Association of Raza Educators’4th Annual Conference this May 15th in Lincoln High School , San Diego CA. The theme for the conference is “Striving for True Praxis to Reclaim Public Education”.

Website: www.razaeducators.org/

Keystone Symposia's 40th meeting season begins October 2010. There are over 50 meetings in 2011 in life science and biomedical research on topics including biochemistry, cell biology, infectious diseases, genetics/genomics and developmental biology. Scholarships and student rates are available.

Website: www.keystonesymposia.org/media/pdfs/KS_2011_Meeting_Series.pdf

The Minority Innovation Challenges Institute (MICI) is a virtual training ground focused on helping minority undergraduate students learn how to compete in NASA technical challenges for both prestige and significant cash prizes. This NASA funded program provides a year-round virtual conference platform where students from across the country can participate in free interactive educational sessions of their choosing. University faculty members are also encouraged to participate.

Website: www.NASAMICI.com

The Ninth Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics will be held at Oak Ridge National Laboratory from August 2-6, 2010. The aim of this annual school is to educate young researchers on the excitement and challenges of radioactive ion beam physics and associated theoretical approaches. Through these schools, the research community will be able to more fully exploit the opportunities created by the next generation exotic beam facilities, such as the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) in the U.S.

Deadline: 5/15/10

Website: fribusers.org/4_GATHERINGS/2_SCHOOLS/2010/EBSS2010.html

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Name	Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility
Email	coordinator@fribusers.org

We are pleased to announce that grant opportunities are now available for The 2010 International Meeting on the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses to be held October 9-13 in Taipei, Taiwan. The International Meeting of the Molecular Biology of Hepatitis B Viruses remains the definitive international meeting that covers all aspects of the biology of hepatitis B and hepatitis D, including biochemistry, molecular biology, traditional virology, immunology, pathogenesis, and carcinogenesis, as well as the latest developments in antiviral therapies against these two viruses.

Deadline: 7/30/10

Website: www.hbvmeeting.org

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Name	Lauren Nonini
Email	lauren.nonini@hepb.org

The best and brightest minds in science will descend on New York City for the 2010 World Science Festival from June 2-6. The highest profile event of its kind in the United States is now in its third year and will feature 40 unique programs in scientific disciplines ranging from astronomy, physics and genetics to neuroscience, robotics and mathematics. The Festival’s programs will also integrate traditional arts disciplines – dance, theatre, music and the visual arts – to underscore that science is everywhere.

Website: www.worldsciencefestival.com

Financial Infrastructures, Health Infrastructures, Physical Infrastructures and discussions of actual system or product implementation, deployment, and lessons learned. Abstracts should one page in length and should briefly describe the objectives of the current work, any accomplishments to date, and future plans. Abstracts should be sent as pdf files to cfp2010-wip@cmpe.sjsu.edu . Please make sure you include author information (name and university) in your email. Acceptance notifications will be sent out on May 31.

Deadline: 5/24/10

Website: www.cfp2010.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

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Name	Kristen Gates
Address	Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST) University of California, Berkeley 392 Cory Hall Berkeley, CA 94720
Phone	510-642-3737
Email	kgates@eecs.berkeley.edu

AAAS is now seeking nominations for the 2010 AAAS Mentor Awards. The Lifetime Mentor Award and the Mentor Award, honor individuals who have demonstrated extraordinary leadership to increase the participation of underrepresented groups in the science and engineering PhD workforce. These groups include: women of all racial or ethnic groups; African American, Native American, and Hispanic men; and people with disabilities.

Deadline: 7/31/10

Website: www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/awards/mentor/

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Name	Brittany Taggart
Address	1200 New York Ave. Washington, DC 20005
Phone	202-326-6671
Email	btaggart@aaas.org

NIGMS has just launched a strategic planning process focused on its research training and career development activities. We’re seeking broad input from university and college faculty members and administrators, current and former predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees, industry representatives, representatives of professional and scientific organizations, and other interested parties. Input can be via the Web from March 2 to April 21, at regional stakeholder meetings between April 29 and June 4, or in a webinar for predoctoral and
postdoctoral trainees on June 11.

Website: www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/StrategicPlan.htm

MIT featured SACNAS in their blog Inventing Our Future, Inclusion and Diversity blog as being a leading contributor to diversity in science as well as fostering a community for scientists of color and support for students of color in higher education. To view the complete article visit the SACNAS Press Room page.

Website: www.sacnas.org/press.cfm

Announcements are posted free of charge for two weeks.
Announcements received less than one day prior to the publication date of the next edition will be considered for the following issue.
Announcements of jobs/professional positions are not accepted for free inclusion in the e-nouncements (see section C. Job Listings below).
SACNAS reserves the right to decline or edit submitted material for any reason.
Inclusion of an announcement does not indicate an endorsement by SACNAS, its staff or its board of directors.

SACNAS accepts submission of short items (75 words or less) via the online e-nouncements form for posting to the SACNAS e-nouncements free of charge. Job/position advertisements are not accepted as free postings to e-nouncements. For information on posting a job opportunity, see section C. Job Listings below.

NEW ONLINE BENEFITS! SACNAS will now publish a simple link of any scholarship, internship, or fellowship submitted through e-nouncements on the SACNAS website free of charge! We invite our community of partners to help build the most comprehensive list of opportunities available to minority undergraduates, graduates, and postdocs. Submit your e-nouncement items TODAY!

Website: www.sacnas.org/submitEnouncement.cfm

Listings of paid job advertisements—professional researcher, administrator, postdoc and other positions—are posted on the SACNAS Jobs page. On the Opportunities pages—Internships, Scholarships, Graduates, Postdocs and Conferences/Workshops—SACNAS posts paid listings of career advancement opportunities. Paid text ads for both jobs and other opportunities receive added exposure via inclusion in the bi-weekly e-nouncements. See the Jobs and Opportunities pages for information about submitting a job, graduate program or other paid listing and for details on the fee schedule.

Website: www.sacnas.org/jobIndex.cfm

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