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GEM-SET DIGEST FOR FEBRUARY 22, 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Please join us for a mentor panel discussion on Thursday,
February 25th from 4:30-5:30 at the University of Illinois,
1640 West Roosevelt Road, conference room 506. Mentors Jacqueline
Adams and Chrissy McConaghy will be speaking about their careers
at the Great Lakes EPA. This event is free and open to all
GEM-SET members. To RSVP, send name to GEM-SET@uic.edu.
Refreshments will be served.
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February question of the month:
In your opinion, what is the most significant environmental
problem of this decade? What can scientists do to help solve
the problem that you chose?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050222q1.htm
Prizes will be awarded to all GEM-SET student members who
respond on or before March 1st!
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NEW QUESTIONS FOR MENTORS
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Q: (Initially posted February 22, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
AYUSHI R. IN TX
Hi, in the future I want to be a Heart Surgeon. Right now
I am in 10th grade, and I am planning to take medical terminology
in my junior year. Do you think it will help me in the future
if I take that class???[What other benefits might I receive
from a medical terminology class]?
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Q: (Initially posted February 22, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
YESEUL IN IL
What great culinary schools are out there ? Where are
they ? Are there any culinary workshop places I can
attend and experience what it is like without having
to pay hundreds of dollars to attend a class?
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Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ARYANA IN MA
What is beyond the universe?
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Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
SYLVIA P. IN CA
Hello,
I was wondering about 3 things:
1) I am going to become a Junior next school year and
I was wondering if any mentor knew of any research
based "internship" (i.e. bioengineering etc...)
that I
can pursue. In my Junior year summer (next summer), it
is mandatory for the Troy Tech students to find an
internship. Therefore, i was thinking that it may be
better to "volunteer" before the mandatory internship
rolls along. So, do any mentors know of any professors
or research-based facility (in the Orange County area)
that I could possibly intern in for this summer and
next?
I am also interested in business. Currently, I am
debating whether I should set my major toward the
medical field or the business field. Business can also
be an alternative internship I could pursue. Therefore,
if any mentors knew of any fairly big company that
allows high school students to intern in, could you
please post some contact information?
2) On average, how much do women dieticians,
nutritionists, and other related occupations make
per year?
3) I am doing a research paper on the correlation between
the fast food industry’s constant encouragements
toward children (through advertisements involving
characters and others that children are fond of) to
consume their foods, and the dramatic, exponential
growth of obese and overweight children in America.
I would like to receive some feedback from some of the
mentors, because primary sources are a necessity for
my paper. Could the mentors give me an input to your
opinions/facts that you may be aware of on this topic.
With the opinion/facts, could you leave me some basic
information about yourself (i.e. Doe, John. Registered
nutritionist, ___ hospital, etc etc)
Also, it would be great if mentors could possibly give
me some contact information (phone numbers, email,
etc) on people who are specialists in this area (i.e.
nutritionist, dietician, pediatrician, marketing
specialist, etc).
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
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Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBERS
at the HIGH POINT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN NJ
We are students in Mr. Wallace’s Women in Engineering
course at High Point
Regional High School, in Sussex, New Jersey. We are interested
in the field
of biotechnology and have entered a high school competition.
We must
interview a person in the field of biotechnology. We know
this is a very
broad field but to satisfy this portion of the Technology
Student
Association competitive events, we would like to ask you some
questions.
We can do this over the phone or via email.[Note to mentors:
If you are willing to be interviewed over the phone, please
send contact phone # and good times to call to GEM-SET@uic.edu
or respond via e-mail to questions below.]
1. Can you tell be about your company and how it may deal
with
biotechnology?
2. What is a Clinical Development Coordinator?
3. What would a Clinical Development Coordinator do for your
company?
4. What higher education is required for a Clinical Development
Coordinator?
5. What types of degrees would one get to become a Clinical
Development
coordinator for your company?
6. What areas of Biotechnology do you deal with?
7. What do you know about Cell Therapy?
8. What do you know about blood bank technology?
9. What kind of work does a Clinical Development Coordinator
do for your
company?
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Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
KUNJAL P. IN NY
I am really very interested in the recent exploration of the
moon Titan. Can anyone tell me anything about it? I know that
they are looking for carbon and proteins, and that means that
there may be life on the planet, but I was wondering if they
have found anything so far. This topic is really exciting
and I hope that we do find something, it would be a great
field to explore!
********************
Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
BRITTANY C. IN NJ
In my Women in Engineering Class we are building bridges.
I was curious whether a substructure generally increases strength
along with a superstructure, or just one or the other would
be better for strength. Thank you.
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MENTOR RESPONSES
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Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
SUNG C. IN TX
Hello mentors. I am looking for a summer program related to
science and technology, and I have found a couple, the Welch's
summer science program and the SSP (summer science program).
The Welch's SSP is offered at the Texas Universities, and
my teacher recommended that to me. The SSP is offered at either
California or New Mexico. I'm debating with myself on which
one to apply to. I think neither one is easy to get in , though.
so... if anybody knows if these programs are worth going for
and prestigious, please leave a response! Thank you!
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050222q2.htm
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GEM-SET DIGEST FOR FEBRUARY 15, 2005
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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GEM-SET Book Club is reading "Cool Careers for Girls
as Environmentalists." First meeting is Thursday, February
17 from 4:30-5:30 at UIC at the GEM-SET office on the UIC
Campus. If you are interested in joining this book club
or establishing your own book club focused on science, engineering,
and technology e-mail the details to GEM-SET@uic.edu
for posting on the Digest.
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Please join us for a mentor panel discussion on Thursday,
February 25th from 4:30-5:30 at the University of Illinois,
1640 West Roosevelt Road, conference room 506. Mentors Jacqueline
Adams and Chrissy McConaghy will be speaking about their careers
at the Great Lakes EPA. This event is free and open to all
GEM-SET members. To RSVP, send name to GEM-SET@uic.edu
********************
February question of the month:
In your opinion, what is the most significant environmental
problem of this decade? What can scientists do to help solve
the problem that you chose?
*******************
NEW QUESTIONS FOR MENTORS
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ARYANA IN MA
What is beyond the universe?
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
SUNG C. IN TX
Hello mentors. I am looking for a summer program related to
science and technology, and I have found a couple, the Welch's
summer science program and the SSP (summer science program).
The Welch's SSP is offered at the Texas Universities, and
my teacher recommended that to me. The SSP is offered at either
California or New Mexico. I'm debating with myself on which
one to apply to. I think neither one is easy to get in , though.
so... if anybody knows if these programs are worth going for
and prestigious, please leave a response! Thank you!
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
SYLVIA P. IN CA
Hello,
I was wondering about 3 things:
1) I am going to become a Junior next school year and
I was wondering if any mentor knew of any research
based "internship" (i.e. bioengineering etc...)
that I
can pursue. In my Junior year summer (next summer), it
is mandatory for the Troy Tech students to find an
internship. Therefore, i was thinking that it may be
better to "volunteer" before the mandatory internship
rolls along. So, do any mentors know of any professors
or research-based facility (in the Orange County area)
that I could possibly intern in for this summer and
next?
I am also interested in business. Currently, I am
debating whether I should set my major toward the
medical field or the business field. Business can also
be an alternative intership I could pursue. Therefore,
if any mentors knew of any fairly big company that
allows high school students to intern in, could you
please post some contact information?
2) On average, how much do women dieticians,
nutritionalists, and other related occupations make
per year?
3) I am doing a research paper on the correlation between
the fast food industry’s constant encouragements toward
children
(through advertisements involving
characters and others that children are fond of) to
consume their foods, and the dramatic, exponential
growth of obese and overweight children in America.
I would like to receive some feedback from some of the
mentors, because primary sources are a necessity for
my paper. Could the mentors give me an input to your
opinions/facts that you may be aware of on this topic.
With the opinion/facts, could you leave me some basic
information about yourself (i.e. Doe, John. Registered
nutritionist, ___ hospital, etc etc)
Also, it would be great if mentors could possibly give
me some contact information (phone numbers, email,
etc) on people who are specialists in this area (i.e.
nutritionist, dietician, pediatrician, marketing
specialist, etc).
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 15, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBERS
at the HIGH POINT REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN NJ
We are students in Mr. Wallace’s Women in Engineering
course at High Point
Regional High School, in Sussex, New Jersey. We are interested
in the field
of biotechnology and have entered a high school competition.
We must
interview a person in the field of biotechnology. We know
this is a very
broad field but to satisfy this portion of the Technology
Student
Association competitive events, we would like to ask you some
questions.
We can do this over the phone or via email.[Note to mentors:
If you are willing to be interviewed over the phone, please
send contact phone # and good times to call to GEM-SET@uic.edu
or respond via e-mail to questions below.]
1. Can you tell be about your company and how it may deal
with
biotechnology?
2. What is a Clinical Development Coordinator?
3. What would a Clinical Development Coordinator do for your
company?
4. What higher education is required for a Clinical Development
Coordinator?
5. What types of degrees would one get to become a Clinical
Development
coordinator for your company?
6. What areas of Biotechnology do you deal with?
7. What do you know about Cell Therapy?
8. What do you know about blood bank technology?
9. What kind of work does a Clinical Development Coordinator
do for your
company?
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
KUNJAL P. IN NY
I am really very interested in the recent exploration of the
moon Titan. Can anyone tell me anything about it? I know that
they are looking for carbon and proteins, and that means that
there may be life on the planet, but I was wondering if they
have found anything so far. This topic is really exciting
and I hope that we do find something, it would be a great
field to explore!
********************
Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
BRITTANY C. IN NJ
In my Women in Engineering Class we are building bridges.
I was curious whether a substructure generally increases strength
along with a superstructure, or just one or the other would
be better for strength. Thank you.
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MENTOR RESPONSES
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Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ALY
I was interested in either archeology or anthropology as a
major in college. What high school courses should I take now
to prepare myself for these?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050215q1.htm
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Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ASHLEY IN PA
I was trying to improve my leadership skills, and I was wondering
what
leadership skills are most needed in fields such as orthodontistry,
nanotechnology, atomic engineering, government, and related
fields?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050215q2.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
JOSIE K. IN GA
I am currently a Junior, with a heavy course load, and an
out-of-school
paying internship, no time, and am in serious need of help.
As most
mentors know, knowing how to study is crucial for survival
in the
final years of high school, as well as college. And I've survived
so
far on sheer luck on my side, but my luck is sliding, and
I
desperately need some pointers on how to study, what kind
of studying
is most effective, how to study for physics(ahh!!), and so
on and so
forth. I'm not sure what kind of information may be useful
to the
mentors, so .. My classes include: AP US Hist, AP Physics
B, AP
Language, Gftd. PreCal, and I usually review the notes given
each day.
Any advice is appreciated!! Thank you in advance!!!
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050215q3.htm
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END
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GEM-SET DIGEST FOR FEBRUARY 5, 2005
********************
ANNOUNCEMENTS
******************
Please join us for a mentor panel discussion on Thursday,
February 25th from 4:30-5:30 at the University of Illinois,
1640 West Roosevelt Road, conference room 506. Mentors Jacqueline
Adams and Chrissy McConaghy will be speaking about their careers
at the Great Lakes EPA. To RSVP, send name to GEM-SET@uic.edu
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Thank you to all the student members who answered the JANUARY
QUESTION-OF-THE-MONTH! Each one of you will receive a copy
of "Cool Careers for Girls in Engineering" by Ceel
Pasternak and Linda Thornburg.
See responses here: A:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q1.htm
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NEW QUESTIONS FOR MENTORS
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Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
KUNJAL P. IN NY
I am really very interested in the recent exploration of the
moon Titan. Can anyone tell me anything about it? I know that
they are looking for carbon and proteins, and that means that
there may be life on the planet, but I was wondering if they
have found anything so far. This topic is really exciting
and I hope that we do find something, it would be a great
field to explore!
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ALY
I was interested in either archeology or anthropology as a
major in college.
What high school coarses should I take now to prepare myself
for these?
********************
Q: (Initially posted February 5, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
ASHLEY IN PA
I was trying to improve my leadership skills, and I was wondering
what
leadership skills are most needed in fields such as orthodonistry,
nanotechnology, atomic engineering, government, and related
fields?
********************
Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
BRITTANY C. IN NJ
In my Women in Engineering Class we are building bridges.
I was curious whether a substructure generally increases strength
along with a superstructure, or just one or the other would
be better for strength. Thank you.
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MENTOR RESPONSES
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
MELISSA IN NJ
In my Women in Engineering Class we are building bridges.
I know that Triangles and arches are very strong structures
for bridges, but what else would be a good structure to hold
alot of weight for my project?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q2.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
KRISTYN IN NJ
What do traffic engineers do and what are the requirements
they need to have?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q3.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM SENIOR STUDENT
AT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL
First of all, I must say that the presentation at Vernon Twp.
H.S on Engineering was great. It help me so much. I use to
think I wanted to go to William Paterson for nursing, but
I went to NJIT, and I realized I had an interest in Biomedical
Engineering. I got accepted to William Paterson, and it said
it had a Biomedical field. I'm not sure if I should go to
that school, or should I try to apply to a school with that
specific field. Although I like biomedical [careers], I'm
not sure if I can actually do it. Therefore I wouldn't want
to go to an Engineering school. But I definitely know I want
to do something with nursing or the medical field. What do
you think I should do?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q4.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 10, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
CHRISTIE O. IN WA
I have applied to Rochester Institute of Technology in
hope of pursuing Advertising and Public Relations. I
am wondering if there are any GEM-SET mentors who are
involved with these fields in any kind of way with
technology or media or whatnot? I would like to know
how you became interested and how it led you to where
you are today. And whether you have any suggestions of
where I could seek for a summer job and part-time job
during my last semester of high school this year that
may have anything to do with what I'm interested in?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q5.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
JEWEL IN MA
What are some of the mathematics symbols and equations used
in ancient Egypt and still used today?
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q6.htm
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Q: (Initially posted January 19, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER
JOSIE K. IN GA
I am currently a Junior, with a heavy course load, and an
out-of-school
paying internship, no time, and am in serious need of help.
As most
mentors know, knowing how to study is crucial for survival
in the
final years of high school, as well as college. And I've survived
so
far on sheer luck on my side, but my luck is sliding, and
I
desperately need some pointers on how to study, what kind
of studying
is most effective, how to study for physics(ahh!!), and so
on and so
forth. I'm not sure what kind of information may be useful
to the
mentors, so .. My classes include: AP US Hist, AP Physics
B, AP
Language, Gftd. PreCal, and I usually review the notes given
each day.
Any advice is appreciated!! Thank you in advance!!!
A: http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050205q7.htm
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