Psychology and Neuroscience
Majors:
Please see below for an event
that may interest some of you.
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Thursday, September 26, 2013
Upcoming Neuroscience and the Law Symposium
Monday, September 23, 2013
Invitation to attend the 2013 Gill Symposium, September 25, Indiana Memorial Union, on the campus of Indiana University Bloomington
Dear
Neuroscience and Psychology Majors,
It is my
pleasure to invite you to the 2013 Gill
Symposium that will be held on Wednesday, September 25, in the Whittenberger Auditorium at the
Indiana Memorial Union. The theme of this year’s symposium is “Novel insights
into memory and cognition” This promises to be an exciting day with four
outstanding speakers:
Dr. Bruce
McNaughton, the 2013
Gill Award recipient will speak on, “Doughnuts
in the Brain: A Toroidal Attractor Theory of the Cognitive Map.” Dr. Loren Frank, the 2013 Gill
Young Investigator Award recipient, will speak on “Neural Substrates of Memory and
Decision-Making.”
Rounding out
the program will be Dr. Joshua Dubnau (Micro-RNA 276a and the Zombie Fruit
Fly) and Dr. Ivan Soltesz(Organization and Control of
Hippocampal Chronocircuits).
Following
their presentations the speakers will participate in a round table discussion
(with audience questions). Panelists will share their perspectives on Science and how model
systems can be best used to study memory and cognition.
Preceding the four
invited speakers
will be the annual graduate student thesis award and lecture.
Following the
panel discussion, there will be a poster session and reception from 5:30 to
6:30 PM in the IMU Solarium.
The timing of
the day’s events is on the attached schedule.
Feel
free to attend any of the talks or events that you find interesting. If you
plan to be at one of the events with substantial food (breakfast, lunch, poster
reception), please register (free, below) so we will have enough for everyone.
At the
welcome table located outside of Whittenberger Auditorium, you will receive a
program and name tag. The latter will provide access to all symposium events
including breakfast, lunch, and the reception.
I look
forward to seeing you at the symposium.
Ken Mackie,
MD
Linda and
Jack Gill Chair of Neuroscience
Professor
Psychological & Brain Sciences
MSBII 120
Indiana University
702 N Walnut
Grove Ave
Bloomington,
IN 47405-2204
812-855-2042 (PH)
812-856-7187 (FAX)
Friday, September 20, 2013
Student sessions: Parents, Peers, and Pressures: Balancing Life as a Prehealth Student (for all prehealth students)
Parents, Peers, and Pressures:
Balancing Life as a Prehealth Student
(for all prehealth students)
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Woodburn Hall 003
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM at Woodburn Hall 003
Students and alumni pursuing admission to any
type of competitive admission health program are invited to attend the
following event:
If you feel stressed out about the competitive nature of being admitted to health professions programs, you are not alone! Often adding to preprofessional students' own anxieties, and the pressures students put on themselves, are pressures felt from parents, who often have their own perspective on what the best path is for their student; and pressures preprofessional students feel when they compare themselves to other students on similar career paths.
In this session, co-presented by the Health Professions and Prelaw Center and IU Counseling and Psychological Services, we will present concrete ideas you can implement to reduce your level of preprofessional anxiety:
--Constructive ways to respond to the pressures of being a very busy preprofessional student, who must also be academically successful beyond what many of your peers must achieve;
--Constructive ways to respond to the pressure and sense of competition you might feel in relation to peers who might be applying to the same professional programs as yourself;
--Specific ways to cope with the stress that often comes with changing (or even thinking about changing) your career path - changes which are sometimes unexpected, or even unwanted (e.g., when students realize they will not be competitive for admission, or find themselves unanchored when they realize they've been on the "wrong" path);
--Specific language you can use if you feel parental or peer pressure to pursue a path you don't feel best suits your own talents, interests, or career goals.
The focus in this session is on providing very concrete and specific solutions you can put into action. Reducing your level of preprofessional anxiety can lead to making better personal, academic, and career decisions, and can also help you more fully enjoy your undergraduate experience!
It is okay if you must arrive late or leave early. No RSVP required.
If you feel stressed out about the competitive nature of being admitted to health professions programs, you are not alone! Often adding to preprofessional students' own anxieties, and the pressures students put on themselves, are pressures felt from parents, who often have their own perspective on what the best path is for their student; and pressures preprofessional students feel when they compare themselves to other students on similar career paths.
In this session, co-presented by the Health Professions and Prelaw Center and IU Counseling and Psychological Services, we will present concrete ideas you can implement to reduce your level of preprofessional anxiety:
--Constructive ways to respond to the pressures of being a very busy preprofessional student, who must also be academically successful beyond what many of your peers must achieve;
--Constructive ways to respond to the pressure and sense of competition you might feel in relation to peers who might be applying to the same professional programs as yourself;
--Specific ways to cope with the stress that often comes with changing (or even thinking about changing) your career path - changes which are sometimes unexpected, or even unwanted (e.g., when students realize they will not be competitive for admission, or find themselves unanchored when they realize they've been on the "wrong" path);
--Specific language you can use if you feel parental or peer pressure to pursue a path you don't feel best suits your own talents, interests, or career goals.
The focus in this session is on providing very concrete and specific solutions you can put into action. Reducing your level of preprofessional anxiety can lead to making better personal, academic, and career decisions, and can also help you more fully enjoy your undergraduate experience!
It is okay if you must arrive late or leave early. No RSVP required.
For more information: HPPLC, 812.855.1873, hpplc@indiana.edu
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