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ASU to hold 2008
Environmental Studies Summit
Dr. Robyn Hannigan, director and
Judd Hill Chair of Environmental Science, and Dr. Aldemaro Romero,
department chair, Biology, announce that ASU has been selected to
host the third Environmental Studies Summit in June 2008. The 2008
Environmental Studies Summit gathers academics from dozens of
national and international colleges and universities to discuss
numerous issues that concern teaching and research in different
areas of environmental studies around the world and particularly in
the U.S. This summit is sponsored by ASU's graduate program in
Environmental Sciences and the Department of Biological Sciences in
addition to the U.S. Council of Academic Deans and Directors (CEDD)
and the National Council for Science and Environment (NCSE). The
summit will cover a variety of topics such as cross-disciplinary
communication, teaching and curriculum development in environmental
studies, and fostering cross-disciplinary research. For details,
contact Dr. Robyn Hannigan
or Dr. Aldemaro Romero.
ASU Society for Neuroscience
meets tomorrow
The first meeting of the ASU
chapter of the Society for Neuroscience for the spring semester will
be Tuesday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m., in Room 219 of Lab Sciences East.
The SFN has more than 37,500 members, making it the world's largest
organization of scientists and physicians devoted to the study of the brain. ASU-SFN
is in its third year, with about 25 active student members and five
faculty members. ASU-SFN is sponsoring a regional Brain Bee runoff on Friday, Feb. 9,
from whence three qualifiers will be sent to the state competition
in Little Rock on Thursday, Feb. 15. The society also holds an
annual Brain Awareness Day for youngsters on Saturday, March 31, at
the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library. Faculty sponsors of the ASU-SFN are Dr. Amy Pearce,
Psychology and Counseling, and Dr. Malathi Srivatsan,
Molecular Biology. For details,
see
asusfn@yahoo.com or contact
Swati Mishra.
Undergraduate Scholars Day
website opens
A new website is coming for
the rapidly approaching Undergraduate Scholars Day, where student
abstracts can be submitted and where early versions of the
presentation schedule will be available--see
http://events.astate.edu/usd.
The website submission form is active on Thursday, Feb. 1, and will
remain open until Thursday, March 1. Undergraduate Scholars Day is a
program allowing students to present their research in a
professional setting and in a friendly, supportive atmosphere.
Learning to present in such a setting develops confidence and allows
the student to be the expert.
Faculty are needed to chair individual sessions, and participating
faculty members can add to their service requirements by
demonstrating their commitment to students and to the university.
For details, contact Dr. Mike
Cundall, assistant dean, The Honors College, in 103 Library or
at ext. 2308.
New library exhibit
commemorates fallen local heroes
The Dean B. Ellis Library has
announced a new exhibit, “Fallen Heroes from Arkansas.” The
exhibition includes photographs of 41 Arkansas men and women who
have given their lives in the Afghanistan and Iraq theatres of war
from 2003 to the present. Several articles of war are also on display. The exhibit
will be on display until Saturday,
Feb. 10, during regular library hours. The exhibit is a
collaboration with the ASU Department of Military Science and
Leadership and the office of Congressman Marion Berry. For details,
see NewsPage.
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