UPCOMING EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS
PubScience: "Are We Alone?" with Dr. Dan Werthimer
- Date: Thursday, April 19, 2018
- Time: 6pm to 8pm
- Cost: Free
- Location: The Octopus Literary Salon, 2101 Webster St. @ 22nd, Oakland
- Key Info: Join us again for PubScience, but in a new location this week for a slightly larger SPACE-THEMED event! We're very excited that the Chief Scientist of Berkeley SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence), Dr. Dan Werthimer, will be giving a talk titled "Are We Alone?"! Event is free and open to the 21+ public!
- For More Information: Click here.
Expand Her Potential In Science!
- Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
- Time: 1:00-3:00p
- Cost: Varies by exhibit
- Location: 2040 Valley Life Science Building, UC Berkeley
- Key Info: Please support our fellow Grad Student and enjoy her special presentation!
- For More Information: View flyer
Cal Day (Open House at UC Berkeley)
- Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
- Time: 1:00-5:00p
- Cost: Varies by exhibit
- Location: Varies by exhibit
- Key Info: Explore an exhibit of ancient artifacts. Learn about a breakthrough scientific discovery. Watch dancers turn music into movement. At Cal Day, ideas for change are all around. With over 400 lectures, exhibits, demonstrations and performances, there is something to inspire every mind.
- For list of events and locations: Click here.
Earth Day Shoreline Cleanup and Celebration
- Date: Saturday, April 21, 2018
- Time: 9:00a-1:00p
- Cost: Free
- Location: Middle Harbor Shoreline Park 2777 Middle Harbor Rd, Oakland, CA,
- Key Info: Join us to protect our beautiful San Francisco Bay on Earth Day at Middle Harbor Shoreline Park. YOU can help protect the environment, support wildlife, & your health!
There will be morning snacks and coffee, and lunch for volunteers.
Plus Music by Namorados da Lua from Noon -1pm to Celebrate Earth Day!
Please RSVP by Wednesday 4/18/18 so we are sure to have enough food & supplies.
Please RSVP with NUMBER # in PARTY
Everyone is required to sign a waiver form prior to the cleanup.
Youth (under the age of 18) must be accompanied by an adult. A parent or legal guardian of youth under the age of 18 must also sign the youth waiver form.
This event is registered with Oakland Earth Day, the largest volunteer day of the year around the world. - To Register: Click here.
Earth Week at CSUEB!
- Date: , April 23-27, 2018
- Time: 4pm to 5:30pm
- Cost:Vary
- Location: New UU MPR
- Key Info: Earth Week is coming! Mark your calendars for April 23 - 27 for a variety of events hosted by the Office of Sustainability and several other campus departments and student clubs/orgs. The Earth Week Keynote Presentation, and part of the Beyond the Chalk Lecture Series) will be Yessenia Funes, Brooklyn NY based social justice reporter at Gizmodo. Monday, April 23, at 4pm in the New UU MPR. RSVP via BaySync.Yessenia Funes writes about environmental justice. She primarily looks at how race plays into environmental policy and how communities of color forge their own solutions to the climate crisis in the era of Trump where deregulation and industry interests run rampant. She reports on this full-time for Earther, a new environmental news site from the Gizmodo Media Group. When talking about the environment, Yessenia takes a look at other social ills: immigration, segregation, tribal mistreatment, and the list goes on. The environment is about more than wildlife and conservation; it's about people and their health. That's what Yessenia attempts to communicate in her everyday work. This presentation is part of the Beyond the Chalk Lecture series and supported by the Office of Sustainability, the Office of Diversity, Leadership and Employee Wellness, and the Diversity and Inclusion Student Center.
- More events and details to come via the SustainEastBay website, so stay tuned!
- For details and to RSVP: Click here.
Student Research Symposium
- Date: Wednesday, April 25, 2018
- Time: 10am to 12pm
- Cost: Free
- Location: UU-307
- Key Info: The Center for Student Research cordially invites you to the annual CSUEB Student Research Symposium being held on Wednesday April 25th!
CSUEB student-researcher verbal presentations will be held in UU-307 from 10am-12pm, and well over 75 student research posters (representing projects from all four CSUEB Colleges) will be displayed from 12pm-2pm in UU-307 and UU-311.
Please join us in celebrating our student’s innovative and impactful work. We encourage you to walk around, engage with our student-researchers, and learn about their academic and professional passions and goals! Light refreshments will be provided. - Register here: Click here.
Seminar: Don't Call Them Soft Skills
- Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018
- Time: 12:00-1:30p
- Cost:
- Location: CSUEB, Hayward Campus, Old Union Room 311, Hayward, CA 94542
- Key Info: Guest speaker is Dr. Michael Stanton is a licensed physical psychologist and Assistant Professor from Cal State East Bay. His research focuses on mindfulness and the psycho-social determinants of obesity. For more information review the flyer on the right
- Register here: Click here.
Seminar: I Took the Scenic Route to PA School
- Date: Thursday, April 26, 2018
- Time: 6:00-7:00p
- Cost:
- Location: CSUEB, Hayward Campus, VBT 124, Hayward, CA 94542
- Key Info: Guest speaker is a CSUEB Pre-Professional Health Academic Program Alum and current Marshall B. Ketchum Physician Assistant Student.
- Register here: Click here.
Discovery Day Open House
- Date: Sunday, April 29, 2018
- Time: 1pm to 5pm
- Cost: Free
- Location: Estuary & Ocean Science Center 3150 Paradise Drive, SF State Romberg Tiburon Campus, Tiburon, CA 94920
- Key Info: We invite you to experience science in action at the only marine laboratory on the San Francisco Bay, SF State's Estuary & Ocean Science Center. As this is SF State's 40th Anniversary supporting estuary and ocean science on the bay, the activities will be focused on comparing SF Bay and marine science as they were, then and now. Join us to celebrate the EOS Center's Annual Discovery Day Open House, presented by The Barbara & Richard Rosenberg Institute for Marine Biology & Environmental Science!
Discover the innovative marine science our scientists and students are working on together. Try your hand at making a measurement. Learn about the tools of the trade. Help collect data to answer a research question. Play a game and learn a new concept. Explore the patterns in nature. Learn about solutions to environmental challenges.
Collect microscopic life from the Bay (plankton) and view it on microscopes, hold and measure invasive green crabs, enjoy collaborative art projects and design challenges, and be among the first to see the work of the California Coastal Commission's K-12 2018 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest! - Register here: Click here.
Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry (BCGC) Celebration
- Date: Monday, April 30, 2018
- Time: 8am to 5pm
- Cost: Free
- Location: 775 Tan Hall, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94709
- Key Info: The Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry is celebrating the completion of six years of the SAGE IGERT program! Our celebration will take place during an all-day symposium at 775 Tan Hall on the Berkeley campus on April 30, and we will be highlighting our research, education and engagement through a series of 20-minute talks, poster session and other activities. We will provide lunch and refreshments throughout.
An agenda for the day will be provided soon. - Register here: Click here.
Society of Aspiring Minority Physician Leaders Discussion by CHOP
- Date: May 5, 2018, 5-7pm
- Location: Biella Room of CSUEB Main Library (Location is subject to change)
- Key Info: Community Health Outreach Project (CHOP) will be presenting you Yana and Leo from the Society of Aspiring Physician Leaders (SAMPL) for a discussion of "Why your community needs you to be a leader". This workshop is for premedical students that will provide the following:
- Showcases leadership career paths in medicine, describe how leadership positions affect underserved communities, enables you to begin paving the path to becoming a physician leader. A one-on-one discussion will be followed by the workshop. Light refreshments will be provided.
- For More Information/RSVP: Click here.
The Cornell Lab (Team e-bird) Global Big Day
- Date: May 5, 2018
- Key Info: Our favorite part of Global Big Day is watching the shared passion for birds unite 20000+ people from more than 160 countries in a single day to celebrate birds. With this in mind, we can think of no better theme for this May’s Global Big Day than shorebirds!. Sandpipers, plovers, oystercatchers, lapwings, avocets—no matter the flavor, these evocative birds tie countries and continents together like few other animals on this planet. Their stories inspire us—from Red Knots that have cumulatively migrated the distance to the moon and back, to Semipalmated Sandpipers that travel 8,000 miles each year, and still manage to find the same exact nest scrape in the Arctic tundra to raise their young. Black-bellied Plover, or Grey Plover if you know it for its less colorful plumage, is our emblem for the 5 May Global Big Day, with a global distribution and remarkable migration effort that embodies the epic spirit of shorebirds and Global Big Day itself.
- How to Participate: It’s that simple. If you submit your birds to eBird they count. Use the website or mobile app, whichever you prefer. Learn how to take part. Don’t worry — you don’t need to be a bird expert, or to go out all day long. Even ten minutes from your backyard will help. Of course, you are welcome to spend the entire day in the field, but know that it is not required! Please enter your data as soon as you can, preferably by Tuesday, May 8.
- For More Information: Click here.
Pre-Physician Assistant Symposium
- Date: May 5, 2018, 9:15am-4:30pm
- Location: 123 Sciences Lecture Hall, UC Davis Campus
- Cost: $10
- Key Info: Health Professions Advising at UC Davis is excited to present the 1st Pre-Physician Assistant Symposium occurring on Saturday, May 5! This event is open to all (Pre-Med, Pre-Nursing, etc.) who are interested in learning more about the Physician Assistant (PA) career.
Please join us to learn more about the admissions process, different fields of specialty for PAs, and much more!
This event only costs $10 for non-UCD Students!
Here is the most up-to-date schedule:
9:15 AM - 10:00 AM → Keynote
10:05 AM - 11:00 AM → Physician Assistant Specialty Panel
11:00 AM - 12 PM → PA Admissions Panel
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM → Lunch & PA Student Panel/Networking
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM → Pre-PA Program & Experiences Tabling
3:00 - 4:30 PM → Pre-PA 101 & Clinical Experiences Panel (Sci Lec)
3:00 - 4:00 PM → Applying to PA School & Personal Statements (1309 Grove) - For More Information/RSVP: Click here.
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve Open House
- Date/Time: May 12, 2018 10:00a to 3:00p
- Location: Off-Site Parking, Sand Hill Commons 2882 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025
- Key Info: Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is Stanford University’s outdoor research, teaching, and nature conservation area located five miles from the main campus. Parking is off-site, just east of the Sand Hill exit off I-280 at:
There will be signage and docents on site to help direct you. Shuttle buses will run between the parking area and the preserve beginning at 9:30 a.m. We are asking everyone that plans to attend to please register here at Eventbrite. Please reserve one ticket per person attending, not per car. Jasper Ridge welcomes people with disabilities. There is limited ADA parking on-site at the preserve by advance reservation if you have a state issued disability parking placard. To reserve, use this link: ADA Parking Reservation Request. If you have any questions or another disability-related need contact Siri Huntoon, Office Administrator at Jasper Ridge, at (650) 851-6813, or e-mail Dorian Golan dgolan@stanford.edu. - For More Information: Click here.
Astrolecture Series - Cassini's Spectacular Final Year at Saturn
- Date/Time: May 15, 2018 7:30p to 9:00p
- Location: Observation Post, 211 Lincoln Boulevard, San Francisco, CA 94129
- Key Info:The AstroLecture Series is held every third Tuesday of the month and is co-sponsored by the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers in partnership with the Presidio Trust. Each lecture focuses on an astronomy related topic, and shares the latest findings and cutting edge science from noted professional astronomers, scientists, and scholars. Lectures introduce content that will engage the astronomy beginner as well as deliver a serious science fix to people with an advanced knowledge. One hour to 90 minutes of highly visual and stimulating presentation is followed by interactive an interactive question and answer session. For all ages. Sponsored by the San Francisco Amateur Astronomers and the Presidio Trust.
At this Event
With its 13-year mission at Saturn now complete, Cassini takes its place as the most spectacularly successful interplanetary mission in the history of NASA. In its final 10 months (from December 2016 to September 2017), Cassini has transformed itself into a whole new mission with its Grand Finale, including 20 close flybys off the outer edge of Saturn’s rings and 22 passes between the rings and the cloud-tops of the planet, culminating into a final plunge into the depths of Saturn. The detailed new data obtained during these maneuvers has brought Saturn’s rings, its clouds, its small inner moons, and more, into sharper focus than ever before. In this lecture, Cassini rings scientist Matthew Tiscareno will review the rich harvest of the Cassini mission.
Matthew Tiscareno received his PhD from the University of Arizona in Planetary Science. He is a Senior Research Scientist at the SETI Institute, and also a Participating Scientist and imaging Team Associate for the Cassini spacecraft. Dr. Tiscareno led the discovery of small moons embedded in Saturn’s rings, and is working on a number of related projects, including how moons rotate. - For More Information: Click here.
Discover Dentistry Symposium
- Date: Sunday, May 20, 2018
- Time: 8:15-2:00p
- Cost: Free!
- Location: UC Davis, Storer Hall 1322, Davis, CA
- Key Info: This is an opportunity for students that are interested in pursuing dentistry! On May 20th, UC Davis Health Professions Advising will be hosting their THIRD Discover Dentistry Symposium. Join them for tips from a successful applicant, insight from current dental students, admissions presentation, mock interviews and moreThey'll have over 15 current dental students from UCSF and UOP and newly admitted dental students to help guide you along the process of applying to dental school.
- Register here: For more information check out the flyer to the right or the file below.
| 2018spring_discoverdentistrysymposium_flyer__1_.pdf |
DANTA Tropical Biology Field Courses 2018 (Methods in Primate Behavior and Conservation, Primate Behavior and Conservation, Wildlife Conservation and Sustainability)
- Date: Summer (Program dates Vary; click on the link below for more information)
- Application deadline: June 1, 2018
- Cost: Fees vary; click on the link below for more information)
- Key Info: Do you have an interest in wildlife, tropical ecology and/or conservation?
Are you looking to gain valuable field experience?
Would you like to learn about other cultures?
Would you like to learn more about yourself?
Danta is pleased to announce our 2018 field courses in tropical biology. Our course are intended for undergraduates or early graduate level students who have a keen interest in tropical ecosystems and conservation, but have little or no experience of working in a tropical environment. Participants may enroll on either a credit or non-credit basis.
DANTA operates on a cooperative and collaborative teaching model with multiple international instructors on each course. Co-instruction allows for more individualized instruction, and the sharing and appreciation of different ideas. Visiting scholars are often incorporated into the curriculum to broaden student experience. As much of our advertising is done by word-of-mouth, we encourage you to spread the word by forwarding this information to students or friends who may be interested in our programs - For More Information: please visit our website at www.DANTA.info and/or email conservation@danta.email or conservation@danta.info. You can find us on Facebook and Twitter. For an alumni perspective on our programs, please see our new blog DANTAisms http://dantablog.wordpress.com/.
UCF Nanotechnology Weeklong Workshop
- Date: July 29 to August 4, 2018
- Key Info: The workshop not only offers lectures, but also some hands on experience to the students. They are particularly interested in recruiting students who may be interested in graduate studies (MS or Ph.D.) at UCF. The workshop will provide a limited number of scholarships to undergraduate student attendees. The travel award will cover six nights of lodging on the UCF campus with a registration fee waiver. This one-week long workshop is designed to provide the attendees with a broad view of industrial applications of nanotechnology through a concentrated program that includes both lectures and hands-on experiences. The lectures are given by a mix of academic faculty and industrial scientists, directors and managers with years of experience and funded research projects in nanotechnology product development.
- For More Information: Click here.
