Newsletter #10 - March 13, 2023

Welcome back from Spring Break!

Physics advising for registration will be starting soon. Please watch your email for messages from your physics advisor to set up a meeting and discuss your fall plans.

Registration for the Loyola Undergraduate Research and Symposium (URES) is this Sunday (March 19^th). You can register at this link: Undergraduate Research and Engagement Symposium (URES). This is an excellent opportunity to present projects that you have been working. URES will take place on Saturday, April 22^nd.

There are still lots of opportunities available if you don’t have your summer plans yet:

Fermilab and Brookhaven Summer School Exchange Program

The Fermilab and Brookhaven Summer School Exchange Program (FBSEP) is a unique opportunity for undergraduate freshmen majoring in STEM fields to participate in a summer school experience at both Fermilab and Brookhaven National Laboratory. Students will spend 3 weeks at each laboratory as a cohort with full group meetings at the midpoint and end of the program. Apply here.

Program Dates: July 3 - August 11, 2023
Application Period: February 1, 2023 – March 15, 2023
Acceptance Period: March 31, 2023
Salary/Stipend: $500.00 weekly
Housing: Arranged housing paid for by the program.

Summer Institute on Climate and the Environment (SICE)

The Summer Institute on Climate and the Environment (SICE) considers the complex story of climate change across an intense five-day boot camp that explores the theoretical and applied work of people invested in climate change resiliency, mitigation, and adaptation (SICE Scholars Program) and through a three-month summer applied research position (SICE Fellowship Program). SICE is the successor program to the Summer Institute on Sustainability and Energy (SISE), which ran from 2011-2022 While SICE retains the drive to cultivate critical thinkers in an interdisciplinary environment, it integrates the topics of sustainability and energy into the most pressing issue of our time: climate change. Go here for more information.

Summer 2023 Programs

SICE Scholars Program

Application Due Date: June 1, 2023

Program Dates: July 17-21, 2023

SICE Fellows Program

Application Due Date: April 15, 2023

Program Dates: May-July, 2023 (some flexibility)

Summer Institute in Biostatistics and Data Science

The Summer Institute in Biostatistics (SIBS) and Data Science is sponsored jointly by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). The comprehensive six to seven week summer training course on biostatistics and principles of data science combines classroom learning with career mentoring and hands-on data analysis using data collected from clinical studies in prevention and treatment of infectious, immune-mediated, and chronic diseases. Go here for more information.

Employment opportunities for undergraduates or graduates with optics lab experience, an interest in technical writing, and excellent presentation skills at Thorlabs

Below are job descriptions for scientific writing roles within the marketing group that focuses on new product introduction (NPI) at Thorlabs. Members of this group generate accurate, comprehensive technical presentations to support the addition of new products to the Thorlabs website.

If you are able to share this information with those who might be interested, I would greatly appreciate it! The roles below are based out of our Newton, NJ; Lafayette, Colorado; or Sterling, Virginia offices, and there are opportunities for hybrid schedules. Please feel free to contact me with any questions!

Best Regards,

Tina Aragona, Ph.D. Physics

NPI Marketing Manager

Thorlabs (CAragona@thorlabs.com)

NPI Science Writer

Newton, NJ: https://www.thorlabs.com/careers/job/5279589

NPI Science Writer II (Product Line Generalist)

Newton, NJ: https://www.thorlabs.com/careers/job/5279642

Lafayette, CO: https://www.thorlabs.com/careers/job/5279952

Sterling, VA: https://www.thorlabs.com/careers/job/5279709

Senior Technical Marketer, NPI

Newton, NJ: https://www.thorlabs.com/careers/job/5030453