8th week of the 2008 Hughes Program (wk of 7/21)
July 21, 2008 by capnethelJuly 21, 2008
Heya Hughesies! Can’t believe we are almost at the end of July! Where has the summer gone?? Thanks to those of you who joined us for bowling Friday night. Laurel and I had a blast!
Here is what’s coming up this week:
Hughes Symposium Practices start TONIGHT!! 5:30-7:30pm
Stimson Hall. We will break the groups out into 4 breakout rooms. There will be 6 students per session. Scholars should come a few minutes early to have a quick bite to eat and check in with me in 216 Stimson.
Scholars will have 10-12 minutes to present their work. These practice sessions are a chance for scholars to prepare for the Symposium next Friday, August 1st.
All scholars are expected to attend one session.
The practice on July 28th is an optional second session for interested scholars. Again, there will be four rooms available for practice. Sign up is first come, first serve.
Check #3 is AVAILABLE. Thanks for your patience with this glitch. I will have checks ready by 3pm and at practices tonight for sure. This check was in exchange for an abstract.
Hughes Guest Faculty Lunches–
Thursday, July 24th w/ Nate Sutter, Vet Clinical Sciences
Lunch will be served in the atrium of Corson Mudd at 12pm and Dr. Sutter’s presentation will follow in the Morrison Room there, at ~12:30pm. Dr. Sutter will speak for about 30-40 minutes. We will have ~15 minutes for questions.
Dr. Sutter works on gene variants that make dogs susceptible to cancer and other disease. He is also interested in genes that contribute to differences in body size in the dog, genetic basis of canine health, morphology, and canine genomics.
Seminar Presentation Line-up:
We’ll write to let you by Thursday AM what the final presentation line-up will look like. Laurel and the grad students at the practices tonight and Wednesday will make a recommendation. Please note that we have roughly 25 slots for 10 minute talks and ~25 slots for posters. We will be looking for a diversity of research projects to be represented in each.
Here are the formatting requirements for your Final Symposium Abstract (PLEASE BE SURE TO SUBMIT A FINAL COPY BY THIS FRIDAY, July 25th) We’ll still provide feedback if needed.
Please include a title & your name
Should be no longer than 300 words in length
Should be written in font 11pt Times
Should include brief background on the project, the approach/methods used, and any preliminary data or results
Hughes Research Symposium, August 1st
This will be our final day of the summer program, and a chance to show everyone what Hughesies have been working on all summer! Below is a tentative schedule for the BIG day:
Hughes Talks – 10:00am – 11:15am (Corson-Mudd, and Biotech)
Break- 11:30am – 12:00pm (Atrium of Corson-Mudd)
Group Picture– 12:00pm –12:30pm (Terrace of Willard Straight Hall)
Lunch- 12:30pm – 2:00pm (Memorial Room, Willard Straight Hall)
Poster Session- 2:30pm – 4:00pm (Atrium of Corson-Mudd)
A note about the lunch: We will provide each scholar with a lunch ticket for entrance to the lunch. Additionally, each scholar will have 2 lunch tickets to invite their faculty member and one additional guest to join us too. The maximum capacity is 150 pp. Tickets will be available to pick up by the end of this week.
A fun CIBT Faculty Talk coming up (Hughesies are invited to attend too):
Wednesday, July 23rd, 5pm- 6pm 1120 Snee Hall- Explaining the Odor World: Sex, Lies, and Perfumes w/ Dr. Rob Raguso, Neurobiology & Behavior
Calendar
The calendar is online. The web link may be found at
http://www.bio.cornell.edu/research/. Be sure to check this often, as this will have the most up to date information about weekly events.
Travel/Leave Request forms
If folks are going to be away for a short period of time during the
program, they must complete a travel/leave request form. It must be signed by your research mentor and provide dates for when you will make up the absence. The forms are in my office, and online.
On Deck Items (Information on stuff in the weeks to come):
-Hughes Symposium- August 1st
-Program Evaluations
-Final Check for the summer
-One last FUN Hughes Event to close out the summer?
See you soon!
Pam
