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Seeking student helpers for Troy Smith’s lab

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Biology laboratory that studies South American electric fish is seeking student helpers starting in mid- to late-November.  The fish studied in the lab are not dangerous and produce very weak electrical fields to navigate and to communicate.  We study the mechanisms of generating and detecting electrical communication signals.  Duties will include helping to maintain large, multi-tank aquarium systems and general lab maintenance (glassware washing, chemical inventories, maintaining laboratory equipment, etc.).  Work over holiday breaks is expected.

Send an E-mail message to the Smith Lab (troy.smith.lab@gmail.com) for more details or to apply for the job.

Zoom help with working the registration system

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For students pursuing a major in the College of Arts & Sciences, IUB –

Help with working the registration system:

CANVAS Registration Help: College of Arts and Sciences at https://iu.instructure.com/courses/2147014 modules include “Plan Your Schedule,” “Prepare for Registration” and “Register for Classes.”

Live Registration Help sessions every Friday throughout Continuing Student Registration. These sessions are for registration help only, intended for students in the College of Arts and Sciences who have planned their enrollment and need some support with the registration process. They are not a substitute for an advising appointment:

 

Dates: Fridays, October 20, 27, November 3, 10, and 17

Times: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Zoom link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/84579622103

 

 

BIOL-Z 466 Endocrinology Lecture will be offered Spring 2024

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Endocrinology (BIOL-Z 466) is being offered in Spring 2024 from 10:20-11:10am MWF IN BB 001.

Prerequisite: BIOL-L 112

This is an advanced, upper-level lecture course intended to cover a range of topics including the structure and function of endocrine glands and the mechanisms of hormone action in vertebrates. Coverage of the endocrine glands includes biosynthesis of hormones, control and secretion of hormones, physiological, morphological, and behavioral actions of hormones, as well as a review of common endocrine disorders and clinical conditions.  Considerable emphasis is placed on the function of hormonal action at the systems level.  This course is useful for those pursuing professional degrees in medical or veterinary sciences or graduate programs in physiology, biochemistry, neuroscience, human biology, and other related areas.

If you have any questions about how BIOL-Z 466 Endocrinology Lecture counts in your major, please look at the major requirements in your College Bulletin for your matriculation year (the year you started as a degree-seeking student at IUB). If still unsure, send an email to the Biology advisors at bioadv@iu.edu.

100 Law Schools at the IMU this Friday, October 6

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Law Day is coming this week! Featuring 100+ law schools and a panel discussion of law school deans, Law Day is the most important event of the year for IU prelaw students.

 

What is Law Day?

If you are considering law school, you won’t find a better opportunity to speak with representatives and learn about the admissions process than Law Day, featuring one of the largest law school fairs in the country, with an incredible 100+ schools attending!

Participants can meet with law school program representatives from across the country, learn about law school and gain essential information for the application process.

Law Day is free and open to the public. Freshmen through alumni interested in law school are urged to attend.

Law Day Events:

 Panel Discussion/Q&A With Law School Deans of Admission

  • When: 9:00 AM–10:45 AM
  • Where: IMU, Whittenberger Auditorium
  • What is it? A panel of law school admissions deans from leading law schools, including IU-Maurer, will take questions on how to distinguish yourself as a law school applicant. Attendees will learn what really matters and, just as important, what doesn’t work. This may be the most valuable admissions presentation you have the chance to see. Come with questions. Leave with a huge advantage!

 

Law Fair

  • When: 11:00 AM–3:00 PM
  • Where: IMU, Alumni Hall and Solarium
  • What is it? Admissions representatives and students from 100+ law schools providing materials, information, souvenirs – even fee waivers. Come with a list of schools to visit and questions to ask. Navigate the venue and ask questions about popular programs, admissions requirements, financial aid and more. Participation saves time spent contacting law schools, scheduling appointments and researching admissions criteria.

ADD LAW DAY TO GOOGLE CALENDAR

ADD LAW DAY TO OUTLOOK CALENDAR

 

Best,

Jacob M. Rossman, J.D.

Prelaw Advisor, Health Professions & Prelaw Center (HPPLC)

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QUESTIONS? Contact HPPLC directly at hpplc@indiana.edu or call 812-855-1873.

 WANT TO MEET WITH A PRELAW ADVISOR? Schedule an appointment through SAS. Search for “prelaw.”

COLL-C 103 Critical Approaches 2nd 8 weeks course available!

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The College has added a 30-seat 2nd 8 weeks course, COLL-C 103 The Semiotics of Advertising with Prof. George Fowler (3 cr.), to the Fall 2023 schedule. It is an online-hybrid section with a synchronous class meeting on Mondays 5:20-6:10 p.m. and the rest of the class held asynchronously. It is COLL-C 103 section number 37976.

 COLL-C 103 provides the following credit for College of Arts and Sciences students:

  • it fulfills the Critical Approaches requirement, and
  • it provides 3 hours IUB GenEd A&H, and
  • it provides 1 course COLL (CASE) A&H

You need only one Critical Approaches course for your degree, so you should take only 1 of: COLL-C 103 or COLL-C 104 or COLL-C 105 [or the Intensive Freshman Seminar “S” version, COLL-S 103 or COLL-S 104 or COLL-S 105]. If you already completed, or are currently enrolled in, one of these courses, do not enroll in COLL-C 103 Semiotics of Advertising without consulting an advisor. 

Bear in mind that 2nd 8 weeks courses move at twice the pace of a 15-week full-semester course. That being said, this is a good opportunity for students who haven’t been able to get into a Critical Approaches course yet and would like to add another 3 credit hours to their Fall 2023 enrollment.

If you want to enroll in this course, use the eDrop/eAdd system to submit an eAdd request. Be sure to monitor your Class Schedule to see whether your eAdd request was approved or not. 2nd 8 week courses run 10/16/2023 through 12/15/2023, so you won’t be able to see the enrolled class on your schedule unless you change your schedule to show the week of October 16.

You can also track the status of your eAdd request here: https://one.iu.edu/task/iu/view-sis-edocs.

 

 

Looking for a Fall 2023 Intensive Writing course? Read this

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The IUB Religious Studies Department has opened up REL-R 389: Majors Seminar in Religion to undergraduates in all majors for Fall 2023!  Despite what the Class Notes say, you can take this course even if you are not a Religious Studies major.

Students need permission to enroll in this course, but if interested, just email reladv@iu.edu for permission. There are still open seats!

REL-R 389 Majors Seminar in Religion

Topic: Changing One’s Heart: Poetics of Conversion

COLL Intensive Writing Sections

M 1:50-4:05pm (yes, it meets Mondays only, for a big chunk of the afternoon)

SY 224

Instructor Sonia Velazquez

REL-R 389 Brochure

 

Class Description

What is a human being? How do we define the boundaries of the self? To what extent is that “self” stable, and what is required for it to change (free will, chance, supernatural forces such as divine intervention, or extreme emotions such as love)? In this course we will examine the ways in which humans relate to the realms of the divine, the animal and the inanimate by focusing on the importance of transformational tales in works of mythology, fiction, history and autobiography, as expressed in writing and the visual arts. In so doing, we will address both matters of content (i.e., Did the Greeks believe in their myths? Is authenticity important in conversion? Can you trust a renegade? How does gender affect how a religious conversion is narrated?), and we shall pay attention to the genre and medium of expression of these attempts to imagine ourselves otherwise and the context of their reception.

 

 

 

Pre-med Orientation meeting by HPPLC, next Tuesday, August 29

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PREMED ORIENTATION MEETING

Presentation by

 Rachel Tolen

Director of Health Professions and Prelaw Center and Premedical Advisor

Tuesday, August 29, 2023

6:00 PM-7:30 PM

Whittenberger Auditorium 

Indiana Memorial Union

New premed students at IU Bloomington should plan to attend this orientation meeting to find out the important steps you should take to prepare for a career as a physician.  This meeting is intended for first-year students, or any student at IU Bloomington considering the possibility of preparing for medical school admission. We will discuss how to get the most out of your college education while preparing for medical school.  Planning carefully from the beginning can enhance your chances for admission!

If you have class and need to come late, or leave early, that’s okay.

Health Professions and Prelaw Center

 

 

 

Apply by September 23 to become a Sustainability Scholar

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Apply now! By addressing large-scale problems we’re cultivating stronger communities and better lives. Work side-by-side with world-class researchers to shape the future of sustainability.
Eligibility: all IUB majors; aimed at first- and second-year undergraduate students.

Students selected as Sustainability Scholars will receive a $500 scholarship each semester, based on successful work with their assigned mentor. Students are required to:

  • Engage in 8-10 hours per week of research with their assigned mentor
  • Attend the Sustainability Scholars orientation
  • Begin meeting with their mentor mid-fall semester through the end of the spring semester
  • Create an approved research work plan in collaboration with an assigned faculty mentor by the conclusion of the fall term
  • Enroll in the 2-credit hour Sustainability Scholars course for the spring semester

Visit our website to read about this year’s exciting projects, to learn more info, and to apply.

Interested in BIOT-T 310 lecture for Fall 2023? Much better location now!

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For Biology, Biotechnology, and Microbiology majors – Are you looking for a science lecture for Fall 2023? Want to change your schedule before the semester begins?

BIOT-T 310 Biotechnology Lecture (3 cr., Professor Clay Fuqua, prerequisite: BIOL-L 211) has open seats for Fall 2023, and the classroom has been changed to a much better, more central location! The class will meet TuTh 11:30 AM–12:45 PM in Wylie Hall, Room 015.

Course Description
Application of microbial diversity in biotechnology; synthesis of macromolecules; principles of gene expressions; gene cloning; protein engineering, overexpression and purification; genomics; proteomics; bioinformatics.

Students enjoy this course – check out the Online Course Questionnaire (OCQ).

Here’s how BIOT-T 310 could count for you!
• Biology BA and Biology BS (standard BS, no concentration): BIOT-T 310 counts as an Advanced Lecture in your major.
• Biotechnology BA and Biotechnology BS: BIOT-T 310 is required for your major.
• Microbiology BA and Microbiology BS: BIOT-T 310 counts as an Advanced Elective Lecture in your major.

BIOT-T 310 does not count for anything in these majors:
• Biology BS with concentration in Biology of Disease
• Biology BS with concentration in Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
• Biology BS with concentration in Integrative & Organismal Biology
• Molecular Life Sciences BS

If you have any questions about the course, please email Professor Clay Fuqua.

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