{"591976":{"#nid":"591976","#data":{"type":"news","title":"2017 Summer Programs in the College of Sciences","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDozens of students from around the U.S. are spending spend part of summer 2017 in Georgia Tech in research or internship programs. Eighty undergraduate students will today begin several weeks of research, culminating in capstone activities in July. Another eight high school students will arrive in July for a four-week job experience program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe Schools of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Mathematics, and Physics are hosting \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/crssprgm\/reu\/\u0022\u003EResearch Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) programs\u003C\/a\u003E funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). REUs provide opportunities for undergraduate students to work closely with faculty and other researchers on a real-world research topic. Students are granted stipends and, in many cases, assistance with housing and travel.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition, the College of Sciences\u0026rsquo; \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.bees.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EUrban Honey Bee Project\u003C\/a\u003E is hosting the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/bees.gatech.edu\/beeinspired\u0022\u003EBee-Inspired Summer Program\u003C\/a\u003E, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe programs and faculty and staff coordinators are:\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cul\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E3M Chemistry REU, cosponsored by 3M \u0026ndash; Cameron Tyson\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EAquatic Chemical Ecology Summer Research Program \u0026ndash; Brian Hammer\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBee-Inspired Summer Program \u0026ndash; Jennifer Leavey\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EBroadening Participation in Physics REU \u0026ndash; Jennifer Curtis, Keith Oden\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003EChemistry Function, Application, Structure, and Theory REU \u0026ndash; Stefan France, Kenyetta Johnson, Robert McCloud\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECenter for Chemical Evolution REU \u0026ndash; Christine Conwell, Nicholas Hud, Christopher Parsons\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003ECenter for Selective C-H Functionalization REU \u0026ndash; Denise Bale\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\t\u003Cli\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/591897\u0022\u003EMathematics REU\u003C\/a\u003E \u0026ndash; Igor Belegradek, Michael Lacey\u003C\/li\u003E\r\n\u003C\/ul\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn addition to working in various labs in the College of Sciences, students will have opportunities to learn about \u0026nbsp;lab safety, scientific presentations, maintaining lab notebooks, research ethics, scientific writing, and professional networking.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe summer sessions will culminate in oral research presentations on July 19-20 and a poster session on July 26.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOn July 10, eight students from nearby high schools will arrive in the School of Mathematics. They will join \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/people.math.gatech.edu\/~kwickelgren3\/\u0022\u003EKirsten G. Wickelgren\u003C\/a\u003E to try \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/591675\u0022\u003Emathematics as a summer job\u003C\/a\u003E. The job experience program is funded by \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cos.gatech.edu\/hg\/item\/545001\u0022\u003EWickelgren\u0026rsquo;s NSF CAREER award\u003C\/a\u003E and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/gift\u0022\u003EGeorgia Intern Fellowships for Teachers (GIFT),\u003C\/a\u003E a program implemented by the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.ceismc.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECenter for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics, and Computing (CEISMC)\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Four schools host undergraduate and high school students for research and job experiences"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEighty undergraduate students will today begin several weeks of research, culminating in capstone activities in July. Another eight high school students will arrive in July for a four-week job experience program.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Dozens of students from around the U.S. are spending spend part of summer 2017 in Georgia Tech in research or internship programs. "}],"uid":"30678","created_gmt":"2017-05-22 13:29:12","changed_gmt":"2017-05-24 17:15:57","author":"A. 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Maureen Rouhi, Ph.D.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nDirector of Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nCollege of Sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["maureen.rouhi@cos.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}