• Eight weeks of field study at a premier biological station in a diverse tropical rainforest
• Experienced scientific mentors to guide you through independent research
• Cultural exchanges with Costa Rican and international students and researchers

Competitive applicants will have a strong background in biology and a demonstrated interest in field ecology. An introductory knowledge of Spanish will be helpful but is not mandatory. Prior field experience is not a requisite for admission. As part of the application process, students must designate the mentors with whom they wish to work. It is recommended that they also contact those mentors to confirm that they share similar research interests. Projects in previous years have investigated the ecology and conservation of various organisms and their ecosystems, such as GIS mapping of regenerating forests, behavioral ecology of understory insectivorous birds, and pesticide and climate effects on declining amphibians.

REU award covers the cost of room and board and international travel to and from Costa Rica. Participants will also receive a generous stipend of $3600 for their 8 weeks of research.

PaRaBaL is an Industry Leader in the Field of Mobile Device Security and Mobile Application Development. It is located in the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) Research Park in Catonsville, MD.

Customer-Focused Software Technician 

UMBCworks ID 9255473
InTTENSITY Software Developer   

UMBCworks ID9255474
Mobile Software Analysis and Designer  

 UMBCworks ID 9255475

Apply today with your Approved Resume thourgh UMBCworks.

More about PaRaBaL:

 In early 2011 PaRaBaL was awarded a contract from a US Government Agency to develop and teach an iOS security specialist training course, making PaRaBaL the first com pany to be awarded a US Government iOS security training contract. PaRaBaL has gone on to expand its expertise in the field of mobile security to cover Android security training, mobile application development and mobile device management. With this pedigree, PaRaBaL is uniquely suited to take on tough research tasks in computer related cyber activities.

June 2-7:        CSULB

June 8-29:      Hawai’i

This experience is designed to provide a truly unique research and educational opportunity for undergraduate students through active participation in data collection and analysis in support of ongoing research by scientists at CSULB and  the University of Hawaii.

GRAM research is conducted at two scales:  local site and broader landscape.  The summer research experience emphasizes the use of geospatial techniques to aid hypothesis-driven geospatially based natural resource and archaeological research and mapping that will result in improvements in the monitoring and analysis of environmental processes on Kaua`i.  The natural resource-focused research contributes to improved understanding of long-term changes in vegetation cover dynamics, natural hazards, non-point source pollution, and surface/groundwater quality.  The archaeological research improves our understanding of settlement chronology and resource utilization prior to European contact.  An important practical goal is to assist NTBG with baseline studies and monitoring protocols to assess the effectiveness of ecological restoration and cultural preservation activities.

Monday, Feb. 4 at 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. in Acad IV-A 114

Tuesday, Feb. 12 at 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. in Acad IV-A 114

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, MD (20 minutes south of UMBC), offers a wide array of valuable, paid internships for Undergraduates in the summer.  Please see the attached flyers. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: while the end date for applications is in March, Goddard is doing a FIRST CUT by Jan 30, so the good jobs will all be taken then.  PLEASE APPLY BY JAN 30!!

FLYERS:

Internships at Goddard

One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Information

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, in Greenbelt, MD (20 minutes south of UMBC), offers a wide array of valuable, paid internships for Undergraduates in the summer.  Please see the attached flyers. 

IMPORTANT NOTE: while the end date for applications is in March, Goddard is doing a FIRST CUT by Jan 30, so the good jobs will all be taken then.  PLEASE APPLY BY JAN 30!!

FLYERS:

Internships at Goddard

One Stop Shopping Initiative (OSSI) Information

This week the UMBC chess program will field a team in the 2012 Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship which will take place December 27-30 in Princeton, NJ.

The UMBC team is shown here along with GM Sam Palatnik (Chess Program Associate Director), Alan Sherman (Chess Program Director and Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering) and  NM Igor Epshteyn (Chess Program Coach). The current team lineup includes Giorgi Margvelashvili (Captain), Niclas Huschenbeth, Sasha Kaplan, Nazi Paikidze and alternates Sabina Foisor and Adithya Balasubramanian.

The Pan-Am tournament has been held annually since 1946 and determines the top university chess team in the Americas. UMBC's chess team has competed in the tounament since 1990 and won or tied for first place nine times, a record unmatched by any other college chess team. The top four U.S. schools in the Pan-Am will advance to the President’s Cup, the Final Four of College Chess which will take place in early April in Herndon, Virginia. The Final Four which was started in 2001 determines the top U.S. college team. UMBC's chess team has won the Final Four a record six times.

Live commentary featuring GM Ronen Har-Zvi will be broadcast on the Web at livestream and results and pairings will be posted regularly on the tournament website.