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JUNE 16, 2005
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
GEM-SET partners are invited on a GEM-SET field trip to hear
Wangari Maathaii, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient and
founder of the Green Belt Movement (GBM), speak on Tuesday,
June 21st at 4:00pm in Evanston, IL. Transportation will be
provided from UIC-Chicago Campus to Evanston. The Green Belt
Movement is an international award winning grassroots non-governmental
organization (NGO) based in Kenya that focuses on environmental
conservation, community development and capacity building.
Prof. Wangari Maathai established GBM in 1977, under the auspices
of the National Council of Women of Kenya.
To learn more or to sign up for the field trip go to the GEM-SET
field trip page:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/calendar.htm
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GEM-SET SUMMER SCHEDULE: GEM-SET Digest will be sent monthly
during the summers months. To be included in the next digest,
please submit your announcement, question, response on or
before July 1, 2005.
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GEM-SET QUESTION-OF-THE-MONTH for MAY
Q: What does an ornithologist study?
A: Ornithology is the science of birds. To learn more about
ornithology, visit the Cornell Lab of Ornithology web site
at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/
All students who responded correctly on or before June 1st
will receive a special handbook designed for ornithologists.
To see a listing of prize recipients, go to:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050616q1.htm
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GEM-SET QUESTION-OF-THE-MONTH for JUNE
Q: Recently a bird thought to be extinct was cited. What type
of bird is it and where was it cited?
All students who respond before July 1st will receive a book
about animal extinction.
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NEW QUESTIONS FOR MENTORS
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Q: (Initially posted June 16, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER KIM
R. IN IL
What would be my best path to take if I want to become a doctor,
but I want to specifically work in AIDS research so I can
work in Africa? Is there something that I can study that would
prepare me more for that?
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Q: (Intially posted June 16, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER LAUREN
S.
It has been suggested to me that a good career to look into
is a technical writer. What sorts of things does a technical
writer do?
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Q: (Initially posted May 20, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER ALEXIS
K. IN GERMANY
Can you tell me if being an architect is the same thing as
being an engineer? If they are different, how? How are they
the same? What is the education progression to becoming an
architect? What are good or excellent colleges? Is architecture
still mostly a guy thing? Is this career direction super competitive?
Does a person need to be good at math, science, AND art (conceptualizing).
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GEM-SET MENTOR RESPONSES
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Q: (Initially posted May 20, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER JENNIFER
IN CA
For my AP Bio class, we are doing bioethics debates and my
topic is plant genetic engineering. My partner and I are doing
the argument against plant genetic engineering. Are there
any good, reliable websites that deal with this controversial
issue that can help me for my debate? Or any information that
mentors would like to share with me?
Thank you very much in advance!
A:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050616q2.htm
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Q: (Initially posted May 20, 2005) FROM STUDENT MEMBER EUNICE
N. IN NJ
For my chemistry project, I have to make a poster board presentation
on a recent advancement in the chemistry field. Are there
any interesting advancements that I can look into for my project?
A:
http://www.uic.edu/orgs/gem-set/archive050616q3.htm
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