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Major Trends in Modern Cancer Research, features a group of leading scientists from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center presenting their work to high school students and science teachers, offering a chance for them to interact and ask questions about the latest advances in biomedical research. Midwood has always supported this event with a large number of research students.

The seminar will be held at the Rockefeller Research Laboratories, 430 East 67th Street (between First and York Avenues) on Wednesday, November 7, 2012, from 6:00 to 7:30 PM. One point of extra credit will be awarded to all students who attend and complete this assignment for any one of the speakers. Official attendance is taken by group photo at the end of the event. Place your completed (typed) assignment in my mailbox in the Research Room at any time during the school day on Thursday, November 8.

Registration is easy, but finding a seat with a good view isn’t. This event has gotten so popular that the folks at MSKCC needed to set up satellite viewing stations in adjacent conference rooms. Get there a bit early if possible. Light refreshments have traditionally been served before the lectures begin (pizza, chips, fruit, soda, coffee). Single use MetroCards will be made available for any student who needs one to attend.

In honor of National Chemistry Week, the Brooklyn Subsection of the New York Local Section of the American Chemical Society will be hosting a free public lecture. The 2012 Brooklyn Frontiers in Public Science Lecture will be presented by a pioneer in nanotechnology and materials science — Prof. George M. Whitesides of Harvard University. This lecture will be held in the Pfizer Auditorium in the Bern Dibner Library at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University in Brooklyn on Thursday, October 25, 2012 from 5:30 to 7:00 PM.

Midwood has always showed our support for this lecture series by sending a large number of students. Please register at the NYACS website if you are interested in attending. Get there a bit early if possible. Light refreshments have traditionally been served beforehand. Single use MetroCards will be made available for any student who needs one. One point of extra credit will be awarded to all students who attend and complete this assignment. Official attendance is taken by group photo at the end of the event. Place your completed (typed) assignment in my mailbox in the Research Room at any time during the school day on Friday, October 26.

Juniors,

Please put paper assignments for Mr. Elert in the correct physical mailbox.

Mail Room	Research Room

These are the groups for junior meetings. They will be in effect from October 9th through November 19th. Everyone is scheduled for three meetings in this span of time. Contact me ASAP should you notice any scheduling conflicts or omissions.

 

Name		Group	Name		Group	Name		Group
Mark	Aizin	9.5	Stefanie	Henry	9.4	Sumreen	Meer	9.4
Christopher	Ayala	9.1	Rodolfo	Hernandez	9.6	Nikia	Miller	8
Onur	Ayaz	9.1	Bilal	Hussain	9.3	Kiara	Nunez	9.5
Shahodat	Azimova	4.2	Edward	Isakov	9.1	Chukwunonso	Nwasike	4.2
Aziza	Babaeva	3.2	Shadika	Jahan	9.3	Fionne	Pham	9.2
Allen	Barbarovich	9.4	Navish	Javed	9.3	Akeem	Pinnock	3.1
Varvara	Budetti	4.3	Joel	Jose	9.5	Shubh	Rana	4.3
Alisha	Bunting	4.2	Mosammed	Kabir	9.3	Georgia	Ross	3.2
Amy	Cao	9.6	Maqadus	Khan	9.1	Almas	Shafiq	9.6
Bryan	Chan	9.2	Jasmin	Kim	4.3	Deniss	Sivohins	8
Xin Yi	Chen	3.2	Kelly	Kwong	9.3	Adam	Soliman	9.5
Sammi	Chung	4.1	Ashley	Lamarre	3.1	Ameenah	Sukkur	9.5
Leonidas	Eracleous	3.2	Cindy	Li	9.2	Jia Ying	Tan	9.2
Kyana	Exceus	9.2	Shirley	Li	3.1	Jeffrey	Tsui	4.2
Walter	Farez	9.6	Jessica	Liang	9.6	Jenny	Wang	9.4
Samuel	Genchikmakher	9.4	Ting	Lin	9.3	Yasmine	Williams	3.1
Kharene	Gittens	9.5	Andy	Liu	4.1	Helen	Wu	9.1
Julia	Gorecki	8	Michael	Lu	3.2	Winnie	Wu	8
Chelsea	Green	4.1	Ada	Ma	8	Ashley	Yip	3.1
Ying Tong	Guo	8	Ellysa	Magloire	4.3	Jonathan	Yuen	3.2
Tasnim	Halim	4.3	Tiffany	Mai	4.2	Annie	Zheng	3.1
Remi	Henry	9.4				Joeky	Zhou	9.2

Updated Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Started in San Mateo, California in 2006, and also being held in Detroit and New York, Maker Faire is the premier event for grassroots American innovation. As the World’s Largest DIY Festival, this two-day family friendly Faire has something for everyone — a showcase of invention, creativity and resourcefulness and a celebration of the Maker mindset. This year’s Maker Faire will be held at the New York Hall of Science in Flushing, Queens Saturday and Sunday, September 29 and 30, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM.

Maker Faire NYC has been described as carnival sideshow meets science fair, with robots, engineers, rockets, computer geekery and body paint. Imagine, you can get all that for FREE by volunteering. Just four hours gets you a day pass, eight hours gets you in for the weekend. Highlights this year include the Life-Sized Mousetrap, Coke Zero and Mentos show, 3D printer village, and Cupcake Cars. Learn to solder, pick locks, and screen print on fabric.

You can learn about all your volunteering options here. Any other questions? Email NYVolunteers@makerfaire.com. Midwood Science students who volunteer will, of course, receive extra credit. Contact Mr. Elert if you have any questions about Maker Faire in the Research class.

MetroCards will be available for juniors and sophomores who will be working in a lab over the summer. Have your mentor email me with the approximate days/hours you will be working. No email means no MetroCard. Mr. McDonnell will be distributing these cards to properly identified students at Edward R. Murrow High School (which is where Midwood’s summer school is being held) sometime after July 9th (date and time t.b.d.). They will expire whenever summer school ends (Friday, August 17, I believe) and are not valid on weekends.

All juniors have been scheduled for exit meetings on one of the 4 school days next week. Please check the big calendar for your appointed day and time. Bring lab logs and 1.1 applications if appropriate. You will meet with your supervising teacher — Elert, Rosenfeld, or Sullivan. (Yes, she’s back!)

Exit meetings for juniors will take place next week Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Everyone will attend one of these days. In addition, if you want to receive the 1.1 weighting for the spring semester you need to reapply. Bring a signed copy of this form with you to your exit meeting along with your lab logs and all will be well.

The City College of New York (CCNY) has two summer research programs that are relevant to Midwood students. Sophomores and juniors looking for a lab should check these out.

• IUSL Photonics Training Program
  Provides high school students the opportunity to conduct applied research in the frontiers of photonic science and technology. A special focus of the program is to support members of underrepresented minority groups and women to enter these fields. It runs from July 9 to August 24. Visit www1.ccny.cuny.edu/ci/iusl/student_research.cfm or call (212) 650-5531 for more information.
• NOAA-CREST Summer High School Internship Program (SHIP)
  Six-week program that provides research opportunities in remote sensing to students in grades 9-12. Up to ten students are selected every summer to work with graduate students and CCNY engineering and science faculty members as mentors. For more details and to apply online visit: tinyurl.com/CREST-SHIP or call (212) 650-8099.

They also offer two summer enrichment programs for freshman, sophomores, and juniors looking to expand their knowledge of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

• NOAA-CREST Weather Camp
  Two-week program for high school students from the New York City metropolitan area July 23 – August 3. Up to 12 students will participate in classes at CCNY and fieldwork at the National Weather Service office on the Brookhaven National Laboratories campus on Long Island where they will study weather phenomena and conduct field observations. Visit glasslab.engr.ccny.cuny.edu/u/brianvh/ for more information and to apply.
• STEM Institute at CCNY
  A challenging academic enrichment program to prepare and encourage minority students in grades 9 through 11 to pursue careers in engineering, computer science, science, business management, entrepreneurship and mathematics. It runs June 28 to August 4. Call (212) 650-6190 or visit www.ccny.cuny.edu/engineering/stem/ for more information and to apply.

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center’s CancerSmart lecture series features informative discussions on the most up-to-date issues on cancer and cancer-related topics. MSKCC believes the more you know, the better equipped you will be to make informed choices about your health. Lectures are presented at Rockefeller Research Laboratories, 430 East 67th Street (between First and York Avenues) on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. There is no charge to attend and all are welcome. Click on the links to individual lectures for more information and to register. (You should register as a courtesy so they know how many people will be attending.)

3. Tuesday, May 8, 2012, 6:00–7:30 PM
   MSKCC Experts Discuss the Latest Advances in the Treatment and Cure of Skin Cancers in the 21st Century
   Join Memorial Sloan-Kettering physicians Charlotte E. Ariyan, MD, PhD, Paul B. Chapman, MD, and Kishwer S. Nehal, MD as they discuss the latest information on screening and treatment of skin cancer. Information presented in this lecture will focus on prevention, screening, and treatment of melanoma (including surgical and medical oncology options) and non-melanoma skin cancers.

One half point of extra credit will be awarded to juniors who complete this assignment for each lecture they attend. Official attendance is taken by group photo at the end of each event. Give your completed (typed) assignment to your supervising teacher at any time during the following school day.

Updated on Tuesday, May 29, 2012. Juniors. Please review this schedule. If you have any conflicts between presentation days and AP exams, find someone willing to switch days with you. (Notify us of any changes.) Additional info on this assignment can be found here. This schedule was selected by random.org.

Date				Mr. Elert	Mr. Rosenfeld
				Room A320	Room 319
mon		5/7		Jian Cong (Leo) Liao	Rui Chang (Lily) Mei
mon		5/7		Sara Saad
tue		5/8		Vlad Moraru
tue		5/8		Tiffany Loi
wed		5/9		Mahmud Ashik	Jia Er (Kelly) Tan
wed		5/9		Michael Kotlyar	Earvin Chen
thu		5/10		Jasline Garcia	Qiao Xian (Sophia) Li
thu		5/10		Janae Headly	Ron Baazov
fri		5/11		LéShaun Jones	Prianka Zaman
fri		5/11		Gabrielle Lynch	Anna Guo
mon		5/14		Winnie (1) Li	Solomon Chan
mon		5/14		Samantha Cham	Diana Koval
tue		5/15		Diego Delgado	Tiffany Liao
tue		5/15		Dao Quan Lin	Yu Tong (Tommy) Chen
wed		5/16		Anna Chen	Pamela Liu
wed		5/16		Xiao Wen (Jessica) Ren	Catherine Zhang
thu		5/17		Tiffany Lui	Roxana Bravo
thu		5/17		Isabella Regine	Onycha Banton
fri		5/18		Winnie (2) Li	Syeda Rasool
fri		5/18		Crystal Soo	Nadege Willis
mon		5/21		Ziva Rubinstein	Israt Hossain
mon		5/21		Danielle Caño Garraway	Jasmine Lam
tue		5/22		Zainab Saleem	Zoe Ma
tue		5/22		Kayla Gittens	Vanessa Liang
wed		5/23		Daniel Thornton	Ryan Fraser
wed		5/23		Nekema Noel	Fabliha Hoque
thu		5/24		Science Fair
thu		5/24
fri		5/25		Kelly Shi	Yao Jiang
fri		5/25		Evelyn Veliz	Aiysha Ashfaq
mon		5/28		Memorial Day
mon		5/28
tue		5/29		Klaudia Wojciechowska	Jenny Ng
tue		5/29		Sarah Khoja	Judy Li
wed		5/30			Rabije Cekovic
wed		5/30			Mehmet Ozturk
thu		5/31		Linda Ngo	Angela Zhang
thu		5/31		Kate Wong	Ramsha Farooq
fri		6/01			Sandy Wu
fri		6/01			Nicholas Lee