The UBRP office has received information and application materials for a variety of research experience programs, grants, scholarships, conferences, jobs, and graduate programs. What follows is a sampling:

St. Michael's Parish Day School needs 8 students to be judges for their science fair on Monday, February 14. It would take about 3 hours of your time. If you are interested, please contact Erika Weitzel: eweitzel@stmichael.net.

Forms W-2. If you have not received your Form W-2, read on. A new feature has been added to Employee Link. A recent change in the IRS regulations allows employers to electronically deliver Forms W-2 to their employees. The 2004 Form W-2 is now available on Employee Link in a printable form that can be filed with either a federal or state income tax return. To access the Electronic Form W-2, log on to Employee Link: https://emplink.arizona.edu/ Click on Payroll Info, this will display the calendar years that the Form W-2 is available. Select the year that you would like to view to open a printable copy of the form. For any questions regarding these forms, please contact: payrollinfo@listserv.arizona.edu

The Space Scholars Program invites undergraduate, masters, and doctorate students in the areas of science and engineering to participate in a unique summer program that may lead to graduate fellowships and full-time employment. These opportunities exist in the Air Force Research Laboratory's (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate, which has facilities at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Massachusetts; and Solar Research, Sunspot, New Mexico. The date of transmittal/postmark must be no later than February 25, 2005 to be considered for Summer 2005 positions. For more information: http://www.vs.afrl.af.mil/spacescholars/

Part Time Research Assistant: The USDA-ARS Honey Bee Lab in Tucson is looking for a biology student with exceptional skills. Are you interested to learn about bees and parasitic mites? This exciting and vital research is currently being conducted at our lab; it is biology in action. Work includes making equipment (using tools such as hammer and nails), lab work (such as mixing solutions, counting mites, entering data and setting up experiments) and learning about bee and mite biology. Be part of a great team. Hours are flexible but mornings are preferred. This is a GS-4 level job, starting at $11.81 per hour.
Diana Sammataro, PhD, Research Entomologist, 520-670-6380 X121

Insect Biodiversity and Land Use Change in Sonora, Mexico, Ento495/595 (3 credits). This course is sponsored by the Center for Insect Science and provides an introduction to insect biology and systematics, construction of biodiversity databases, natural history of Sonora, regional land use and change, field collecting and identification of insects, and theory/practice of biodiversity analysis. Please refer to our web site http://cis.arl.arizona.edu/specialcourses.html for a description of the 2005 course. Dates: May 21-June 5, 2005. (May 21 and June 5 are travel dates to and from the course.)
Application deadline, March 1, 2005.

The 80th Annual Meeting of the Southwest and Rocky Mountain (SWARM) Regional Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science will be held April 13-16, 2005 in Tucson, Arizona. A call for papers (and posters) has been issued. The deadline for submission is February 25 and should be done on line. For more information about the conference, please visit the website:
http://www.aaas-swarm.org/callforpapers.html It is important to note that the conference makes awards for best poster and best presentation. UBRP students have garnered quite a few of these in the past decade.

Application deadlines vary, so don't waste any time! Check our files (LSS 348) or contact these sites directly.