3 Day Startup Austin is a 3-day program that teaches entrepreneurial skills to university students in an extreme hands-on environment. During the event, you learn how to start a company in 72 intense hours with talented peers and amazing mentors. You’ll form teams, develop a startup idea, conduct market research, create a prototype, and pitch to investors by Sunday night. The event is free for participants, open to all majors (undergrads, grads, and current working professionals), and we’ll provide food for all three days. The fall 3DS Austin program will take place November 6-8 at Capital Factory. If you’re interested in participating or learning more, please visit austin.3daystartup.org to apply by October 17.
Monthly Archives: September 2015
Texas Student Research Showdown
The Oct. 5 deadline is fast approaching for submissions to the Texas Student Research Showdown! All undergraduate researchers at The University of Texas at Austin are invited to create a 2-minute video recap of their work, to be voted on by UT students. The top submitters will present to a live audience and judging panel Nov. 12 for a chance to win up to $1,500 in awards.
Please join us for a workshop on creating short research videos Tuesday, Sept. 29 from 3:30-4:45 in the PCL Media Lab (register here).
The Showdown is open to any current UT undergraduate involved in research or creative activity in any major. Your work can be an independent project, or a collaboration to which you have made substantive contributions.
The 2015 Texas Student Research Showdown Final Round is scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 at 3:30-4:30 p.m. in the Avaya Auditorium (POB 2.302).
For more details, visit http://www.utexas.edu/ugs/our/showdown.
Is Grad School for Me? Graduate School Fair Information
During the Grad Fair on October 6th, there will be panel discussions with UT faculty and with current grad students. The panels will talk about the benefits, challenges, and realities of graduate school, to help you decide if grad school is for you! Join us from 10:30 – 11:30am and from 12:30 – 1:30pm. Student and faculty panels will be held simultaneously in the Sinclair Suite and Quadrangle Room. You are welcome to attend one or both sessions!
Both events are free and open to all students! Click here to register. Registration is encouraged but not required.
Graduate School Fair
October 6
10:00am-2:00pm
Texas Union Ballroom
Is Grad School For Me?
October 6
10:30am-11:30am
12:30pm-1:30pm
Faculty panel (Texas Union, Sinclair Suite): Hear from faculty members in different areas who can tell you what they look for in successful applicants, how they select students, and the different kinds of funding available to students.
Student panel (Texas Union, Quadrangle Room): Current graduate students can tell you what it is like to be a graduate student on the UT campus. They can also give tips on how to apply to graduate schools and what to expect when dealing with programs.
Panel: Women in Energy: Perspectives on Business, Law, Policy & Science
The Kay Bailey Hutchison Center for Energy, Law, and Business
at The University of Texas at Austin Presents
“Women in Energy: Perspectives on Business, Law, Policy, and Science“
A panel moderated by Sylvia Kerrigan and featuring Claire Farley, Stephanie Hildebrandt, and Dr. Peggy Wilson Ph.D.
Friday, October 30, 2015, 1:30-2:30 PM
The University of Texas at Austin
Avaya Auditorium, POB 2.302
201 East 24th Street
Austin, Texas 78712
ABOUT THE EVENT
Women in Energy Panel moderated by Sylvia Kerrigan (Marathon Oil Corporation), featuring Claire Farley (KKR & Co. L.P.), Stephanie Hildebrandt (Norton Rose Fulbright), and Dr. Peggy Wilson Ph.D. (retired Mobil Oil Corporation). The panel will focus on perspectives on business, law, policy, and science. For more information about our speakers, visit our website.
Refreshments will be provided.
REGISTRATION
Attendance is free, but seating is limited and an RSVP is required. To register for this event, remember to click on the bright green button that says “Register” on this registration page.
*Lecture is free and open to the public.
20th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill
Dear student researchers,
In the Spring of 2016 the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will host its 20th annual undergraduate poster session on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. There will be an evening poster session and reception where students will have the opportunity to speak directly to members of Congress and demonstrate how they have been impacted by program supporting research.
Submission Process: Applications due Wednesday, November 4, 2015, including letter of recommendation
Students: The Council on Undergraduate Research invites students to submit an abstract for the 20th Annual Posters on the Hill. Your research should represent one of CUR’s Divisions (Arts and Humanities, Biology, Chemistry, Engineering, Geosciences, Health Sciences, Mathematics/Computer Science, Physics/Astronomy, Psychology, and Social Sciences). Abstract submissions should describe your research, scholarship, or creative activity and discuss its significance to society (i.e. what larger issues or problems were you trying address or understand?; how does your work relate to current policy issues?).
Review Process:
Reviewers are CUR members and Councilors in our disciplinary divisions. Your application will be reviewed by these individuals within the same discipline as you indicate on your application. The reviewers are asked to consider:
The readability of the abstract to an educated audience outside of the discipline
The student’s demonstrated ability to present to a non-technical audience
The technical merit or methodology of the project
The broader interest of the project
Is the research complete or is it reasonable to assume that the research will be completed by April?
The primary selection criteria include:
project quality, (e.g. timeliness, level of completion, and interest to both the scholarly and general communities),
communication skills (e.g. being understandable by any educated person), and
disciplinary and geographical distribution.
It is unlikely that more than one student project will be selected per school, but up to four students may be associated with a project. The University of Texas at Austin has an institutional membership to the Council on Undergraduate Research, so there is no need for submitters to have an individual membership.
For more information on the submission process, please visit http://www.cur.org/conferences_and_events/student_events/posters_on_the_hill_call_for_abstracts/
Robert V. Reichle, Ph.D.
Senior Program Coordinator
Office of Undergraduate Research
School of Undergraduate Studies
The University of Texas at Austin
robert.reichle@austin.utexas.edu
512.232.5792
The Daily Texan: Texan Talks
You’re invited to The Texan Talks, a weekly feature of The Daily Texan’s Forum page with members of the campus community. This week Editor in Chief Claire Smith, and Forum Editor Walker Fountain will be discussing student involvement in the international refugee crisis with representatives from the Liberal Arts Refugee Alliance, Arabic language program, and more. The event will be taking place in the Sinclaire Suite of the Texas Union (3.128) on Thursday from 11am to noon. Expect a lively panel discussion followed by an audience Q&A. If you aren’t able to make the event, be sure to catch the video recap on www.dailytexanonline.com.
Apply to be an Orientation Peer Adviser for Summer 2016
New Student Services is recruiting and selecting Orientation Advisers who will help develop, plan and implement the 2016 orientation program..
Orientation Advisers support and mentor new freshman and transfer students as they transition to The University of Texas at Austin. To prepare for this critical role, Orientation Advisers receive extensive leadership training that serves them throughout their time at UT Austin and beyond. They also learn valuable academic advising skills, write and perform in productions, develop creative media, plan large-scale events and much more.
Students from any college and classification are eligible to become an Orientation Adviser. To apply, students MUST attend one of the following OA Information Sessions:
Tuesday, Oct. 13, 8:30-9:30pm, CLA 0.126
Wednesday, Oct. 14, 5:30-6:30pm, SSB G1.310
Sunday, Oct. 18, 8:30-9:30pm, JES A121A
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 5:30-6:30pm, FAC 21
Required attendance is intentional, because at the session we communicate to students the level of commitment the experience entails. Students who are selected as OAs serve on committees in the spring and take an upper-division course designed specifically for Orientation Advisors, then work throughout the summer. For more information and to see the job description,
Joynes Event: Novelist Mat Johnson October 6, 7:00 pm
Mat Johnson, a writer of prose and comics, will read from his new novel Loving Day in the Joynes Reading Room on October 6th at 7 p.m. Johnson’s work often addresses themes of racial identity and racial ambiguity. Listen to his interview with Terry Gross (on the NPR program Fresh Air) here. A limited number of free books by Mat Johnson are available at the front desk of the Joynes Reading Room (CRD 007) to students who inquire in person. (Also, please join the Facebook Event.)
Economics/ Liberal Arts Career Forum
This forum is open to ALL Liberal Arts Students, not just Economics majors!
The third annual Economics/Liberal Arts Career Forum will be held on Friday, September 25th, 2015 from 1:00-4:15pm in the CLA Glickman Conference Center. The Forum offers UT Liberal Arts students the opportunity to connect and network with alumni currently working in a variety of industries.
About 20-25 Economics and other Liberal Arts alumni will be returning to campus to provide insight into their professions during the Forum. The event will feature panel sessions in the afternoon and will give students the chance to learn how past UT students navigated into their careers and ask questions about specific industries. Individual professional networking is encouraged between panel sessions at a coffee break (2:30-3:15pm).
The Forum is free to attend for UT students, but space is limited! Please complete this brief form in order to secure a spot at this year’s event: http://bit.ly/1FL0MU9. The RSVP form indicates the sessions that we are tentatively planning.
Business casual attire is required; find details on dressing for success here.
U.S. FOREIGN SERVICE INTERNSHIP PROGRAM ( USFSIP ) (paid two-summer program)
The U.S. Foreign Service Internship Program (USFSIP) is a paid, intensive internship offering U.S. citizen undergraduate students a chance to participate in the formulation and implementation of U.S. foreign policy, working closely with representatives of the U.S. Department of State’s Foreign and Civil Services. The program is both professionally and academically beneficial, providing participants with hands-on experience and insight into the substance and daily operations of U.S. foreign policy. Training modules on diplomatic history, professional writing and career skills provide additional benefits compared to the typical internship. We are looking for outstanding students with diverse backgrounds, perspectives, knowledge, and exceptional analytical and leadership skills to participate in a two-summer program that will provide exposure to real-world diplomacy. From June to August, selected students will work in Washington, D.C. where they will experience classroom education about America’s foreign policy and work on a policy desk. In a similar period during the following year, they will take their newfound knowledge and apply it in a U.S. Embassy overseas.
To be considered for USFSIP, a student must:
• Be a U.S. citizen;
• Be a current college sophomore or junior;
• Have at least a 3.2 cumulative GPA (the GPA must be at least 3.2 without upward rounding);
• Plan to return to school the year following the first summer internship.
The application window will open on/about September 25th and close on or about October 2nd. The application will be posted on www.USAJOBS.gov. Students who wish to apply will need to establish a USAJOBS profile/account and submit their application via the website.