ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Julia Robinson was a mathematics professor at UC Berkeley for many years. She is famous for her solution of Hilbert’s tenth problem. The Julia Robinson Mathematics Festivals were started in the San Francisco Bay Area to honor her legacy and encourage more students to pursue mathematics. The festivals began around the San Francisco Bay Area in 2007 and now we are expanding with festivals across the country.
This year the festival will be held on May 2nd at Stanford University and volunteers will be needed to help the festival run smoothly.
The schedule is still being set, but the proposed schedule has math in the morning (which is when the most help will be needed), followed by lunch, a math talk, and raffle prizes.
If you are interested in volunteering, please contact Joshua Zucker at joshua.zucker@gmail.com.
For more information about the festival, please visit: http://www.msri.org/specials/festival
Come out and support the UGM (Unifying Generations of Mathematicians) fundraiser celebrating Pi Day. Slices of Pizza and Pie will be sold for a $1.00 a slice.
Date: Monday, March 15, 2010
Where: TH 935 (Math Conference Room)
Time: 11:45Am – 1:30PM
Galileo Learning Summary:
Galileo Learning, operator of Camp Galileo, Galileo Summer Quest, and the Tech Summer Camps, offers a unique, fun and safe environment for campers to work with each other, become skilled at the creative process and are inspired to imagine, build, and create! We develop our curriculum in partnership with the de Young Museum, the Tech Museum, and KLUTZ. We are hoping that your students and alumni can join us this summer!
We are now hiring educators to lead kids and inspire their passions in science. Spend their summer in a fun environment working with curricula created by premier education organizations, developing their teaching skills, networking with educators, and earning a competitive salary while doing so.
At Camp Galileo they will have the opportunity to be the Team Leaders (Camp Counselors) of up to 16 children. They will guide them through their camp day providing camp games, cheers and activities. They will also assist our Lead Instructors in their classrooms three times a day utilizing the Tech Museum of Innovation’s “design challenge” approach. Working with kids entering K through 5th grade is a unique and rewarding experience and an important one to have NOW for anyone interested in pursuing education.
- Pay: $325-$400 a week (Monday-Friday approx. 8-4 pm)
- Program Type: Day Camp (Housing not provided)
- Location: 26 sites across the Bay Area
- Duration: 2-8 weeks of the summer (June 14 to August 13; dates depend on program and location)
For more information, please contact Brady Gill, Recruiting Outreach Manager, at (510) 595-7293 ext.309 or by email at:brady@galileo-learning.com
***GEAR UP IS NOW BRANCHING OUT INTO HIGH SCHOOLS!!!! APPLICATIONS ARE BEING ACCEPTED FOR FALL 2010 Math & Science tutors***
Program Description:
GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) is a federally funded US Department of Education program. The basic objectives of the program are to promote equal access to education and educational excellence through partnerships with colleges and universities, organizations, and the community. Our goal centers on the need to create both systemic and sustainable school improvements that leads to increase college preparedness and participation rates for low-income and under-represented students and to educate their parients and guardians about the college process.
Job Description:
SFSU GEAR UP is seeking tutors who will utilize innovative and creative methods to help students with their course work assignmetns and increase their skill level in a particular subject. The tutors will be responsible for providing high school students with support and assistance in-class, during lunch, and after school in the following academic subjects:
Preferred second language skills: Chinese and Spanish
Salary:
$12/hour
How to Apply:
Submit resume, transcripts, description of applicable paid and volunteer experiences, and completed application on back of flyer
For more information, please contact Rita Yee, SFSU GEAR UP Coordinator, at (415) 338-1497 or by email at ryee@sfsu.edu.
This year, March 14 falls on a Sunday, so many teachers will honor Pi Day on Friday or Monday instead. If you are looking for some ways to celebrate math in your math class, or if you would like to suggest some school-wide thematic activities, you are certain to find ideas on this page to help you design a Pi Day that students will enjoy.
Pi Day at the Exploratorium
San Francisco’s Exploratorium’s 22nd annual Pi Day celebration might give you some ideas, even if you’re not in the area to party with them.
create Pi puns
participate in activities, rituals, and Pi-related antics
have a slice of pie!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
Number A Day
Every working day, the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) posts a new positive integer, with a selection of its properties and an illustration or photograph.
http://maanumberaday.blogspot.com/
What’s Special About This Number?
Erich Friedman lists the integers from zero to 9,999, annotating each with one significant mathematical property and color-coordinating by that property’s category.
http://www2.stetson.edu/~efriedma/numbers.html
Please click here for additional Pi Day Resources.
Interested in Becoming a Teacher?
POTENTIAL NEW TEACHERS – Get paid to teach while taking coursework to earn your credential!
To find out how to earn a California Teaching Credential through a paid teaching internship in Sacramento and East Bay public schools, while taking coursework, please attend one of our FREE information sessions!
We are currently looking for individuals interested in teaching middle / high school (single subject) or Special Education (mild to moderate) as District Interns, while taking coursework to earn their credential. Interested individuals MUST have their Bachelor’s Degree, in addition to other application requirements.
Join us at a FREE information session on March 18th and April 22nd from 6pm – 7pm. Each information session is hosted at the Convention & Visitors Bureau (150 W. San Carlos, Meeting Room #G, San Jose, CA 95110). To RSVP for a free information session, please call (925) 969-9701 or email us at vhipps@projectpipeline.org.
For more information about this exciting opportunity, click here. A complete list of information sessions can be found by clicking on TEACHER RECRUITMENT. A complete list of application requirements, and a downloadable application, can be found by clicking on APPLY TO TEACH.
A non-profit organization established in 1989, Fortune School of Education (formerly Project Pipeline) is accredited and supported by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
American Psychological Association offers funding for statistics workshops. Email Jaylan Turkkan, jturkkan@sfsu.edu if you would like to attend. For more information, visit: http://www.apa.org/science/resources/ati/index.aspx
CSU Commission on the Extended University request proposals for collaborative innovative projects for the 2010-2011 academic year. Funding available. Deadline: March 26. For more information, contact Dr. Jan Jackson, 760-750-8708, commission@csusm.edu
ASCB Minorities Affairs Committee offers two programs: (1) Visiting Professors $18,200 award for visiting professor spending 8 weeks in the lab of an ASCB member and maintaining the collaboration during the academic year. (2) Linkage Fellows are eligible for up to $10K/year to facilitate activities that promote careers and research in cell biology at Minority-Serving Institutions. Application deadline: March 31. For more information on being a Host Scientist, Visiting Professor or Linkage Fellow, visit: http://ascb.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89&Itemid=6
National Research Council of the National Academies sponsors numerous awards for graduate, postdoctoral and senior researchers at federal laboratories and affiliated institutions. 2010 deadlines: May 1, August 1, November 1. For more information, call 202-334-2760, email: rap@nas.edu, or visit: www.national-academies.org/rap
The Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology offers a Libbie H. Hyman Memorial Scholarship ($1k) to support graduate research at a marine, freshwater or terrestrial field station. Application deadline: March 5. For more information, contact Dr. Bruno Pernet, 562-985-5378, bpernet@csulb.edu
San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Association of Environmental Professionals offers scholarships for full-time graduate and undergraduate students. Application deadline: March 15. For more information, visit: http://sfbayaep.org/ (click on “student section”) or contact: Jessica.viramontes@cajaeir.com
SF State’s Alumni Association offers multiple undergraduate and graduate student scholarships for Fall 2010. Application deadline: April 8. For more information, visit: www.sfsu.edu/~alumni/scholarship.htm
Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education offers student leadership and research awards. Application deadline: July 1. For more information, visit: http://www.aashe.org/programs/awards.php
National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado offers “Explorations in Statistics Research: An Undergraduate Summer Program,” June 19-26. Application deadline: March 3. For more information, visit: www.stat.berkeley.edu/~summer
Chicago Botanic Garden offers summer field research internships for NSF-funded evolution and ecology plants and plant-animal interactions in fragmented prairies project. Housing and stipend included. Application deadline: March 5. For more information, visit: http://echinacea.umn.edu/ or contact Stuart Wagenius, 847-835-6978, stuart09@echinaceaproject.org
University of Nevada, Reno and Great Basin Institute offers undergraduate summer research experience studying fire effects on watershed restoration, June 7-August 13. $4250 stipend plus housing on campus included. Full-time student with junior or senior status required. Application deadline: March 8. For more information, visit: http://www.thegreatbasininstitute.org/programs/research-associates/research-associates-employment/research-experience-for-undergraduates
Pennington Marine Science Center, Camp Emerald Bay, Santa Catalina Island, CA seeks Marine Science Education and Aquarist Interns, May 30-September 1. Room, board and stipend included. Application deadline: March 12. For more information, contact: Kevin Erickson, KErickson@BSA-LA.org, 310-510-1795 ext. 36
Field Assistant needed for 3-6 month (September 2010-March 2011) coral reef study, Comoros Islands. Deadline: March 15. Send cover letter, resume and two letters of reference to: freeds@pdx.edu
University of Virginia’s Mountain Lake Biological Station offers summer field-based undergraduate and graduate courses and workshops focused on ecology, evolution, physiology and behavior. Application deadline: March 15. For more information, visit: http://mlbs.org/courses.html
University of Glasgow seeks field assistants to investigate individual variation in steroid hormones and fitness in blue tits population, Loch Lomond National Park, Scotland, April-June. Basic living costs provided. Application deadline: March 19. For more information, visit: www.gla.ac.uk:443//ibls/staff/staff.php?who=PGe~Pn or http://www.gla.ac.uk/departments/scene/ or contact Lindsay Henderson, l.henderson.1@research.gla.ac.uk
NASA Ames Research Center offers paid 10-12 week summer graduate student internship opportunities in biotechnology and fundamental space biology. Application deadline: March 20. For more information, visit: http://uarc.ucsc.edu/sti/grad_09.shtml or contact Amy.Gilbert@ADM.UCSC.edu
University of Washington/Friday Harbor offers spring (March 29-June 4) and summer (July 19-August 20) courses. For more information, visit: http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/student/Spring2010.html or http://depts.washington.edu/fhl/studentSummer2010.html#SumB-1
Women Evolving Biological Sciences symposium, October 24-27, Pack Forest Conference Center, Seattle, Washington Application deadline: April 15. For more information, visit: http://www.webs.washington.edu
Science Foundation, Ireland, offers undergraduate summer school program in evolutionary biology and bioinformatics beginning June 8. $300 Euro stipend and assistance with travel included. For more information, visit: http://bioinf.nuim.ie/ureka/ or contact 2010ureka@gmail.com
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease’s STEP-UP Program offers support for ten week summer research education for undergraduate students from racial and ethnic minorities or disadvantaged backgrounds. Stipend: $4K. For more information, visit: http://stepup.niddk.nih.gov/
University of Colorado, Boulder offers 2-week summer ecosystem field study courses, June 6-July 31. Cost: $1,400 includes meals, camping, travel during course, and equipment. To learn more, visit: www.coefs.org
Danta: Association for Conservation of the Tropics and State University of New York, Oneonta offers summer tropical biology field courses in Costa Rica. For more information, visit: www.DANTA.INFO
UCSF’s Division of Vascular Surgery seeks undergraduate and graduate students to study in vitro and in vivo models of vascular disease. Email resume to khanh.p.nguyen@ucsfmedctr.org
EVENTS: CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, WORKSHOPS, LECTURES, SYMPOSIUM, COLLOQUIUM
California Academy of Sciences offers free admission to teachers in honor of their service to communities, March 2-March 15.
Looking for a job? South San Francisco Life Science Career Fair, March 3, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m., South San Francisco Conference Center. Free parking. For more information, visit: www.ssfcareerevents.org
California Healthcare Institute presents “Balancing Biomedical Innovation and Environmental Regulation,” March 10, 8:00 a.m.-6:30 p.m., Citizen Hotel, Sacramento. To register by March 3, visit: http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=818722 or contact Tiffany Taluban, 858-551-6677, taluban@chi.org
California Higher Education Sustainability Conference (June 20-23) presentation and poster proposals due: March 10. For more information, visit: http://2010higheredsustainabilityconference.org, or contact Katie Maynard, 805-448-5111, Katie.maynard@2010sustconf.org
Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Annual Meeting, May 12-13, presents “Contaminants of Emerging Concern: Responding to a 21st Century Challenge,” U.C. Berkeley. For more information, contact: norcalsetac@onebox.com or visit: http://www.norcalsetac.org
2010 Bay-Delta Science Conference, Sacramento Convention Center, September 27-29. Abstract submission deadline: June 4.
California State University Student Research Competition, April 30-May 1, San Jose State University. For more information, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~gradstdy/research-competition.htm
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
Project Kaisei seeks volunteers to prepare vessel for marine debris research docked at Point Richmond for expedition to the North Pacific Gyre. For more information, visit: http://projectkaisei.org/
Farallones Marine Sanctuary Association, San Francisco, seeks volunteer Beach Watch Intern to work minimum 12 hours/week. For more information, contact: Shannon Lyday, 415-551-6625, slyday@farallones.org
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
Tutors needed for molecular biology, infometrics and genomics. Salary: $18-$25/hour. Hours are flexible. For more information, contact Anne-Marie, 954-941-4441, amtutoring@mindspring.com
Sorensen Research Group of UCSF Department of Psychiatry seeks Staff Research Associate I to further the understanding of substance abuse patterns, barriers to treatment, treatment experiences and attitudes towards research participation among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Undergraduate degree and fluent in Cantonese or Vietnamese required. Email cover letter and resume to Jonathan Lee, jonathan.lee2@ucsf.edu
Full time behavioral neuroscience research technician needed for sensorimotor neural circuits in zebrafish, Humboldt State University. For more information, please click here.
