Event: Undergraduate Research Oral Presentations

Please join us this Friday, April 19, from 3-5pm in 2628 Cathedral of Learning, to hear our 5 graduating certificate students present their independent research projects. Here is the lineup of students and their exciting topics:

Stephanie Aaronson - "The Full Prayer Experience: Gender-Neutral Prayer in Reconstructionist Judaism"

Stacey Horvitz - "U.S. Adaptation of Israeli Film and Television"

Molly Karsh - "Suburbanization and the Urban Synagogue"

Eric Rowling - "JFilm: Pittsburgh's Jewish Film Festival"

Amanda Wilson - "Women and Wisdom: A Study of Today's Emerging Miriams"

Summer Undergraduate Research Awards in the Dietrich School: Deadline April 19, 2013

The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Summer Undergraduate Research Awards

for Independent Research in

Humanities, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences

 

The Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences is seeking applicants to join a diverse community of undergraduate scholars and researchers from the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Awardees receive $3,500 to support summer semester independent research.

 

Applications will be accepted from any Dietrich School undergraduate who:

 

·         is in good academic standing;

·         has completed 30 Pitt credit hours of academic work;

·         has declared a disciplinary major, and

·         has a faculty mentor who is within the project discipline who will be responsible for the oversight of the project.

 

Interested students should complete the following steps and submit requested information to the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (OUR), 209 Thackeray Hall, no later than

5:00 p.m. on April 19, 2013.

 

 

·         Secure a Dietrich School faculty mentor for directed research.

 

·         Complete the Cover Sheet along with the faculty mentor on the following link: http://www.asundergrad.pitt.edu/pdf/SummerAwardsCoverSheet2013.pdf

 

·         Write a two-page description of the proposed research project.  The description should be typed, double-spaced, in 12-point font and using 1-inch margins.  No more than two pages should be submitted (excluding citations). Appendices and addendums are not allowed.

 

·         Obtain a letter of recommendation from the faculty sponsor who accepts responsibility for oversight of the project as is appropriate within the discipline.

 

·         Provide a complete academic transcript and resume (unofficial transcripts are acceptable).

 

·         Confirm that they do not hold any other summer research awards simultaneously (e.g. OUR awards or grants or UHC fellowships).

 

 

If the student is accepted into the program, he or she will:

 

·         Complete a Learning Agreement with his or her faculty mentor.  The Learning Agreement defines expectations of the faculty mentor and the student over the 12 week period.  If accepted, the OUR will provide the Learning Agreement. Completed Learning Agreements must be returned to the OUR, 209 Thackeray Hall, by April 26, 2013.       

 

·         Enroll in the one credit seminar, ARTSC 0125.  Tuition will be covered by the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity.

·         Work full time on his or her research project for 12 weeks over the summer from May 13 through August 3, 2013.  A project report is due to the faculty mentor no later than August 10, 2013.   The nature of the report will be described in the Learning Agreement.

·         Receive an award of $3,500 paid over three months.

 

·         Produce a work of writing for submission to the Dietrich School’s undergraduate magazine, Forbes & Fifth, or accommodate requests from the OUR to write about the experience for the OUR’s Web site.

·         Agree to meet with representatives of the OUR to discuss the experience.

 

 

 

 

Student Checklist for Application

 

Cover Sheet                                                                                   _____

 

 

Two page description of project                                                    _____

 

 

Letter of Recommendation                                                                        _____

 

 

Complete academic transcript and resume                                                 _____

 

 

Submit no later than 5:00 p.m. April 19, 2013                                                      

 

(Submit in hard copy to the Office of Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity, 209 Thackeray Hall, attention: Patrick Mullen.) 

David Berg Scholarship Deadline Extended

Applications due April 19.  Click on the images for a full description and application instructions.