[BNC-all] BNC Weekly Memo - 02.08.10

[Jeff Goecker]

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week of February 8, 2010
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ANNOUNCEMENTS

NanoDays! April 2 and 3, 2010:Graduate students and faculty needed to support this activity. We will be inviting area schools, on Friday, 04.02.10, and 
the local community, on Saturday, 04.03.10, to participate in hands-on 
demonstrations to introduce the concepts of  nanotechnology. The goals 
for this event is to educate target audiences (K-12) and to have FUN!

Please contact Caitlin Burger to see how you may be involved with this activity. Note: 
Faculty are encouraged to get involved and are asked to announce this 
opportunity to your student groups.

More info is available at: nano.purdue.edu/nanodays/
 
 
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS
visit nano.purdue.edu and 
refer to "Featured Events" for the most up-to-date information
 
Monday, 02.08.10, 9:00AM, MRGN 121:  Monsanto 
presentations. Monsanto is interested in research and technologies at 
Purdue and in building a productive relationship. [More]
 
 
UPCOMING

Wednesday, 02.10.10, 4:00PM, MRGN 121: Seminar 
Series in Bioethics, "Justice and Universal Health Care Coverage in the 
U.S." by Dr. Norman Daniels [Flier].
 
Thursday, 02.18.10, 3:00PM, Fowler Hall, Stewart Center: Philip F. Bagwell Lecture, "Inside Real Innovation," by Eugene A. 
Fitzgerald, Merton C. Flemings-SMA Professor of Materials Engineering, 
MIT; Visiting Professor of Management, The Johnson School, Cornell 
University [Flier]
 
First Eugene and Marilyn Glick Vision Research Symposium 
set for April : The Eugene and Marilyn Glick Eye Institute will hold its first Vision Research Symposium on Saturday, April 10, 2010 in Room 203 of Walther Hall on the Indiana University 
School of Medicine campus in Indianapolis. [More]
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

DURI Applications for both summer and 
fall will be accepted February 8 – 21, 2010

We invite you to partner with the Discovery 
Learning Research Center to involve undergraduates in interdisciplinary 
research through the Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship 
program (DURI). 
[More] 
 
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PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
 
Faculty, staff, and students who have fever or 
other influenza symptoms should seek medical care.  PLEASE DO NOT REPORT TO WORK WHILE ILL. 


Birck Nanotechnology Center staff will be notified 
of an emergency situation by telephone in the order set out in the BNC’s Phone Tree. BNC faculty members will receive an e-mail message from 
Monica Allain or Tim Sands.
Members of the Faculty (Professors and Research 
Professors) are responsible for contacting each of their group members, 
including graduate students, undergraduate researchers, postdoctoral 
fellows and research scientists.   Specific instructions should be 
conveyed by phone if possible.  All graduate students should register 
for the Purdue University e-mail alert system at http://news.uns.purdue.edu/mail.html.
Additional information for pandemic and emergency 
preparation may be found at www.itap.purdue.edu/tlt/faculty and http://www.purdue.edu/emergency_preparedness
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Editorial policy set: personal 
information, i.e., newborn announcements, marriages, etc. [More]
 
Submit items for memo of the week of February 15, 2010 by ****12 NOON**** on FRIDAY, 02.12.10, to 
Jeff Goecker jgoecker at purdue.edu or Deborah Starewich dstarewi at purdue.edu
 
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