A new graduate offering at Yale: M.A. in Urban Education Studies. This is a fully funded one-year Master's program that brings graduates of top universities to teach in the New Haven Public Schools. They are especially looking for candidates in math and the sciences, who may have an advanced degree in one of those areas and who want to put that to use in a very special way. Graduates of the program work towards closing the achievement gap between the inner cities and the suburbs, and they work to identify strategies that can be employed to do the same around the nation. Math and science are the areas of greatest teacher shortage. For more information on the program, please see www.yale.edu/urbanteaching, and contact Kendra Mack at kendra.mack@yale.edu.

Goldwater Scholarship: Are you a sophomore or junior in math, science, or engineering who has the following characteristics - excellent grades, significant research experience, plans to pursue a research-oriented career, strong potential to be a significant contributor in your research area? If you are such a student, apply for the Goldwater Scholarship, a nationally competitive award for students who expect to pursue research careers (<http://www.act.org/goldwater>www.act.org/goldwater). The UA may nominate up to 4 students for the Goldwater Scholarship, and the competition is keen: the typical nominees have at least a 3.85 GPA, at least a few years of research experience, and excellent faculty references. Contact: Dr. Karna Walter, Director of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, karna@u.arizona.edu, or 621.6546 to learn about the application process. Applications are due by Thursday, November 30, 5:00 pm.

The Truman Scholarship, a nationally competitive award, provides up to $30,000 in funding to students pursuing graduate degrees in public service fields (www.truman.gov). Students must be college juniors at the time of selection. The Truman Foundation also provides assistance with career counseling, internship placement, graduate school admissions, and professional development. Scholars are invited to participate in a number of programs: Truman Scholar Leadership Week, The Summer Institute, The Truman Fellows Program, and the Public Service Law Conference. To be competitive, applicants must demonstrate academic excellence, a track record of commitment to a career in public service (as demonstrated by engagement in public service as an undergrad), and potential as a leader in the applicant's chosen area of public service. The UA deadline is Thursday, November 30. As the Director of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, Dr. Walter is available to meet with prospective applicants to talk about the application process and what it takes to be competitive. Contact: Dr. Karna Walter, Director of Nationally Competitive Scholarships, karna@u.arizona.edu, or 621.6546

(MCB 3961 and WS 3961) Women in Science and Engineering: A Professional Seminar: The under representation of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) is a topic of discussion in many forums. In spite of impressive gains over the past two decades in the number of women in some scientific disciplines, such as biology, women continue to be largely absent from the majority of STEM fields. How can more women be recruited to and retained in the nation's STEM workforce?

This course will examine some of the factors that may account for the relative absence of women in STEM fields both nationally and locally. The course will acquaint students with efforts taking place on the UA campus to encourage women to advance in STEM fields. Students will:

• Network with scientists and engineers at UA and learn about current research
• participate in e-mentoring with scientists and engineers around the country
• participate in a series of three science and engineering career panels to acquaint them with the panoply of options available to them in STEM fields
• examine their career goals and develop a resume
• learn what graduate admissions committees look for in applicants and hear from current graduate students about what is important in choosing a graduate program
• become acquainted with research opportunities on the UA campus
• learn about negotiation

Offered Spring 2007, 2 credit hours, Mondays 4:00 - 6:00 PM, LSS 340, Instructors: Kathy Powell and Carol Bender

Undergraduate Summer 2007 Internships at Institute Pasteur in Paris for US citizens: These 10-week internships at the Institut Pasteur, one of the world's leading private, nonprofit centers for infectious disease research, offer hands-on laboratory experience to undergraduates contemplating a scientific career. Applicants must be US citizens. See website (www.pasteurfoundation.org) for information and downloads. Deadline: December 15, 2006.

2007 Post-doctoral Fellowships in Paris: These three-year fellowship positions are open to American post-doctoral scientists wishing to pursue research at the Institut Pasteur. With 2500 people of 60 nationalities, the 130 research labs of the Institut Pasteur are devoted to the basic science of improving global health with particular emphasis on infectious diseases. For a list of labs and further application information, visit the website (www.pasteurfoundation.org). Deadline: February 2, 2007

Every year, the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi awards sixty fellowships of $5,000 each and forty Awards of Excellence of $2,000 each to members entering the first year of graduate or professional study. Each Phi Kappa Phi chapter may select one candidate from among its local applicants to compete for the Society-wide awards. http://phikappaphi.org/Web/Scholarships/graduatefellowship.html Deadline: February 1, 2007

The Biology Department at Spelman College, Atlanta, Georgia, is currently searching for two tenure-track faculty positions: Assistant/Associate Professor in Physiology and Assistant Professor in Field Biology to begin in August 2007. For more information, go to: http://www.spelman.edu/academics/programs/biology/index.shtml. Applicants must have a PhD or equivalent in the biological sciences, post-doctoral research experience, and strong interest in undergraduate teaching, mentoring, and research. Applicants committed to teaching and mentoring science students in a liberal arts environment should send current curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, statement of research interest, transcripts and three reference letters to: Office of the Provost, Attn: Biology Search Committee Chair, Spelman College, 350 Spelman Lane SW, Atlanta, GA 30314-4399.