Some Dates to Know
March 6:
- Deadline to Submit Materials for The Chronicle
March 11:
- Poster Preparation Workshop
March 18:
- PRISM Monthly Meeting
March 19:
- Poster Preparation Workshop Make-Up Date
March 20:
- Deadline to RSVP for Body Worlds Outing
March 20:
- Deadline to Submit Abstract for ACS Conference
March 22 - March 26:
- SOT Conference
March 24:
- Lecture on "Identifying Perchlorate Sources..."
March 28 - April 1:
- EB Conference
April 3 - April 11:
- Spring Break
April 8:
- PRISM Outing - Body Worlds: Pulse
April 14:
- CJA Event: Lab Tours and Lecture at JJC
April 15:
- Deadline to RSVP for Symposium
April 15:
- Deadline to Submit PRISM Symposium Poster for Printing (Tentative)
April 15:
- NY Microscopical Society Workshop in NJ
April 29:
- PRISM Symposium
Local Conference Alert!
Would you like to present at a conference this year, but don’t have the time to travel? Are you hoping to boost your resume with another conference appearance, an oral presentation, or maybe even an award? Then the 63
rd Annual American Chemical Society's (ACS) Undergraduate Research Symposium is your answer.
Sponsored by the New York Chemistry Students' Association of the ACS's New York Section, the conference provides a rare opportunity to give an oral presentation right here in New York at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, Queens. Plus, you’ll already have a poster ready to go since it takes place on
Saturday, May 9, just a few days after our PRISM Symposium!
Ask your mentor about signing up. Abstracts are being accepted until March 20 and then the early registration deadline is April 20. Check out the
conference website for the submission links. If interested, speak with Ed about the possibility of PRISM help with the registration fee for students who are not members of ACS.
PRISM Outing to Body Worlds: Pulse
Spring break is almost here if we can just see past the final mounds of snow. That means it is time for a PRISM-sponsored outing! On Wednesday, April 8, PRISM students, prospective PRISM students, and partner students in the CUNY Justice Academy (CJA) are all invited to come together at the Discovery Center in Times Square to view their fascinating exhibit:
Body Worlds: Pulse.
This temporary museum exhibit showcases real human bodies that have been preserved using a special technique called plastination, thus revealing many aspects of anatomy and physiology not typically observed in models or through traditional preservation methods. For more details about the event,
click here for the emailed invitation. RSVP to
prism@jjay.cuny.edu as soon as possible to be sure to receive one of the limited spots, but by Friday March 20 at the latest.
Seniors - Any Good News to Share?
We are excited to learn that several of our graduating PRISM seniors are starting to receive acceptances to graduate programs or job offers. We want to congratulate you and also to recognize you in our PRISM newsletters and perhaps at the Symposium. Please be sure to let us know the details at
prism@jjay.cuny.edu whenever you receive this type of news, especially once you have decided to accept an offer! As you know, the tracking of this kind of good news is an important part of how we can continue to secure PRISM funding.