The
Child Health and Behavior Lab (HABLAB) at the University of Buffalo is looking
for undergraduate students to assist with research studies during Fall 2019
& Spring 2020. These research experiences would be under the leadership of
Dr. Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, who conducts laboratory- and community-based
studies in the area of children’s eating behavior and obesity prevention. More
information about Dr. Anzman-Frasca’s work is available here: https://medicine.buffalo.edu/faculty/profile.html?ubit=safrasca
Responsibilities
of student research assistants include: assisting with material
preparation, entering data, and helping staff in the implementation of the
study design. It is anticipated that students will have the opportunity to work
directly with study participants, including parents and children, in laboratory
and/or community studies. All incoming research assistants must be able to
commit to at least 10 hours of research per week, with preference given to
students who can commit to at least two semesters. Students may be asked to
commit to evenings or weekends to work with participants.
Interested
students can apply by submitting an application and a resume
to ubhablab@gmail.com, using
“Student research assistant application 2019” as the subject of the email.
Applications may be downloaded at http://ubhablab.weebly.com/students. We are reviewing applications on a rolling
basis, with our next round of interviews planned for late Spring 2019.
The Division of Behavioral Medicine
is looking for 6-8 highly motivated undergraduates to work as research
assistants in the Summer 2019 semester.
We have several exciting projects
that are looking for students to help with laboratory experiments and clinical
field studies. Projects include examining how low-active people can increase
their physical activity, working with adults to improve impulsivity, and
working with overweight adults in a clinical weight-control program.
We are looking for individuals with the
following qualifications: Organized and detail oriented, highly motivated,
independent, strong GPA, good communication skills, ability to interact with
families and the ability to solve problems independently. Students will be
asked to do a variety of tasks including prepping materials, recruiting adults
and families for studies, entering data (excel) and there is a possibility of
working with families to collect data.
To apply: please send your resume and the answers to the questions below to dbmstudentapply@gmail.com. Please make sure that Summer 2019 is in the subject line of the email. We are hoping to quickly fill our positions and will interview students on a first come, first served basis.
Please
fill out the Following information:
Full
Name:
Name
you would like to be called:
Email:
Phone
Number:
Overall
GPA:
Major
GPA:
What
year are you in school?
Do
you have any prior research experience?
If so, with whom?
What
do you want to do when you graduate?
How
do you feel this research experience will benefit you?
How
would you describe your communication skills?
What
are your strengths and weaknesses?
Are
you interested in continuing to work in the Fall 2019 semester?
What
is your availability for this summer? (please list all commitments)
If
you have any previous experience with biometric measurements, please describe
here:
This summer, earn 10 credits while you gain valuable work experience as an intern.
Choose from 8 Study Areas: Arts Management, Business, Communications & Creative Media, Computer Science & Applied Mathematics, International Studies, Politics, Public Policy & Law, Psychology Research & Practice, Public Health & Social Policy
The 5th Annual LEADUB
Conferencewill take place this Sunday, February 24 2019, from
9:30AM-3:30PM. It is a free conference experience for undergraduate and
graduate students at UB who are interested in learning and engaging in topics
related to leadership, service and diversity. If you are looking to complete a
requirement of Torch Leadership Certificate, or if you are interested in
gaining conference experience and refining your leadership skills, please
register for this conference experience below.
The conference is free and open
to all UB students. Breakfast and lunch will be provided!
An Opportunity to work with world-renowned scientists at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, UK for an intensive 10-week summer experience in their laboratories. In addition, students take park in exciting experiential learning opportunities including facilitated visits to iconic academic and cultural institutions and participation in presentations and events. The selected UB students and the faculty mentors at Cambridge and Oxford hosting you, would be involved in finalizing laboratory assignments for each student.
Juniors, and sophomores with strong credentials, from all STEM fields may apply.
If interested, please attend an information session on Thursday, 14th from 3:30-4:30pm in the Honors College Faculty Lounge located in 106C Capen Hall. Contact Dr. Satpal Singh at singhs@buffalo.edu for more information.
Summer Study Abroad in Salamanca, Spain, with Dr.
Sharonah Fredrick, from UB’s Romance Languages and Literatures (RLL) Department
Dr. Sharonah Fredrick, RLL’s Clinical Assistant Professor
of Spanish & Portuguese Language and Latin American Culture, whom you all
saw in the Life Raft Panel, will direct a UB summer study abroad program in
Spain and offer a course on the multi-religious roots of Salamanca’s Spanish
literature in the 15th-17th centuries. For more
information, please see: http://arts-sciences.buffalo.edu/romance-languages-literatures/study-abroad/study-abroad-with-rll.html
If you are interested in the possibility of some financial aid, please be in
touch with Dr. Sharonah Fredrick directly: sharonah@buffalo.edu Or,
call her (and please leave a message) at: 716-645-1735.This summer, RLL will run its internationally
recognized, 6 credit Salamanca summer program with a combination of academic
and recreational activities designed to enrich and interest the student of
Spanish language/literature and the many facets of Hispanic culture. We will
emphasize Salamanca’s multi-cultural and multi-religious roots of this
historical city, including Roma (Gypsy), Christian, Muslim, Jewish and
Portuguese intellectual contributions; and we will study the special role
played by Salamanca’s intellectuals in defense of the rights of the indigenous
peoples of Latin America and Africa, during the centuries of Conquest. The
university offers an excellent array of tourist and sports-friendly activities
as well as cultural excursions. Sharonah’s course is three credits and will
count as an upper-division (300 or 400 level) language requirement; the other
language study course, ranging from Beginner’s through Highly Advanced Spanish,
counts as part of any UB language requirement. There are no problems
transferring these credits because these are UB credits earned abroad, not
credits from the University of Salamanca, although that is where the courses
will be taught. Deadline for applications is March 25th.”
Roswell Park is looking for volunteers to assist with running the Buffalo Health Care Exploration this summer. We are especially looking for males but have unfilled positions for both genders. You must currently be in college and preference will be given to applicants who participated in BHE during high school or have worked with Roswell previously.
BHE is a program for high school students who believe they
may want to go to medical school or pursue a science career. The students get
to do activities such as shadow doctors, think of medical instruments, get
college and premedical mentoring, and networking opportunities within Roswell.
It is during the month of July with extra commitments during June for the Ride
for Roswell. If you apply be sure you can commit to being present for the vast
majority of events and all program dates. The days begin at 9 and end at 4pm.
As a TA you would be acting as a mentor and a guide for a team
of students. You would be responsible for transporting them to different
locations, supervision and mentoring. You’ll act as a positive role model and
peer for the students and help them gain the most out of the program.
As a college student you have the opportunity to network
within Roswell with the many talented physicians involved. You will also gain
exposure to the ATLAS interns who work with the urology department on various
research projects. The networking and connections you make can be integral in
gaining an internship at Roswell, gaining access to medical school, or gaining
access to graduate school. You will be working alongside other motivated
students from nearby colleges.
ELI is currently
recruiting Chat Room partners for the spring semester. The Chat Room is a
face-to-face conversation program matching an undergraduate student with two
international students for conversation practice. Chat Room partners are welcome to volunteer or register for ESL
320 Conversation Seminar for two pass/fail credits. For more information and
force registration, go to the ELI, 320 Baldy Hall.
The ten-week REU in Polymers will be held May 29th – August 2nd, 2019.
Approximately 12 research opportunities will be available for the Summer of
2018. In addition to cutting-edge research, REU participants will
participate in weekly sessions emphasizing the fundamentals of polymer science
and engineering, ethics, communication skills, and graduate school
preparation. Local industry tours and social activities are also planned.
REU students are required to present a poster and submit a final report at the
end of the summer. Each REU participant will receive a $4500 stipend payable in
two installments. Housing, meal allowance, and travel costs are also provided.
Students (non-CWRU) majoring in polymer science and engineering, chemical
engineering, chemistry, materials science and engineering or a related field
are encouraged to apply. Women, underrepresented minorities, and students
from primarily undergraduate institutions are especially encouraged to apply.
Participants must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.
The photographic image has undoubtedly been a
decisive artifact in the construction of modern life. Today, we take more
pictures and see the results faster than ever, given the technology that most
people with a cellphone have access to. But why do we love taking pictures? Why
is the “selfie” so ubiquitous? What are we after? Has that changed since
photography’s beginning, not so long ago, in the mid-19th century?
The word “photography” was invented by resorting to Greek, linking light, “photos,” and writing, “graphein,” suggesting that this practice of recording images on a surface is a way of writing with light. This form of writing has developed a productive dialogue with literature, as a longstanding creative practice of writing that draws on reality and language… and their uncanny underside. Feeding on literature’s special potential to express unacknowledged dreams, psychoanalysis has provided a vocabulary to consider that enigmatic underside, where words and images exceed conscious will and established discourses. This course considers the relations photography maintains with perception, signification, time, history, pleasure, desire, sexuality, and political agency, among other factors. Such an investigation will take us forward: to interrogate the sense and effects of current and future photographic practices, from everyday Instagram smartphone shots to photojournalism, to photography in contemporary art galleries. And it also takes us back: to 19th-century Paris as a starting point, where photography finds important roots with inventors Daguerre and Niépce, and where a certain medical practice that involved photography, namely, Dr. Charcot’s experiments and theories of hysteria, led to the invention of psychoanalysis, a field that gave rise to the concept of the unconscious in ways highly relevant, in turn, to experimental photography and literature. And further back… to fairy tales Charles Perrault introduced to the literary cannon at the end of the 17th century, which still intrigue us today (Blanche Neige/Snow White, for instance). The trajectories of photography, psychoanalysis, and literature are therefore intertwined in rich ways that we explore in this course. How, for instance, does photography transform literary works? And what do literature and psychoanalysis reveal to users of photographic images about themselves, or about the bodies and world they see through photography? Can photographs make visible what remains unacknowledged, unthought, yet shaping our reality? These are questions that certain photographers and writers actively explored, drawing on plastic experiments, psychoanalytic theory, and on the unique knowledge that literary works can give access to. The discussion remains open for you (and your camera) to join. *French majors and minors (or readers of French) are strongly encouraged to read in French whenever possible.
