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*MCB News, Week of November 19, 2012* /*(Week 14)
MCB News*/
* *Important Dates/Events for Fall 2012*
* *Changes to Advising Office Hours*
* *MCB Commencement 2013 - May 22, 2013, 9-11a *
* *MCBcDNA Presents Its 3rd Faculty-Student Luncheon (11/30)*
* **Check out MCBcDNA's MCB Merchandise **
/*Other News*/
* *Announcing the Sp13 Big Ideas Courses*
* ****************************SURF/L&S and SURF/Rose Hills Info
Sessions****************************
* ****************************Glaucoma Awareness Group at Berkeley
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* *UC Riverside 2013 Eaton Conference Presents the 4th Student Short
Story Contest*
* *2012-13 Berkeley Prize Contests*
* *Pre-Health/Pre-Med Advising Options
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Upcoming Important Dates/Events*
* November 22-23, University Closed
* November 30, Last day of instruction
* November 30, Peer advising ends for fall semester
* December 3-7, RRR Week
* Decemeber 7, faculty advising office hours end
* December 10-14, Final exams
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**Changes to Advising Office Hours**
* There are no office hours on 11/21 or 11/22.
* Peer advising will end on 11/30 and resume on the 1/22/13.
* Faculty office hours end on 12/7. All declarations should be
completed by that date.
* Any additional changes will be be posted to the MCB undergraduate
homepage <http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/>.
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**MCB Commencement 2013 - May 22, 2013, 9-11a *
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*The 2012-2013 MCB commencement ceremony will occur on Wednesday, May
22, 2013, 9-11a at the Hearst Greek Theater. More details can be found
on the MCB commencement webpage
<http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad/major/overview/commencement/>.
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****MCBcDNA Presents Its 3rd Faculty-Student Luncheon (11/30)*
Come join Professor Russell Vance for lunch! Professor Vance is a
professor of immunology who currently runs a lab dealing with
host-pathogen interactions and specifically how a host is able to sense
pathogenic bacteria.
Place: TBA
Time: 12 pm
Date: Friday, November 30, 2012
Cost: Free!
Spaces are very limited. You must reserve your spot via email:
sjo...@gmail.com. Please include "MCBcDNA Faculty-Student Luncheon" in
the subject line. After your place has been reserved, you will receive a
confirmation email and we will announce the location of the
luncheon.**********
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***Check out MCBcDNA's MCB Merchandise **
Want MCB merchandise for a friend, for yourself, or just for fun? Want a
Sweater, Reusable Water Bottle, or Shot Glass labeled with Molecular
Cell Biology?
Purchase anyone of these wonderful items from MCBcDNA by using this link:
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/about5.html
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Announcing the Sp13 Big Ideas Courses
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Big Ideas Courses are taught by interdisciplinary teams of our best
teachers. They approach a topic from more than one disciplinary
perspective, and they invite students from all disciplinary backgrounds
to participate.
You can see details about all five spring 2013 Big Ideas Courses at
http://bigideascourses.berkeley.edu
<http://bigideascourses.berkeley.edu/>. Brief details below. (Note: some
have not yet been assigned L&S breadth, but it may be worthwhile
grabbing a seat while they are still available.)
*L&S 22: Sense and Sensibility and Science*
Nobelist Saul Perlmutter (Physics), John Campbell (Philosophy) and Rob
MacCoun (Public Policy, Law)
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:00-2:00, CCN: 51863 - 3 units
The approaches to problem-solving developed by scientists have proven to
be quite effective, and yet we as individuals, groups, and larger
societies do not often seem to be able to take advantage even of
rational approaches to problems--let alone the "hyper-rationality"
offered by science. Watching the political process of our country--or
even the discussions of a small committee--can therefore often feel
quite disheartening. We should be able to do better!
Interested students: please fill out a short, simple demographic survey
at http://bit.ly/SiW9Iz <http://bit.ly/SiW9Iz%20> and waitlist yourself
for the course.
*Letters & Science 121: Origins in Science and Religion*
Ron Hendel (Near Eastern Studies) and Kevin Padian (Integrative Biology)
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:30, ccn: 51992 - 4 Units
This course explores the concepts of origins in science and religion and
their cultural contexts and entanglements, from antiquity to the
present. Popular culture tends to emphasize the conflict between science
and religion on such issues, particularly, in recent times, with respect
to the origin of life and its evolution (including human evolution). We
hold that science must acknowledge history, both the history of the
natural world and the history of concepts about it, and that religion
must deal with the changing knowledge of science, including issues of
origins, causation, and teleology. Our guiding questions include: What
are origins, and why do we want to know about them? How does this desire
manifest itself in different ways of constructing and analyzing
knowledge? What sorts of intellectual processes, standards, and tests
can be applied to different concepts of origins? What happens when
different notions of origins clash? How do we negotiate these clashes in
today's world?
Satisfies the Philosophy and Values breadth requirement in the College
of Letters & Science.
*Letters & Science 122: Time*
Raphael Bousso (Physics), Hubert Dreyfus (Philosophy) and Sean Kelly
(Harvard Philosophy)
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:30, ccn: 52013 - 4 Units
Augustine said, famously, that he always thought he understood what time
was until he started thinking about it. That was when he realized he
had no idea. This course will address various aspects of the nature of
time, including the way we experience it, the way it organizes our
everyday world, and the way it stands -- if it does -- at the foundation
of the physical universe.
*Computer Science C79 (CCN: 26459) Statistics C79 (CCN: 87960) and
Political Science C79 (CCN 71570): Societal Risks and Law*
Cathryn Carson (History), Nicholas P. Jewell (Public Health), Stephen
Mahin (Civil Engineering), Jasjeet Sekhon (Political Science), Philip B.
Stark (Statistics), and David Wagner (Computer Science)
Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:30, 3 Units
What does "risk" mean? How can it be measured or estimated? Which risks
are worth worrying about, and which are not? Which should you be more
concerned about: driving while texting, salmonella in Caesar salad,
global warming, BPA, living near power lines, or a major earthquake? To
what extent can laws and regulations reduce risks or protect us from
risks such as these? To what extent should they? How much should society
be willing to pay to insure us from such risks? This course addresses
these questions by examining a variety of risks ranging from earthquakes
to food contaminants to nuclear power to cellphones, and legislative and
regulatory responses to those risks.
Satisfies the Social and Behavioral Sciences breadth requirement in the
College of Letters & Science.
*Music 128P: Music and Meaning*
Hannah Ginsborg (Philosophy) and Mary Ann Smart (Music)
Tuesday 1:00-4:00, ccn: 60568 - 3 Units
This course will explore the question of whether music has meaning, and
if so, what kind. Can music represent, say, birdsong, or the sea, or
merely imitate? If music expresses emotions, then whose--those of the
listener? the composer? the performer? We will consider parallels and
contrasts between linguistic and musical meaning, theories of how music
can be expressive, and the question of whether music can convey
political meaning. The course will be taught as a seminar, and students
will be expected to participate actively. Each week's discussion will be
structured around the interaction between musical excerpts and readings,
drawn from historical and contemporary literature in philosophy,
musicology, and the psychology of music.
This course is instructor approval only. Interested students please
email both instructors at masm...@berkeley.edu
<http://bigideascourses.berkeley.edu/masm...@berkeley.edu> and
ginsb...@berkeley.edu
<http://bigideascourses.berkeley.edu/ginsb...@berkeley.edu>.
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*/****/****/****/************/*******************************SURF/L&S
and SURF/Rose Hills Info Sessions
****************************Find out about benefits, eligibility, and
application tips for these two undergraduate research
programs.******************************************************
November 27 | 12:30-1:30 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
December 3 | 3-4 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
December 7 | 4-5 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
December 13 | 12-1 p.m. | 9 Durant Hall
Speaker/Performer: Leah Carroll, Director, Office of Undergraduate Research
Sponsor: Office of Undergraduate Research
Leah Carroll, Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, will
discuss eligibility criteria for these two programs, benefits of the
programs (SURF/L&S provides $3500 while SURF/Rose Hills provides $5,950)
and tips for a successful application. http://research.berkeley.edu/surf/
Event Contact: carro...@berkeley.edu, 510-642-3795
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Awareness Group at Berkeley
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Are you pre-optom, pre-med, or just in general pre-health and interested
in eye health? I hereby cordially invite you to join us in establishing
the Glaucoma Awareness Group at Berkeley. We strive to raise awareness
of the importance of prevention and early-detection of the asymptomatic
"Silent Thief of Sight" disease, glaucoma. Since different subtypes of
glaucoma affect different ethnic groups, our public outreach methods
will be language and culture specific. Primary open angle glaucoma
(POAG) is most prevalent in patients with African and Hispanic origins,
angle closure glaucoma (ACG) is more prone in East Asian populations and
normal tension glaucoma is most common in Japanese populations.
Therefore, if you are of African-American, Hispanic or East Asian and
able to speak your native language, we would love to invite you to join
us for more public outreach work.
If you are interested in establishing the Glaucoma Awareness Group at
Berkeley, have any questions or comments, please feel free to send an
email to cal.glauc...@gmail.com*************************************
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*/*UC Riverside 2013 Eaton Conference Presents the 4th Student Short
Story Contest*/*
*/*****The Eaton Conference is again looking for new Science Fiction! We
encourage upcoming writers to submit their work for critical judgment
and promotion. We are pleased to announce:
The Fourth Student Science Fiction Short Story Contest
Chaired by Nalo Hopkinson
First prize: $750
Second prize: $500
Open to full-time undergraduate and graduate students in the University of
California system
Deadline: Submissions must be sent no later than December 7, 2012.
Website: http://eatonconference.ucr.edu/contest.html
Requirements
1. Subject: Stories must be recognizable as Speculative Fiction, which
can include science fiction, fantasy, horror or utopian/dystopian
literature.
2. Length: Stories must not exceed 6000 words.
3. Format: Please follow these guidelines. Submissions that do not will
be discarded:
* Black type on white paper
* 12 point font
* Double-spaced
* 1 inch margins on all sides
* Left-justified only ("ragged" right margins are acceptable)
* Header on each page with author's last name, title of work (or
abbreviation) and page number of total pages
* Author's name, campus, mailing address, & email in the upper left
hand corner of the first page
* Word-count in the upper right hand corner of the first page
Please email your entry as a PDF attachment to: eatonconfere...@ucr.edu
with the subject line: 2013 Student Science Fiction Short Story Contest
Winners will have their conference registrations and awards banquet
admission comped, however, travel arrangements are the responsibility of
the winners.
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*/****/***2012-13 Berkeley Prize Contests
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Write an essay or a poem, submit a musical score, take a great
photograph --- and win a prize! Cash awards are offered in a great
variety of fields - Creative Writing, Political Science, Philosophy,
Classics and many others.
Prize amounts vary from $50 to $2000. All competitions are open to
students of any major. The deadline for most entries is Monday, December
3, 2012.
More details about these competitions can be found at:
http://students.berkeley.edu/finaid/undergraduates/types_prizes.htm
Don't let this opportunity pass you by!*****/****/*
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***Pre-Health/Pre-Med Advising Options - INCLUDING DROP INS AT VLSB, CNR
& SLC!!
*There are several ways you can get Pre-Med/Pre-Health advising:
1. Schedule a 30-minute appointment to meet with a Pre-Med Advisor at
the Career Center.
To schedule an appointment, log in to Callisto at
https://career.berkeley.edu/CareerApps/Callisto/CallistoLogin.aspx and
select "Pre-Med/Pre-Health Advising" from the Shortcuts menu.
Appointments can be scheduled up to two weeks in advance.
2. Pre-Health/Pre-Med Tuesday Drop Ins - for students with quick
questions will be held in 3060 VLSB, Tuesdays 10:30a-2:30p.
Pre-Health/Pre-Med Tuesday Drop Ins will continue through the last week
of classes, Fall Semester.
3. Pre-Health/Pre-Med Peer Advising is also available at the SLC (141
Chavez Student Center), in the science tutoring section, and at CNR
(Mulford rm 260):
Fall 2012 Semester (beginning 9/4/12)
Tues: 2-3:30pm @ SLC
Wed: 10am - noon & 1-3pm @ CNR, and 1-3pm @ SLC
Thurs: 2-3:30pm @ SLC
Fri: 10am -noon @ SLC
You can also look online for updates:
https://career.berkeley.edu/Health/Health.stm for more information.**
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James S. Depelteau, M.A.
Academic Advisor
MCB Undergraduate Affairs
University of California, Berkeley
Molecular and Cell Biology
Office: 3060 Valley Life Sciences Building
Mailing: 1005 Valley Life Sciences Building, #3140
Berkeley, CA 94720-3200
P: 510-643-8895
F: 510-643-0365
MCB Undergraduate Website
http://mcb.berkeley.edu/undergrad
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