It Came from University Research: The Breathalyzer Become a URA Scholar and Invent/Create Something of your Own Did you know?
In 1931 the first practical roadside alcohol breath-testing device was the drunkometer developed by Rolla Neil Harger of the Indiana University School of Medicine. The drunkometer collected a motorist's breath sample directly into a balloon inside the machine. The breath sample was then pumped through an acidified potassium permanganate solution. If there was alcohol in the breath sample, the solution changed color. The greater the color change, the more alcohol there was present in the breath. 

A 2003 episode of the science television show MythBusters tested a number of methods that supposedly allow a person to fool a breath analyzer test. The methods tested included breath mints, onions, denture cream, mouthwash, pennies and batteries; all of these methods proved ineffective. 

Become a URA Scholar and get up to $1500 invent/create something of your own!  

Applications are due on Friday, Feb. 16
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Workshop this Monday, Feb. 19th
Time: 12-12:50pm
Location: ITE 238

Have an idea for a commercial product or service that needs to be researched?

Entrepreneurship URAs provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate researchers to support the development of a solution to either a technical or social problem in collaboration with a UMBC faculty mentor. These solutions can be products or services, address a social or “green” concern, or promote ideas that generate artistic value. To be eligible for an Entrepreneurship URA, you must be enrolled as a UMBC student for the duration of the work proposed. For more information, contact Vivian Armor, Director, Alex. Brown Center for Entrepreneurship 410-455-5740, or email armor@umbc.edu.

The deadline to apply has been extended to 2/26. For more info and to apply:
ur.umbc.edu/ura
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The Women’s Center Advisory Board is a collective of faculty, staff, and students with an interest in supporting and cultivating the work of the Women’s Center at UMBC and advancing gender equity and social justice on UMBC’s campus.

Board members participate in monthly board meetings, scheduled for the first Friday of each month during the academic year. This forum allows Women’s Center staff to share information about the Center and similarly allows the board members to share their knowledge, wisdom and unique perspectives to advance the mission of the Women’s Center. 

In addition to advising the Director and Coordinator of the Women’s Center, board members provide support in the planning, programming, and advocacy of the Women’s Center. Board members are encouraged to attend Women’s Center events when possible and volunteer at larger events such as Critical Social Justice, Take Back the Night, or the Returning Women Students networking event. These responsibilities may entail additional hours of commitment outside of the monthly board meetings.

Board members are appointed for two-year terms, with the possibility of renewal.

The Women’s Center seeks to serve a diverse community of people interested in women’s, gender, and social justice issues.  We seek a diverse board to assure that varying needs and interests are represented.
For more on the Women’s Center mission, guiding principles, and priorities, visit womenscenter.umbc.edu

 

DEADLINE: Friday, April 20, 2018

Submit via email or campus mail. 

 

For additional information, please call the Women’s Center at x52714 or email womens.center@umbc.edu. 


All Are Welcome So Long As They Respect Women’s Experiences, Stories & Potential

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Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Coastal Urban Environments
Centered in the heart of Tidewater, Virginia, Old Dominion University's (ODU) Department of Ocean, Earth, and Atmospheric Sciences (OEAS) is accepting applications for a unique internship opportunity for undergraduate students interested in current issues of climate change and sea level rise in a coastal urban setting.

For 2018, we will expand the program to include coastal resiliency. Students will have the opportunity to work one-on-one with faculty mentors in ocean sciences and related fields. This 10-week paid program will provide students with an opportunity to develop research skills, work side-by-side with top scientists, participate in workshops, field trips, and lectures to exchange ideas, and establish relationships lasting throughout their professional career.

Benefits Include:
  • $5,000 stipend, 
  • free housing, 
  • plus food and travel assistance

Suggested Majors:
*Note: These are merely suggestions. If you feel this opportunity is right for you then we encourage you to apply.
  • Oceanography, 
  • Marine Science and Policy, 
  • Environmental Science, 
  • Biology, 
  • Chemistry,
  • Mathematics and Statistics
  • and related fields

Application Deadline: MARCH 1, 2018

If you have any questions about finding summer research or you need assistance with your application, please contact Dr. April Householder, aprilh@umbc.edu.

Many more research opportunities can be found here using this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14-Gu0u8aTdq3AplVtVuaeur0OYjRdTVdrjXWGjzP1fI/edit?usp=sharing
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Lunar New Year, also known as Chinese New Year, is coming up quite rapidly!! It has been celebrated for thousands of years, but I won’t bore you with the history. In my family, it is tradition to get together and celebrate with each other, honor our ancestors, and eat plenty of homemade food! We actually celebrate it the day or night before the actual day of the new year, so this year we are celebrating on the 15th of February. Since it is based off of the lunar calendar, the dates always differ each year which gets super confusing. Everyone may celebrate it differently, but for me, the main focus is to relax and eat everything my grandma puts in front of me. This year’s celebration is extra special to me because it falls on my birthday: February 15th!! I hope everyone who chooses to celebrate receives plenty of red envelopes (traditionally filled with money!) and enjoys a variety of yummy food. 

But enough about me, I want to also mention what our students are doing to celebrate Chinese New Year. The Chinese Student Association (CSA) is hosting a Lunar New Year Gala on February 15th, from 7:30 to 9:30pm in the UC Ballroom, open and free for anyone to attend so definitely check it out if you want. Furthermore, Mosaic is hosting an event titled “So...What is ‘Good’ English?” discussing the origins of the variety of American English dialects and the superiority of what is considered “standard English” on the same day, 2/15, from 5:30-7pm in Commons 329. If you find yourself with a some free time tomorrow, please come by to either OR BOTH of these events!

-Laura Huang:)

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American scientist and inventor Edwin Land was fascinated by developing an inexpensive method that used polarizing filters to capture and develop images instantly on film. He would conduct much of his research by sneaking into Columbia University’s labs in New York City at night to use the equipment, later returning to Harvard to further his research. He would go on to found Polaroid Corporation  in 1948 with one of his physics instructors, which would become a highly successful business. Polaroid also invented and manufactured an instant movie camera system called Polavision. The kit included a camera, film, and a movie viewer. When the movie was shot, it would be taken out of the camera and then inserted into the viewer for development, then viewed after development. This format was close to Super 8mm film. Because it lacked audio capability,  and with the advent of VHS video recorders, Polavision had a short history.

Become a URA Scholar and get up to $1500 to invent or create something of your own! Open to all majors- photographers and filmmakers welcome!

Applications and information: ur.umbc.edu/ura
Deadline: This Friday
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Application Deadline: This FRIDAY, Feb. 16.
To apply: ur.umbc.edu/ura
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Benefits for participants include:
  • $5,000 - $6,000 competitive stipends, 
  • Suite-style housing and meal plan
  • travel/transport coverage, 
  • graduate school preparation workshops, 
  • social and networking activities, and more.

Summer 2018 research programs include:
  • Applied Plant Systems
  • Bioenergy Systems
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Integrated Agronomic Systems
  • Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC)
  • Minority Health Disparities
  • Nanohybrid Functional Materials
  • Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure
  • Redox Biology
  • Sustainability of Civil Infrastructures in Rural Environments
  • Systems Biology of Plant and Microbiome
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Virology

Priority Deadline: FEB 1, 2018
Regular Deadline: MAR 1, 2018

If you have any questions about finding summer research or you need assistance with your application, please contact Dr. April Householder, aprilh@umbc.edu.
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Your document will remain in the print queue for 2 hours; if they are not retrieved before then, print jobs will have to be resent.

Having trouble?  Check out DoIT’s device-specific directions for using Pharos MobilePrint!

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Did you know?
Dr. Nicolas Papanicolaou innovated what we today call the Pap smear (named for him) at his medical practice in Greece, but it was tested and brought into common practice through testing done at Cornell in the 1930s. The Pap test is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially pre-cancerous and cancerous processes caused by HPV, in the cervix.  The Pap test, when combined with a regular program of screening and appropriate follow-up, can reduce cervical cancer deaths by up to 80%.

Apply for a URA and get up to $1500 to support your research or creative work!
Deadline: Feb. 16
ur.umbc.edu/ura
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