Emory University’s Laney Graduate School under the Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Engagement Office will be hosting the Laney Graduate School's Summer Opportunity for Academic Research (LGS-SOAR) program.  Application Deadline is January 28, 2019.

 

I am writing to ask for your assistance in identifying talented underrepresented minority – particularly Black/African American, American Indian, Latinx/Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander – and underserved undergraduate students who may benefit from a highly-competitive, 10-week, research-intensive experience. We are seeking emerging researchers interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in one of over 40 academic programs at Emory including humanities, arts, social sciences, and natural, physical and biomedical sciences. Additional program details, eligibility requirements and online application can be found on the web at LGS-SOAR.

The program is unique in that all scholars will be mentored by Emory Faculty and teams of postdocs, research technicians, graduate students, and other undergraduates. SOAR researchers receive a housing award for residence on the Emory campus and a stipend to support their full-time attention to research training and developing professional development skills on:

• Communicating research to a variety of audiences
• Problem-solving
• Interpreting results
• Participating in novel research
• Navigating difficult ethical situations
• Network building 

Please help us spread the word about LGS-SOAR 2019 by forwarding this announcement to interested students, faculty, and staff at your institution.

The University of Georgia is excited to announce the sixth year of their Undergraduate Biology Education Research (UBER) REU Site. UBER is a nine-week, NSF-funded program to involve undergraduates in designing and conducting research on biology teaching and learning with mentorship from faculty in UGA's Division of Biological Sciences and College of Education. 

Details can be found at their website: http://uber.coe.uga.edu.

• Program Dates: May 20 - July 20, 2019
• Students will be paid a total stipend of $5000
• Housing will be provided in UGA dormitories at no cost
• Travel assistance to UGA is available up to $500 per student
• Application deadline: February 11, 2019

A program flyer is attached. If you have any questions, you can email Tuma(trevor.tuma@uga.edu) or Dr. Julie Stanton (stantonj@uga.edu). 

The UMBC Police Department has joined SafeTrade – a national safety initiative for completing online transactions safely when meeting in person.

SafeTrade is a simple program for police and sheriff’s departments to encourage transactions at their facilities; for classified sites to strengthen their safety and security initiatives, and for users to insist on “SafeTrade” by conducting their transactions only at a local police or sheriff’s office.

The UMBC Police Department is proud to partner with SafeTrade in an effort to provide a safe and secure environment for the University community to conduct transactions.

The UMBC Police Department is open 24 hours / 7 days a week. You may conduct your transaction in the lobby of the station which is under camera surveillance. You only need to advise the dispatcher when you walk in, that you are conducting a SafeTrade transaction.

The UMBC Police Station is located at the rear of Parking Lot #8 across from the Performing Arts and Humanities Building. Any questions please call 410-455-5555.