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Beyond Traditional Borders (BTB)
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BTB offers unique, multi-disciplinary programs to educate and train students to reach beyond traditional disciplinary and geographic boundaries to udnerstand, address and solve global health disparities, empowering them to develop and implement appropriate biotechnology and bioengineering solutions that integrate science, engineering, health, policy and economics.
BTB GLHT400 Global Health Challenge Independent Research Projects
Students who have begun the GLHT minor sequence and who wish to pursue additional GLHT projects may complete an independent global health challenege research project. Interested students should visit Dr. Rebecca Richards-Kortum or Dr. Maria Oden to discuss independent research projects.
Contact: beyondtraditionalborders@rice.edu, Rebecca Richards-Kortum, Maria Oden
Eligibility Requirements: For undergraduates pursuing the Global Health Technologies minor.
BTB International Summer Internship
Students who have taken one of the affiliated BTB GLHT minor courses may apply for a summer internship placement with a BTB international collaborator. Interns will have the opportunity to implement their course-related global health design challenge project. Information and application forms for this program are available at http://www.beyondtraditionalborders.rice.edu/. Interested students may read about the experiences of previous BTB international summer interns at http://www.owlsbeyondborders.rice.edu/.
Contact: beyondtraditionalborders@rice.edu
Eligibility Requirements: For undergraduates pursuing the Global Health Technologies minor.
Biochemistry and Cell Biology (BCB)
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Bios 310: Independent Research in Biochemistry and Cell Biology
This is a research-for-credit course in which students perform research in faculty labs in the Rice University Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology and elsewhere in the Texas Medical Center, prepare a research proposal, weekly reports and a research paper (Fall) or poster (Spring), and receive course credit for their effort. Section 1 is for those performing research in the BCB Department. Section 2 is for those performing research off-campus in the Texas Medical Center (TMC). Please read the Bios 310 manual for complete course information, prerequisites, and requirements.
Contact: dertethp@rice.edu, 713-348-2343
Eligibility Requirements: Must have a science background.
Bios 401/402: Undergraduate Honors Research
These courses offer the opportunity to perform an individual research project in a research laboratory in Biochemistry & Cell Biology and thus gain first-hand experience of what a career in research would entail. Students interested in graduate school are strongly encouraged to enroll in this program.
Contact: Marie Monroe, 713-348-4207
Eligibility: Overall B average & B's or better in upper division Biosciences courses; course prerequisites may also apply.
International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition (iGEM)
The International Genetically Engineered Machine competition (iGEM) is the premiere undergraduate Synthetic Biology competition. Student teams are given a kit of biological parts at the beginning of the summer from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts. Working at their own schools over the summer, they use these parts and new parts of their own design to build biological systems and operate them in living cells. This project design and competition format is an exceptionally motivating and effective teaching method. http://2008.igem.org/Team:Rice_University/
Our_TeamContact: Joff Silberg
Eligibility: Must have background in sciences.
Catalyst Rice Undergraduate Science and Engineering Review
We are currently looking for writers for reviews and popular science articles. More information can be found at http://catalyst.rice.edu/submissions.
January 5: Research abstract deadline
January 9: Initial submission for reviews and original research
January 23: Editing Deadline for all editors
February 15: Editing Deadline for Faculty Reviewers (give back to writer)
February 24: Final Draft due to Editorial BoardContact: David Ouyang, catalystRUSER@gmail.com
Center for Civic Engagement (CCE)
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CCE Fellowship Program
The CCE Fellows program enables undergraduate students to complete substantive, high-quality research and/or design projects that are faculty-supervised and conducted in collaboration with a Houston-based partner. The program funds both research and design projects. Fellows program runs from May to August 2009. Each CCE Fellow will receive a summer research stipend of $4,000. Application (due January 30, 2009) available at http://cce.rice.edu.
Contact: Stephanie Post, 713-348-2223
Eligibility Requirements: Non-graduating undergraduates.
Chao Center for Asian Studies
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Asian Studies Major Advances Undergraduate Research Award (AURA)
With the generous support of the Gee Family Association, the faculty of the Asian Studies Program are soliciting proposals from Asian Studies majors to support advanced research, study and community/public service projects. Through three to four $700-$1000 awards we plan to support Asian Studies majors who need extra resources to support interdisciplinary academic research, valuable internship or pre-professional school work experience, unique cultural study opportunities or performances, and innovative community and public service projects.
Contact: asia@rice.edu or swlewis@rice.edu
Eligibility Requirements: Current Asian Studies Major.
City of Houston
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City of Houston Internship
The Volunteers Initiative Program offers college students the opportunity to work alongside high-level city managers and department heads in a professional, yet educational environment. The Volunteer Initiative Program's mission is to develop future leaders who are civically aware of the need for public service in today's youth and to guide and teach these individuals for their future service in the public sphere. The City of Houston's Internship Program offers both graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to learn about and contribute to the diverse functions of the nation's 4th largest municipality. In addition to experiencing the daily challenges and rewards of public service, the interns also participate in a series of Brown Bag Seminars featuring City Officials presenting overviews of what it takes to run the local government, discussing the work of specific departments and providing insights into issues that confront the City of Houston today. The Volunteer Initiative Program is determined to train, guide, and empower the youth of the future through the City's Internship Program.
Visit the website for more info: http://www.houstontx.gov/volunteer/internships.html
City Hall Fellows
City Hall Fellows is a Teach For America-style leadership training program that simultaneously serves as a mini-think tank for partner local governments. The primary initiative is a 12-month-long, post-college, pre-graduate school Fellowship program that integrates hands-on, full-time work experience inside local government with intensive training in how cities work and the people, issues and organizations that influence local policy. The Fellows spend their service year working on high-need government-run initiatives in cities where they have personal ties.
Visit the website for more info: http://www.cityhallfellows.org/Home.html
Community Involvement Center (CIC)
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The Community Involvement Center’s thirteenth annual International Service Project will once again be returning to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala. Departing immediately after Commencement, the anticipated program dates are May 10-24, 2009. The trip is open to all Rice University students who will be returning for the fall 2009 semester. During the two weeks in Guatemala, the students, along with one staff advisor from the Community Involvement Center, will work with a local parish on a variety of community projects, possibly including, but not limited to, a reforestation project, a construction site for a medical/dental clinic, and a stove-building project. More detailed information and the application are available at http://www.rice.edu/service
The Loewenstern Fellowships provide stipends of up to $6,500 to allow undergraduate students to serve abroad in Latin America or Asia for a term of 4-12 weeks. In addition to their summer placements, students will work throughout their fellowship (May-April) to share their experience with the campus and Houston communities through lectures, workshops, and/or presentations. More detailed information and the application are available at http://www.rice.edu/service.
Contact: Mac Griswold, Christa Leimbach
Eligibility Requirements: Non-graduating undergraduates.
School of Engineering
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International Opportunities for Engineers
The George R. Brown School of Engineering takes pride in its worldwide reputation for excellence in education and research, which is the result of our faculty’s scholarly contributions and the leadership roles our graduates hold in universities, industry, and public service. Increasing Rice’s international reach is a key point in Rice University’s Vision for the Second Century and the School supports the participation and development of a wide range of international opportunities for undergraduate engineering students. Highlighted programs will include NanoJapan, IIT Bombay, DAAD RISE, RISE PRO, and IAESTE.
Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Summer Research Program
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are often ranked among the top 10 in the world for engineering education. In 2008 Rice University and IIT Bombay entered into an agreement that enables Rice University students to participate in ten-week international research experiences with leading IIT Bombay researchers during the summer term. 4-6 Rice students will be chosen for the program and scholarships will be provided to School of Engineering participants to offset a major portion of the program and living costs. You can read about the experience of last year’s four IITB interns at http://blogs.engr.rice.edu/. The online application deadline for the 2009 program is March 1, 2009 and it will be available at http://international.engr.rice.edu/ in early-to-mid January.
Contact: Ratna Sarkar
Eligibility Requirements: Engineering students who have completed junior year; also, those that have completed their sophomore year and have had significant research experience. Students majoring in math, physics, and chemistry may also apply; however, they are not eligible for School of Engineering Scholarships but could seek out funding from their own School or academic departments.
NanoJapan: Summer Nanotechnology Research Internship Program
NanoJapan, established by an NSF-PIRE grant in 2005, is a twelve-week summer program that involves sixteen freshman and sophomore science and engineering students from US universities in research internships with Japanese nanotechnology laboratories. Students will complete a three-week Japanese language and culture orientation program in Tokyo followed by research internships at laboratories throughout Japan. Research internships are focused on nanoscale semiconductor devices, nanophotonics, and carbon nanotubes. The online application deadline for the 2009 program is January 12, 2009 and more information can be found at our program website: http://nanojapan.rice.edu
Contact: Sarah Philips (nanojapan@rice.edu)
Eligibility Requirements: Freshman & Sophomores in the School of Engineering or School of Natural Sciences. Preference given to Electrical Engineering (Photonics and Nanoengineering) and Physics majors.
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