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2011-2012 Events

Autumn 2011-2012:

• Bio Core Midterm Cookies: Monday, October 10, after the midterm, Hewlett
  BioBridge will provide cookies for you to enjoy after you finish your second Bio 41 midterm. Wahoo!

• CDC Office Hours: Monday, October 24, 2:00-3:00pm, Gilbert Lobby
  Meet one-on-one with Laura Chan of the CDC. Spruce up your resume now, find out about all the resources CDC can offer you, get great advice about navigating toward the future (and Laura comes with cookies!)

• Hopkins Marine Station Information Session: Wednesday, October 26, 7:00pm, Old Union 215
  Want to go to graduate school in a science field? Not sure how to do it? Come get your questions answered! Get information about: how to find a school that is right for you, applying for fellowships (such as NSF), assembling your graduate school application, and Making yourself a competitive applicant. Guest Speakers include Professor Dominique Bergmann, Department of Biology; Brian Thomas, Senior Associate Director, U.A.R.; several current PhD students in Biology.

• Pumpkin Fest: Monday, October 31, 12:30-2:00pm at the Merck Green (grassy area between Gilbert and Herrin)
  get ready for some fun when the Department of Biology holds its annual PumpkinFest! The Biology labs have created some amazing pumpkins in the past and they will definitely not disappoint this year either!
  FOOD WILL BE PROVIDED.
  You don't want to miss this great opportunity to meet faculty, grad students, and your fellow undergraduates in the Biology.

• Trip to Hopkins Marine Station: Friday, Nov 4, 12:30pm-8:00pm
  Are you interested in marine biology? Taking small classes with amazing, enthusiastic professors? Studying off-campus for a quarter? Or just spending a Friday afternoon by the beach in gorgeous Monterey? Come see what Hopkins Marine Station is all about! We’ll leave Stanford for Monterey around 12:30, take a tour of the station, explore the tide pools and aquarium, and have a chance to talk with professors and students. We’ll be back on campus by 8pm (we’ll provide lunch AND dinner). Anyone is welcome! Any class, any major--not only Bio majors study at Hopkins! RSVP by 11/1/11 to Ian Markham at ianmarkham [at] gmail [dot] com.
• Faculty Lunch with Prof. Watt Ward: Monday, November 14, 12:15-1:15pm, Gilbert 117
  Professor Watt Ward will be here to chat with students in an informal setting over lunch (yes, that means lunch will be provided!) This is a great opportunity to learn about Prof. Watt’s career path, how he got to where she is now, not to mention the fact that it's just fun to have lunch with a faculty member. Interested? Please RSVP to Tina Zheng at zhengt [at] stanford [dot] edu and let us know if you are a vegetarian. Attendance will be limited to the first 20 people who respond.

• Science Grad School Info Session:, TBD
  Want to go to graduate school in a science field? Not sure how to do it? Come get your questions answered! Get information about: how to find a school that is right for you, applying for fellowships (such as NSF), assembling your graduate school application, and Making yourself a competitive applicant. Guest Speakers include Professor Dominique Bergmann, Department of Biology; Brian Thomas, Senior Associate Director, U.A.R.; several current PhD students in Biology.

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Also, check out our events from past years!