Two chemistry department students won awards at last week's NSM Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology program.
Ms. Beth Leverett won a $100 Co-Op Store gift certificate for her research poster "A Crystallographic Detective Story: Solving the Li2ZnSnS4 Structure"
Ms. Elizabeth Paladin won a $50 Co-Op Store gift certificate for her research poster "Modifying the Physical Properties of Indomethacin by Co-Crystallization".
Other winners were undergraduate Ms. Olivia McGovern ($75 g.c.) and graduate student Ms. Heather Meloy ($100 g.c.).
Congratulations!
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Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
NSM Scholarship Opportunities
Patricia Hilliard Robertson Memorial Scholarship:
This scholarship is to benefit full-time female students in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who have made a commitment to pursuing a career in the sciences. Candidates must have earned a minimum of 48 credits toward a degree in the following programs: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geoscience, and Physics with a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $500.
Albert R. Pechan Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding science major enrolled full-time; recipient will be selected by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $480.
Wienken and Associates Scholarship:
Awarded to a student enrolled in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who has successfully completed at least 30 credit hours and achieved a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $560.
To apply for these scholarships, please submit the following to the Office of the Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 305 Weyandt Hall:
1. application form available in room 305 Weyandt Hall, or your department office
2. personal statement addressing your career goals/objectives, involvement in extracurricular activities, service to the community/university
3. copy of transcript or academic progress sheet (you do NOT have to attach an official transcript)
4. one letter of recommendation
The deadline for applying for above listed scholarships is April 16, 2008. All above scholarships are non-renewable.
This scholarship is to benefit full-time female students in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who have made a commitment to pursuing a career in the sciences. Candidates must have earned a minimum of 48 credits toward a degree in the following programs: Biology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Geoscience, and Physics with a 3.0 or higher cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $500.
Albert R. Pechan Scholarship:
Awarded to an outstanding science major enrolled full-time; recipient will be selected by the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $480.
Wienken and Associates Scholarship:
Awarded to a student enrolled in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics who has successfully completed at least 30 credit hours and achieved a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average. The amount of award for AY 2008/09 is $560.
To apply for these scholarships, please submit the following to the Office of the Dean, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 305 Weyandt Hall:
1. application form available in room 305 Weyandt Hall, or your department office
2. personal statement addressing your career goals/objectives, involvement in extracurricular activities, service to the community/university
3. copy of transcript or academic progress sheet (you do NOT have to attach an official transcript)
4. one letter of recommendation
The deadline for applying for above listed scholarships is April 16, 2008. All above scholarships are non-renewable.
Friday, March 21, 2008
3rd Annual NSM Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Symposium
As part of IUP Research Appreciation week, April 14 - 18, the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will host its third annual program to recognize the contributions of women to mathematics, science and technology. The program, which will highlight female undergraduate/graduate student and faculty projects and feature a keynote speaker, will be held from 4:45 pm to 7:00 pm, on April 14th in Weyandt Hall.
All female undergraduate and graduate students and female faculty are invited to display posters on their projects in Weyandt Hall in the planetarium area on the first floor of Weyandt Hall from 4:45 – 5:45 pm, April 14, 2008. Posters that will be presented at the April 1st Undergraduate Scholars Forum or those that will be presented on April 16th at the Research Appreciation event sponsored by the IUP Research Institute, as well as other poster presentations (such as those presented at professional meetings), are welcomed. A team of judges will recognize both the outstanding undergraduate and graduate student posters with a $100 Co-op Bookstore Gift Certificate.
At 6:00 pm, immediately following the poster session, we invite you and your students to Room 32 Weyandt Hall to hear a keynote lecture given by Rebecca Bace. Ms. Bace is widely recognized as one of the most influential people in information security today. Her career includes roles in research, development, operational management, and strategy, in settings ranging from the U.S. Intelligence Community (NSA) to a national laboratory (Los Alamos National Laboratory) to her current role as a strategic consultant in Silicon Valley. Ms. Bace is currently President and CEO of Infidel, Inc., a strategic consulting firm focusing on information security and risk management, and a venture consultant for Trident Capital, where she oversees Trident’s security-related investment portfolio. Although Ms. Bace is acknowledged most often for her work in intrusion detection (she is credited with successfully funding and transferring the first generation of intrusion detection technology to the commercial market,) she is also considered an key influencer in other security technology areas. Her publication credits include the books Intrusion Detection (Macmillan, 2000) and (with Fred Chris Smith) A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony as An Expert Technical Witness, (Addison-Wesley, October, 2002) She is also author of NIST Special Publication SP 800-31 Intrusion Detection and the chapters on intrusion detection, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment for the Computer Security Handbook, 4 Ed., (Wiley, 2003) and 5 Ed. (Wiley, 2006), considered the definitive practice handbooks for information security professionals. Ms. Bace was named one of the top ten security professionals in the industry (Information Security Magazine, 2008), one of the five most influential women in security (Information Security Magazine, 2005) , and received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Security Agency (1995) in recognition of her work leading the intrusion detection research program.
Immediately following the keynote lecture, we will hold the ceremony recognizing student posters, as well as award special honors and door prizes.
We will be awarding door prizes ($15 Co-op Gift Certificate) to students who attend the symposium. These will be awarded by a random drawing. Also as part of the Awards Ceremony at the symposium, the Patricia Hilliard-Robertson Scholarship for an Outstanding Female Science Student will be presented.
Refreshments will be provided).
All female undergraduate and graduate students and female faculty are invited to display posters on their projects in Weyandt Hall in the planetarium area on the first floor of Weyandt Hall from 4:45 – 5:45 pm, April 14, 2008. Posters that will be presented at the April 1st Undergraduate Scholars Forum or those that will be presented on April 16th at the Research Appreciation event sponsored by the IUP Research Institute, as well as other poster presentations (such as those presented at professional meetings), are welcomed. A team of judges will recognize both the outstanding undergraduate and graduate student posters with a $100 Co-op Bookstore Gift Certificate.
At 6:00 pm, immediately following the poster session, we invite you and your students to Room 32 Weyandt Hall to hear a keynote lecture given by Rebecca Bace. Ms. Bace is widely recognized as one of the most influential people in information security today. Her career includes roles in research, development, operational management, and strategy, in settings ranging from the U.S. Intelligence Community (NSA) to a national laboratory (Los Alamos National Laboratory) to her current role as a strategic consultant in Silicon Valley. Ms. Bace is currently President and CEO of Infidel, Inc., a strategic consulting firm focusing on information security and risk management, and a venture consultant for Trident Capital, where she oversees Trident’s security-related investment portfolio. Although Ms. Bace is acknowledged most often for her work in intrusion detection (she is credited with successfully funding and transferring the first generation of intrusion detection technology to the commercial market,) she is also considered an key influencer in other security technology areas. Her publication credits include the books Intrusion Detection (Macmillan, 2000) and (with Fred Chris Smith) A Guide to Forensic Testimony: The Art and Practice of Presenting Testimony as An Expert Technical Witness, (Addison-Wesley, October, 2002) She is also author of NIST Special Publication SP 800-31 Intrusion Detection and the chapters on intrusion detection, penetration testing, and vulnerability assessment for the Computer Security Handbook, 4 Ed., (Wiley, 2003) and 5 Ed. (Wiley, 2006), considered the definitive practice handbooks for information security professionals. Ms. Bace was named one of the top ten security professionals in the industry (Information Security Magazine, 2008), one of the five most influential women in security (Information Security Magazine, 2005) , and received a Distinguished Leadership Award from the National Security Agency (1995) in recognition of her work leading the intrusion detection research program.
Immediately following the keynote lecture, we will hold the ceremony recognizing student posters, as well as award special honors and door prizes.
We will be awarding door prizes ($15 Co-op Gift Certificate) to students who attend the symposium. These will be awarded by a random drawing. Also as part of the Awards Ceremony at the symposium, the Patricia Hilliard-Robertson Scholarship for an Outstanding Female Science Student will be presented.
Refreshments will be provided).
Monday, August 20, 2007
NSM Faculty Receive $369K Grant
Several faculty in the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, including chemistry faculty Dr. Heba Abourahma and Dr. Charles Lake, have been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to purchase a Quantum Design Physical Properties Measurement System.
For the complete IUP press release, click here.
For the complete IUP press release, click here.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Women in Science Presentations
By all accounts, yesterday's Women in Science Symposium was a success. In all, there were 28 presenters from the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, with 11 representatives from the chemistry and biochemistry programs:
Lindsey Cox (Dr. Villemain) "Protein-Protein Interactions Govern Homologous Recombination and Genome Stability"
Catherine Gumm (Dr. Kyler) "The Chemical and Enzymatic Degradation of Biomass into Glucose Using Ultrafiltration" Third Place, Best Undergraduate Poster
Hong Yin Ker (Dr. Villemain) "Rose of SRS2 Helicase Protein"
Sara Krull (Dr. Briggs) "Mental Models in Chemical Equilibrium"
Beth Leverett (Dr. Lake) "Synthesis and Characterization of Quaternary Adamantine-Like Chalcogenides" First Place, Best Undergraduate Poster
Nicole Morozowich (Dr. Abourahma) "Co-Crystallization as a Strategy to Improving Solubility of Theophylline"
Jennifer Morral (Dr. N. Bharathan) "Comparison of Rapid Lysis and Geno Pure Plasmid Midi Kit Methods in the Analysis of Rhizoctonia solani Plasmids, NE5 and E5, as Cloned into Escherichia coli cells"
Elizabeth Paladin (Dr. Abourahma) "Modifying the Physical Properties of Indomethacin by Co-Crystal Formation"
Second place for Best Undergraduate Poster went to Danielle Dunton & Yang Dai (biology).
Lindsey Cox (Dr. Villemain) "Protein-Protein Interactions Govern Homologous Recombination and Genome Stability"
Catherine Gumm (Dr. Kyler) "The Chemical and Enzymatic Degradation of Biomass into Glucose Using Ultrafiltration" Third Place, Best Undergraduate Poster
Hong Yin Ker (Dr. Villemain) "Rose of SRS2 Helicase Protein"
Sara Krull (Dr. Briggs) "Mental Models in Chemical Equilibrium"
Beth Leverett (Dr. Lake) "Synthesis and Characterization of Quaternary Adamantine-Like Chalcogenides" First Place, Best Undergraduate Poster
Nicole Morozowich (Dr. Abourahma) "Co-Crystallization as a Strategy to Improving Solubility of Theophylline"
Jennifer Morral (Dr. N. Bharathan) "Comparison of Rapid Lysis and Geno Pure Plasmid Midi Kit Methods in the Analysis of Rhizoctonia solani Plasmids, NE5 and E5, as Cloned into Escherichia coli cells"
Elizabeth Paladin (Dr. Abourahma) "Modifying the Physical Properties of Indomethacin by Co-Crystal Formation"
Second place for Best Undergraduate Poster went to Danielle Dunton & Yang Dai (biology).
Sunday, April 1, 2007
Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology
On Monday, April 2 in Weyandt Hall, join us in for the NSM's Women in Mathematics, Science, and Technology event. Door prizes awarded, and free refreshments!
Poster session is from 5:00-6:30pm on the first floor near the planetarium area.
At 6:45pm in Room 32, Dr. Catherine Raeff will present "Resisting stereotypes: New paths in the study of culture and development".
For more information, visit this site.
Poster session is from 5:00-6:30pm on the first floor near the planetarium area.
At 6:45pm in Room 32, Dr. Catherine Raeff will present "Resisting stereotypes: New paths in the study of culture and development".
For more information, visit this site.
Tuesday, February 6, 2007
2007 College NSM Science Festival Announced
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