Hey everyone,

If anyone is interested in attending the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) in 2014, it’s at the University of Kentucky (Lexington) on April 3rd-5th.

Also, if anyone has anything they would like to present at the conference, they are still accepting submissions!

The submission deadline is Thursday, December 6 at 11:59 PM.

Remember, that we have funding to attend a conference so I suggest we all take advantage of this opportunity.

If anyone has questions, you can email Drew Adair at [email protected] at the Macaulay Honors College.

Here’s the link for more information: http://www.cur.org/ncur_2014/

Linda

Hi Everyone,

The APA annual conference is taking place in Washington, D.C. Aug. 7-10. They are accepting proposals until Monday, December 2! This conference is a lot closer than the APS which is taking place in San Francisco.  This would be a great experience for anyone looking at graduate school for next year or in a few years. Thanksgiving break is a great opportunity to take the time and put together a proposal before the deadline!

Here is the link for further information: http://www.apa.org/convention/convention-call.pdf

Many students in our workshop have expressed interest in applying to the Clinical Psychology PhD program at the Teachers College at Columbia University.  This weekend, the College will host an on-campus open house and information session. If any of you are interested, please reference the email I have received below:

This is a great article from the New York Times regarding mental health and how the government is now requiring insurance companies to cover care for mental health and addictions:

-Kim

I know everyone has been very busy with class, graduate school applications, and work in their labs. To the extent it may seems as if there is little time to consider changing our daily decision that do not cause an immediate and direct negative impact. But, in the wake of the devastating typhoon haiyan and other recent natural disasters, I think we all need to be taking the extra moment out of our day to consider our decisions and their long term impact on our environment and the consequential destruction of the planet we share. In addition to make small efforts to engage in a more proactive role rather than a bystander role.

If you get the chance you should take a look at the article linked below and watch the video of Naderev Sano speech at the UN climate talks which is currently taking place in Warsaw, Poland. Sano is a member of the Philippines Climate Change Commissions.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/12/typhoon-haiyan-climate-change-blame-philippines