If you aren't taking SCIE 311 any time soon:
This fall and winter, in collaboration with McKimmie Library, the Effective Writing Program will be offering 90 free writing workshops for undergraduate students plus 12 hours per week of drop-in writing consultations at the Information Commons beginning in October. These workshops and the drop-in writing consultations are made possible through a $25,000 grant from the Students' Union.
The workshops include:
Block A: Getting to a completed draft
Block B: Using sources correctly and documenting them properly
Block C: Eliminating basic errors in sentences and grammar
Block D: Brushing up on basics: Grammar Refresher for ESL Students
For more information and registration: www.efwr.ucalgary.ca/efwr/node/113
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Thursday, September 13, 2007
CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence
(Sponsored by Elsevier MDL)
The scholarship program of the Division of Chemical Information (CINF) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) funded by Elsevier MDL is designed to reward graduate and postdoctoral students in chemical information and related sciences for scientific excellence and to foster their involvement in CINF.
Up to five scholarships valued at $1,000 each will be presented at the 235th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, April 6 - 10, 2008. Applicants must be enrolled at a certified college or university, and they will present a poster during the Sci-Mix session at the National Meeting. Abstracts for the poster must be submitted electronically through OASYS.
To apply, please inform the Chair of the selection committee, Guenter Grethe at ggrethe@comcast.net, that you are applying for a scholarship. Submit your abstract at
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/235nm/cinf/papers/index.cgi
by clicking on CINF Scholarship. To enter your abstract, just follow the instructions. The deadline for submitting an abstract to OASYS is November 4, 2007. Additionally, please send a 2,000-word abstract describing the work to be presented in electronic form to the Chair of the selection committee by January 15, 2008. Any questions related to applying for one of the scholarships should be directed to the same e-mail address.
Winners will be chosen based on contents, presentation and relevance of the poster and they will be announced at the meeting. The contents shall reflect upon the student's work and describe research in the field of cheminformatics and related sciences. Winning posters will be marked "Winner of Elsevier MDL-CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence" at the poster session.
The scholarship program of the Division of Chemical Information (CINF) of the American Chemical Society (ACS) funded by Elsevier MDL is designed to reward graduate and postdoctoral students in chemical information and related sciences for scientific excellence and to foster their involvement in CINF.
Up to five scholarships valued at $1,000 each will be presented at the 235th ACS National Meeting in New Orleans, April 6 - 10, 2008. Applicants must be enrolled at a certified college or university, and they will present a poster during the Sci-Mix session at the National Meeting. Abstracts for the poster must be submitted electronically through OASYS.
To apply, please inform the Chair of the selection committee, Guenter Grethe at ggrethe@comcast.net, that you are applying for a scholarship. Submit your abstract at
http://oasys.acs.org/acs/235nm/cinf/papers/index.cgi
by clicking on CINF Scholarship. To enter your abstract, just follow the instructions. The deadline for submitting an abstract to OASYS is November 4, 2007. Additionally, please send a 2,000-word abstract describing the work to be presented in electronic form to the Chair of the selection committee by January 15, 2008. Any questions related to applying for one of the scholarships should be directed to the same e-mail address.
Winners will be chosen based on contents, presentation and relevance of the poster and they will be announced at the meeting. The contents shall reflect upon the student's work and describe research in the field of cheminformatics and related sciences. Winning posters will be marked "Winner of Elsevier MDL-CINF Scholarship for Scientific Excellence" at the poster session.
2009 Herman Skolnik Award - Call for Nominations
The ACS Division of Chemical Information established this Award to recognize outstanding contributions to and achievements in the theory and practice of chemical information science. The Award is named in honor of the first recipient, Herman Skolnik.
By this Award, the Division of Chemical Information is committed to encouraging the continuing preparation, dissemination and advancement of chemical information science and related disciplines through individual and team efforts. Examples of such advancement include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Design of new and unique computerized information systems;
* Preparation and dissemination of chemical information;
* Editorial innovations;
* Design of new indexing, classification, and notation systems;
* Chemical nomenclature;
* Structure-activity relationships; and
* Numerical data correlation and evaluation.
* Advancement of knowledge in the field
The Award consists of a $3000 honorarium and a plaque. The recipient is expected to give an address at the time of the Award presentation. In recent years, the Award Symposium has been organized by the recipient.
Nominations for the Herman Skolnik Award should describe the nominee's contributions to the field of chemical information and should include supportive materials such as a biographical sketch and a list of publications and presentations. Three seconding letters are also required.
Nominations and supporting material should be sent by email to Guenter Grethe (ggrethe@comcast.net). Paper submissions are no longer acceptable. The deadline for nominations for the 2009 Herman Skolnik
Award is June 1, 2008.
Guenter Grethe, CINF Awards Chair
By this Award, the Division of Chemical Information is committed to encouraging the continuing preparation, dissemination and advancement of chemical information science and related disciplines through individual and team efforts. Examples of such advancement include, but are not limited to, the following:
* Design of new and unique computerized information systems;
* Preparation and dissemination of chemical information;
* Editorial innovations;
* Design of new indexing, classification, and notation systems;
* Chemical nomenclature;
* Structure-activity relationships; and
* Numerical data correlation and evaluation.
* Advancement of knowledge in the field
The Award consists of a $3000 honorarium and a plaque. The recipient is expected to give an address at the time of the Award presentation. In recent years, the Award Symposium has been organized by the recipient.
Nominations for the Herman Skolnik Award should describe the nominee's contributions to the field of chemical information and should include supportive materials such as a biographical sketch and a list of publications and presentations. Three seconding letters are also required.
Nominations and supporting material should be sent by email to Guenter Grethe (ggrethe@comcast.net). Paper submissions are no longer acceptable. The deadline for nominations for the 2009 Herman Skolnik
Award is June 1, 2008.
Guenter Grethe, CINF Awards Chair
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