The National Cancer Institute (NCI) is pleased to announce the 2014 Introduction to Cancer Research Careers (ICRC) Program.  The ICRC is designed to encourage individuals from populations underrepresented in science and/or financially disadvantaged backgrounds to seek internship opportunities at the NCI.  Successful ICRC applicants will take part in a 2-day campus visit to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, where they will have the opportunity to learn about the various scientist-in-training programs, participate in laboratory tours, interview for either a summer or post-baccalaureate (1-year) internship.  Participants selected for internships receive a monthly stipend, round-trip travel, and summer housingsubsidy.

Our goal is to encourage a diverse group of talented students to explore careers in biomedical research.  You can help us meet this goal by sharing this information with students and faculty contacts you feel would benefit from this opportunity.  Please refer to the attached brochure and the ICRC website for additional information, http://icrc.nci.nih.gov.

Applications are due Monday, November 11th.  Supporting materials are due Thursday, November 14^th.

CSEE's Dr. Richard Forno, Cybersecurity GPD and Assistant Director of UMBC's Center for Cybersecurity, has received an $84K grant from the National Security Agency (NSA) to fund the prizes for student winners at the 2013 Maryland Cyber Challenge and Competition (MDC3) finals that will take place at the CyberMaryland 2013 conference in Baltimore on October 8 & 9.   

The Maryland Cyber Challenge aims to build excitement around pursuing education and careers in the cybersecurity field by bringing together teams of students and cyber practitioners to compete in a series of ever-more-complex cybersecurity challenges. To date, approximately 700 competitors across 115 teams have participated in the past two competitions. With the generous support of NSA, UMBC has provided more than $160,000 in monetary prizes to highly skilled and talented computer science students over the past two years. 

As in years past, first place team members each will receive $5K and runners-up receive $2K each to contribute toward their higher education and training in the cybersecurity and computer science fields. Identical prizes are awarded both in the high school and college divisions.

Dr. Forno and UMBC are co-founders of MDC3, which is a partnership with SAIC/Leidos, the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development (DBED), the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), and the Technology Council of Maryland (TCM).

This morning, President Obama, Vice President Biden, the First Lady, and Dr. Biden will join White House staff on the South Lawn of the White House for a moment of silence at 8:46 AM ET – the time that the first airplane struck the World Trade Center.

Please join us in observing a moment of silence to mark the 12th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks from wherever you are.

Later today, the President will participate in service projects to commemorate the September 11th National Day of Service and Remembrance. Find out how you can get involved in a service project here.

The Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits is co-hosting a free, one-day Colloquium on Sensor Devices from 10:00 to 5:00 on Wednesday, September 25. The event will be held in the Benjamin Banneker Room (2212) of the Stamp Union Building at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Invited speakers include Dr. Philip Perconti (Army Research Laboratory), Prof. M. Alam (Purdue University), Dr. Parvez Uppal (Army Research Laboratory), Prof. Mark Reed (Yale University), Dr. Herbert Bennett (NIST), Prof. Michael Shur (RPI), Dr. Anupama Kaul (National Science Foundation) and Prof. Agis Iliadis (UMCP).

Attendance is free. To register please contact: Dr. Naresh C. Das (naresh.c.das2.civ at mail.mil), Dr. Victor Veliadis (victor.veliadis at ngc.com).