Undergraduate News Service
11/09/2009 - NOVEMBER 12, 2009: UCLA CAREER CENTER - JOB SEARCH JUMP START
UCLA CAREER CENTER
Job Search Jump Start
Thursday, November 9, 1-4pm
UCLA Career Center, Third Floor, Conference Room
What's the secret to landing that first job right out of college? What can you do to gain the edge in a competitive job market that is further challenged by the current economic downturn? Our professional career counselors will share five of our core workshops in a compact three-hour format. Job Search Jump Start is a exclusive program designed and delivered for the UCLA student.
Now is the time to turn the degree you have been working so hard on into a career. Whether you are returning next winter or graduating this spring, it's not too late or too early to explore your career options or land that first job or internship. This three hour conference will provide you with information and insights on careers, internship and job search strategies, resumes, written correspondence, interviewing techniques, career research, and our exclusive BruinView™ career management and job search system.
Register today at career.ucla.edu/JumpStart
*Job Search Jump Start is a fee-based program only open to currently registered UCLA students. The fee will be charged to your BAR account upon registration. We are located in the Strathmore Building near parking structure eight. Questions? 310.206.1921 or marketing@career.ucla.edu
- APRIL 9-10, 2010: 26TH ANNUAL LMSA-WEST REGIONAL CONFERENCE AT UCSF SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
**SAVE THE DATE**
APRIL 9-10, 2010
26th ANNUAL LATINO MEDICAL STUDENT ASSOCIATION (LMSA) - WEST
REGIONAL CONFERENCE at UCSF School of Medicine
"WELCOMING CHANGE: BRIDGING GAPS FOR LATINOS THROUGH IMPROVEMENTS IN HEALTH POLICY"
Celebrating 26 years of promoting the development of Latino students through education, volunteerism, and professional networking opportunities that foster diversity, higher education, and the improved health of the Latino community.
FRIDAY: PRE-HEALTH/HIGH SCHOOL COMPONENT
Come check out amazing workshops, keynote speakers and medical school admissions representatives to get all the information you need to succeed!
*Mock Interviews
*MANY Workshops
*Advice from medical school representatives, faculty and students
*MCAT/Medical school application workshops
And more . . .!
SATURDAY: MEDICAL STUDENT/FACULTY COMPONENT
Join us in exploring the world of policy and how it affects our future and current health care provision -- in addition to many workshops and speakers from multiple disciplines and numerous opportunities for professional networking.
SATURDAY EVENINNG: GRADUATION BANQUET
*To be held at The Palace Hotel in Downtown San Francisco
*To make reservation at a special LMSA-West discount, visit:
http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=0907011208&key=E29A0
Get ready to join the celebration!
REGISTRATION WILL OPEN SOON!
Log on to www.lmsa.net for more information and registration updates.
- NOVEMBER 10: BRUIN INTERNSHIP AND SUMMER JOB FAIR - 11AM-3PM, ACKERMAN 2ND FLOOR LOUNGE
Bruin Internship & Summer Job Fair
Tuesday, November 10, 11am-3pm
Ackerman, 2nd Floor Lounge
Meet Recruiters * Dress to Impress * Bring Questions
Are you looking for exciting career experience that will give you the edge in this challenging job market? Consider an internship or summer job in a corporate, non-profit, or government environment! It's a great way to connect with those in the workforce before graduating.
Business Casual attire is preferred. Questions? Email us at BruinView@career.ucla.edu.
Fair admittance open only to current UCLA students. Alumni who are subscribers to BruinView™ for Alumni or Bruin Alumlink™ may also attend. UCLA Bruincard required for admission.
Download the flyer here.
- TODAY, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9:
INSTITUTE OF THE ENVIRONMENT
MondaY, November 9, 2009
Environmental Science Colloquium
La Kretz Hall 110
4:00 - 5:30 PM
JOHN M. RANDALL
The Nature Conservancy - California Chapter and
Plant Sciences Department, University of California, Davis
INVASIVE SPECIES AND OTHER THREATS TO CALIFORNIA'S BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
California's native animals, plants, and natural communities face a
variety of threats including rapid development, land use change, altered
fire regimes, water withdrawl and altered hydrology, and invasive
species, among others.
I will focus on just one of these threats, invasive species, and illustrate how widespread and pervasive it is geographically, across habitats, and across species of plants and animals affected.
I will also point out relationships among and synergies between invasive species and other threats such as altered fire regimes and development.
Invasive species are of concern to the conservation community not because they are non-native, but because of their harmful impacts on native species, natural communities and the ecosystem processes that support them. Their effects range from altering ecosystem processes like fire frequency and intesity or nutrient cycling, directly feeding on and killing native species, and altering the genetic make-up of native species populations by hybridizing with them. They can also disrupt biological processes like pollination and fruit dispersal, change plant and animal community composition and structure and suppress native species populations.
Many terrestrial, freshwater and nearshore marine systems around the
world are now affected by invasive species, but California has been in
the forefront of experiencing this damage. Fortunately, California
has also been in the forefront of scientific studies of the ecology,
effects and control of invasive species and of innovative control and
prevention efforts. Unfortunately, we remain unable to control large
infestations of some of the invaders which have the most harmful
impacts, such as the fire-promoters cheatgrass and buffelgrass, and
the lethal plant disease Sudden Oak Death. On the positive side,
efforts to prevent the introduction of new species likely to become
invasive will help slow the growth of the problem.
11/05/2009 - RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY: BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES - 2010 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY
BIGELOW LABORATORY FOR OCEAN SCIENCES
2010 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR UNDERGRADUATES (REU)
SUMMER RESEARCH PROGRAM
Research Experience for Undergraduates: Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences invites undergraduates to apply for the 2010 Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) summer research program, Gulf of Maine and the World Ocean. We are looking for promising students from colleges and universities around the country interested in gaining hands-on research experience.
Areas of research include the marine microbial food web, ocean biogeochemistry, optical oceanography, remote sensing, sensory biology, climate change and fisheries oceanography.
Eight students will be selected and each paired with a Bigelow scientist/mentor based on mutual research interests. Participants will spend ten weeks (June 7 - August 13) working closely with their mentors on current research projects. Participants receive a stipend and food, housing, and travel allowances.
Undergraduates in their sophomore year or later may apply; applications are due January 15, 2010.
More information and application materials are available at http://www.bigelow.org/education/reu/.
Prospective applicants may also contact Rebecca Fowler with questions, reu@bigelow.org or (207) 633-9632.
Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences is located in West Boothbay Harbor, Maine and conducts research on topics ranging from microbial oceanography at the molecular level to global ocean processes.
Our mission is to understand the key processes driving the world's ocean ecosystems, their evolution, and their fundamental relationship to life on Earth.