PBS seeking Psychology Outreach Ambassadors

Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences seeking Psychology Outreach Ambassadors We are looking for undergraduate student volunteers to assist in the department's community outreach efforts. Outreach Ambassadors will work with department staff to welcome visitors to the department. We regularly host student groups of various ages for the purpose of promoting our education and research, recruiting future students and educating the community about psychological and brain sciences.

Any undergraduate student taking psychology or neuroscience courses is eligible to serve as a Psychology Outreach Ambassador.

To apply, please e-mail Jenny Porter Tilley, Media & Event Coordinator, at jptilley@indiana.edu. Include your name, e-mail address, phone number and a sentence or two about why you would like to be an ambassador. The deadline to apply for the Spring 2011 semester is Friday, January 21.

Alpha Chi Sigma will be hosting Dr. Prieto for a talk tomorrow.

Kim Long
Alpha Chi Sigma PR Committee Chair
Alpha Chi Sigma presents...

What's Going on Upstairs? with Dr. Anne Prieto

FREE PIZZA WILL BE AVAILABLE

TODAY, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH
6:30pm in Chemistry 033

Come find out what your professor does after class! Dr. Anne Prieto of the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences will talk about her work in neuroscience studying the role of signaling molecules in the regulation of neuronal function.


PSY Advising Team
Shamim Ali, Academic Advisor
MaryLou Kennedy Hosek, Academic Advisor
Jacki Watson, Academic Advisor
Nancy King, Administrative Assistant
Psychological and Brain Sciences
psyneuro@indiana.edu
http://iupsyneuro.blogspot.com/
Psychology Room 229 * 812-855-2151 * http://psych.indiana.edu/

Invitation for PSY MAJORS

Are you an IU student?
You are invited to be a part of
a studio audience for the Big Ten Network program
BEYOND THE SYLLABUS

DATE: Friday, November 19th, 2010
PLACE: Radio – TV Building, Room 251
Free food, T-shirt & Water Bottle for all participants

1:30 PM – Psychological and Brain Sciences Professor Olaf Sporns
Internationally renowned professor will lead an amazing journey through the human brain.

4:00 PM – Professor of Chemistry Richard DiMarchi
Celebrated IU scientist will discuss the life sciences discoveries you can expect to see in your lifetime.


Space is limited & reservations are required.
All audience members will be filmed and should expect to be on TV as part of the finished programs.*
RSVP via http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/beyondthesyllabus for this free event!
* A signed release form is required as the program will be aired on national television.

NASA Astronaut Headlines Combined Seminar Series, Grand Rounds

We would like to invite you to an especially exciting Combined Seminar Series and Grand Rounds as our guest speaker for both is none other than NASA astronaut David Wolf.

Dr. Wolf will deliver “Tissue Engineering Utilizing Controlled Gravity” during the Combined Seminar Series from 3:30 - 4:30 p.m., Thursday, September 30 in Walther Hall (R3), Room 203.

During Grand Rounds, Dr. Wolf will present “Building and Utilizing Laboratories in Space.” That presentation is 7:30 - 8:30 a.m., Friday, October 1 in Walther Hall (R3), Room 203.

Dr. Wolf, an Indianapolis native, earned his B.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue and his M.D. from Indiana University School of Medicine. Selected as a NASA astronaut in January 1990, Dr. Wolf became qualified for space flight in July 1991. Dr. Wolf has logged 168 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes, 04 seconds in space over four separate missions, including 128 days on the Russian MIR space station, trained and conducted completely in the Russian language. He has conducted a total of seven spacewalks, utilizing both the American and Russian spacesuits, and has logged 47 hours and five minutes of extravehicular activity. He is an active public speaker and is called upon to represent NASA in a wide variety of venues to communicate the experience and importance of human spaceflight.

Announced by:
Patrick J. Loehrer, Sr., M.D.
H.H. Gregg Professor of Oncology
Director, IU Simon Cancer Center
Associate Dean for Cancer Research
Indiana University School of Medicine

Fall 2010 Scheduling

The Student Organization for Cognitive Science (SOCS) is preparing for the Fall 2010 semester. SOCS is open to both majors and non-majors interested in discussing topics in cognitive science, which includes topics in psychology, philosophy, computer science, linguistics, anthropology, neuroscience, and education.

This semester, in addition to a series of professor dinners, we will be reading through the "30th Anniversary Perspectives on Cognitive Science: Past, Present, and Future" collection in Topics in Cognitive Science to start a discussion about each of the cog sci subdisciplines. We invite other suggestions for articles, activities, or TED talks that may interest the group.

Any interested students may submit their availability at http://www.doodle.com/s4fypa3b4gxik7xc by Friday, September 3, so we can plan an optimal meeting time.

Announced by:
Jaimie Murdock

CAPS Event about Alcohol Use and Sexual Assault - August 27

You are invited to attend an event sponsored by IU Health Center and the Office of the Dean of Students.

“Sex, Drugs & Rock 'n Roll”
Friday, August 27
12:00-3:00 p.m.
Showalter Fountain

Join IU Health Center and the Office of the Dean of Students for our annual event to get students thinking about making healthier choices around drunk driving, binge drinking, high risk sexual behaviors, and sexual assault. Seventeen campus offices and student organizations will provide fun interactive games and activities, live music, snow cones, drunk driving simulations, and freebies!

Contact cmeno@indiana.edu or 855-5711 for more information.

Participating Organizations include the Alcohol and Drug Information Center, Center For Human Growth, Counseling and Psychological Services, Health and Wellness Education, Interfraternity Council, IU Police Department, IUSA, Office of Monroe County Prosecutor Chris Gaal, Office of Student Ethics and Anti-Harassment, Office For Women’s Affairs, Panhellenic Association, Raising Awareness Of Interactions In Sexual Encounters (RAISE), Residence Hall Association, Safe Sisters, Sexual Assault Crisis Service, Student Activities Office, and Student Legal Services

CAPS "De-Stress Fest"

The IU Health Center’s Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) and Health & Wellness “De-Stress Fest” events include:

Monday April 26 @ 3:15pm – free relaxation skills workshop at IU Health Center, 4th floor

Wed April 28 and Thur April 29, 6-9pm- free seated chair massages, make-your-own stress balls,
and information about effective studying, stress management and relaxation @ Wells Library foyer.

Animal Behavior Society Film Competition ---Submit Now!

Submit your animal behavior film now to the Animal Behavior Society Film Festival Competition!

http://animalbehaviorsociety.org/absfilm/abs-film-committee-web-site/?searchterm=film

Summer Permaculture Course - Apply by April 2

THE EIGHTH ANNUAL PERMACULTURE COURSE

Deadline Approaching for Permaculture Applications: April 2

LLC L230 Permaculture: Learning through Nature

The course will be take place from June 6 through June 20 at the Lazy Black Bear Retreat Center in Paoli, Indiana (located about an hour south of Bloomington and surrounded by the beautiful Hoosier National Forest). The course will be run by me and taught by Peter Bane, Keith Johnson (two of the best Permaculture teachers in the country who are former residents of the Permaculture eco-village Earthaven and are the publishers of the Permaculture Activist, the only Permaculture magazine in North America), and Rhonda Baird (a talented young Permaculture teacher from the forests of southern Indiana).

Permaculture, for those who know little about it, is a design technique for creating sustainable human communities that are in harmony with the natural environment. It is a rapidly growing and internationally recognized design system for creating better ways of living with our life support systems and with each other. It is a set of principles and techniques that aim to create ecologically sound, economically prosperous, and spiritually rich human communities. This course provides students with innovative conceptual tools and the chance to view the future from many different angles. This is a unique opportunity for hands on experience in a class at Indiana University.

Students who complete this course not only get three hours of IU credit, but also receive their certification in Permaculture, which enables them to practice and teach the art and science of Permaculture. Participants will be camping outdoors in tents or staying in cabins for the duration of the two-week course. The course classroom is a renovated barn, the Lazy Black Bear grounds are an inspirational site for thinking about Permaculture, and an expansive dining hall, solar shower facilities and indoor composting toilets are available (as well as ponds for swimming, forest for hiking, gardens for eating, and campfires for gathering around for music and conversation in the evenings). Students must complete an application and be accepted to register for the course. The application deadline is Friday, April 2nd. The application is available at: http://www.indiana.edu/~llc/academics/permaculture.shtml
This website provides further information about the course and has pictures from previous years. Enrollment is limited to 25 students. In addition to the 3 credit-hour tuition, a fee of $590 will be charged to cover transportation, food, lodging, facilities, and some course materials. Anyone wanting to know more about the course is welcome to send me an e-mail message at dhaberma@indiana.edu. Relish this day!

David Haberman
Professor, Department of Religious Studies

Estonian-Finnish-Hungarian Language Day - March 24

Join us for Estonian-Finnish-Hungarian Language Day.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010
3:45-5:00 p.m.
Leo R. Dowling International Center

Three fascinating European cultures, three languages that are related, three ancient histories and modern states. Come find out more and learn about the truly unique opportunities IU offers for studying these languages and cultures!

* Meet professors, language instructors, graduates of the language programs and students currently in class
* Browse through textbooks and course materials
* Learn about scholarship opportunities and career perspectives
* Have an hour of fun and walk away with some new knowledge that sets you apart from the crowd!

We will have short presentations, activities, Q & A sessions.

This event is for you if you are:
* a student looking to fulfill your foreign language requirement
* a linguistics student looking for courses on non-Indo-European languages
* an undergraduate interested in a Minor in Central Eurasian Studies

Also, we invite faculty and advisors interested in the potential of less commonly taught languages for enhancing the international experience of their students.

Sponsored by:
Department of Central Eurasian Studies
Inner Asian and Uralic National Resource Center Baltic and Finnish Studies Association Hungarian Cultural Association

Slam Poetry Event on March 31

Please join us for a Slam Poetry event.

March 31
7:00 p.m.
School of Education Atrium

The first 30 minutes will be an open mic session for anyone to perform their original poetry. Then, at 7:30 Joaquin Zihuatanejo, the current World Cup of Slam Poetry Champion, will perform. He is a former Creative Writing and English High School Teacher, who writes his poems about social inequalities, education, and justice. He is very engaging, and uses his poetry to encourage students to express themselves in a healthy way and engage in dialogue about these issues.

Sponsored by the LGSA, BGSA, and IUSPA.

Indonesian Cooking/Cultural Demo March 27

You are invited to an Indonesian Cooking/Cultural Demo.

To bring peace in the world we need to understand the cultures, traditions, and religions of other nations in harmony with the universe. As part of this effort to initiate a dialogue of peace, love, and understanding and to dispel negative misconceptions of Muslims, we invite you to take a virtual tour of different Muslim nations in the world starting with Indonesia, a country with the largest Muslim population. At this event, you will learn to cook and taste different Indonesian dishes while watching lively performances and listening to a presentation of untold facts about the life of Indonesian Muslims and their culture.

Saturday March 27
2:00-5:00 p.m.
1925 East Atwater Avenue
Islamic Center of Bloomington


Please RSVP by Wednesday, March 24 at:
http://tinyurl.com/indonesian-cooking-demo

Web Design Competition

The Office for the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education invites Indiana University Bloomington students to submit entries for a competition to design a new website for students to access information about general education courses and requirements.

Background Information and Motivation
Indiana University Bloomington is at an exciting stage of transformation with respect to undergraduate education. Great energy abounds on campus, with each successive year’s incoming class reporting higher achievement than the previous. The faculty of IU Bloomington responded to a charge from the trustees to develop a new general education curriculum, effective for undergraduate students entering IUB in summer 2011.

Students come to Bloomington with great aspirations and expectations for an outstanding educational experience, but have many choices in how to satisfy general education requirements. The goal of this competition is to identify the key student questions, information sources, and presentation formats for general education requirements – all from the students’
perspective.

Supporting material concerning the design of the general education common ground and shared goals requirements and lists of courses by area are provided at the following Internet
pages:
BFC Circular: https://www.indiana.edu/~iubgened/download/B25-2009.pdf

List of courses:
https://www.indiana.edu/~iubgened/download/Approved_courses_by_category_090819.rtf

Prizes
• First place ‐ $1,000
• Second place ‐ $500
• Third place ‐ $250

All finalists will be invited to apply for a paid internship with the team responsible for building the general education website.

Competition Timeline
• The deadline for submitting a competition entry is 12:00 AM, March 1, 2010.
• Winning entrants will be announced March 12, 2010.

Submission Guidelines and Directions
Students are encouraged to think creatively about both the content as well as the type of information submitted. Submissions must include site map outlining site structure and content, and at least one top page design in either graphic or html format..
• Students must submit a zipped folder containing their design, storyboard, and any other supporting material.
• A single pdf document in the folder titled submission.pdf should describe the contents of the folder, and the name and contact information for the student(s) making the submission.
• The submission must be emailed by the contest deadline to ovpueweb@indiana.edu.
Competition Rules
• The design competition is open to undergraduate students enrolled full‐time on the Bloomington campus.
• Students can compete as individuals, or as a team. If a team is awarded one of the prizes, then the prize will be divided equally among the team members.
• A student can only submit one entry, as either an individual, or as a member of a team.
• Prizes will be awarded after the announcement of the winners.
• Finalists are invited to apply for the internship, but there is no guarantee that an offer of employment will be made.
• All designs must be implementable such that they are viewable in modern browsers and should adhere to the current legal requirements concerning copyright, first amendment, trade work, and civil rights.
• By submitting an entry into the competition, students are declaring that their work is original, with the normal exception of appropriate citing of others’ work. For example, if a component is used to provide interactivity (e.g. client‐side javascript), it is expected that students will disclose the source of the component.
Judging

A panel of judges, including students, professional staff from the Office of the Provost, the Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, and the Office of Creative Services, will review all submissions and determine the winning entries.

African American Arts Institute Ensemble Auditions this week!

This week the African American Arts Institute is holding auditions for the Spring 2010 semester for The African American Dance Company, The African American Choral Ensemble and IU Soul Revue.

Audition details are as follows:

African American Dance Company
January 12, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Room A217

This company’s repertoire consists of original choreography based on a fusion dance styles including modern, jazz, contemporary, African and Latin American dance forms.

Audition Description:
A short warm-up followed by a dance combination given by the Director. Please do not bring prepared dance routines. Dance specialties will be evaluated at the end of the auditions. No dance experience is required. Audition dress must be dance attire: Leotards, tights, jazz shoes or bare feet. Men may wear sweat-pants. No Street wear, tight pants or shorts.

African American Choral Ensemble
January 13, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Room A219

The ensemble’s repertoire includes spirituals, folk forms, traditional and contemporary gospel music and formally composed works of African American composers.

Audition Description:
Vocalists are to bring one prepared piece with or without accompaniment.

IU Soul Revue and AAAI Band
January 14, 2010, 7:00 p.m.
Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Grand Hall

The ensemble delivers the sounds of timeless R&B, Soul, Funk, and contemporary urban black popular music.

Audition Description:
Vocalists
Prepare a one piece a cappella or bring a recording to accompany your solo. You will be asked to match pitches and harmonize.

AAAI Band
Instrumentalists - bring your instrument and be prepared to solo and accompany in a combo setting on an R&B, Soul, or Gospel piece. Drums and Amplifiers provided.

Come try out for one of these great ensembles!

Please visit our website at www.indiana.edu/~aaai or call the AAAI Marketing Office at (812)855-5427

"Win a Trip with Nick" New York Times Contest

Announcing the "Win a Trip with Nick" New York Times contest.

Are you a college or university student with a yearning to see the best and worst of the world? Nicholas D. Kristof, Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, invites students to write an essay and/or make a video to enter to win a reporting trip to Africa in the spring of 2010. Check out Nick's video about the trip and his announcement about the contest. Deadline for contest entries is January 18, 2010.

Find Nick’s regular blog at nytimes.com/ontheground.

Announced by:
Kandace Rusnak
Education Manager – IN, OH, Western PA
The New York Times
Office: 888-725.3777
Cell: 440-610.5285
Kandace.rusnak@pcfcorp.com

African American Arts Institute Audition Reminder

The African American Arts Institute will be holding auditions for the spring 2010 semester for The African American Dance Company, The African American Choral Ensemble and IU Soul Revue.

Audition details are as follows:

African American Dance Company
January 12, 2010, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Room A217 at 7:00 p.m.

The company’s repertoire consists of original choreography based on a fusion dance styles including modern, jazz, contemporary, African and Latin American dance forms.
Audition Description: A short warm-up followed by a dance combination given by the Director. Please do not bring prepared dance routines. Dance specialties will be evaluated at the end of the auditions. No dance experience is required. Audition dress must be dance attire: Leotards, tights, jazz shoes or bare feet. Men may wear sweat-pants. No Street wear, tight pants or shorts.

African American Choral Ensemble
January 13, 2010, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Room A219 at 7:00 p.m.
The ensemble’s repertoire includes spirituals, folk forms, traditional and contemporary gospel music and formally composed works of African American composers.
Audition Description: Vocalists are to bring one prepared piece with or without accompaniment.

IU Soul Revue
January 14, 2010, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, Grand Hall at 7:00 p.m.
The ensemble delivers the sounds of timeless R&B, Soul, Funk, and contemporary urban black popular music.
Audition Description:
Vocalists
Prepare a one piece a cappella or bring a recording to accompany your solo. You will be asked to match pitches and harmonize.

AAAI Band
Instrumentalists - bring your instrument and be prepared to solo and accompany in a combo setting on an R&B, Soul, or Gospel piece. Drums and Amplifiers provided.

Money and Life After IU?

Backpack to Briefcase Series –Personal Financial Planning, Loans and Budgeting

Wednesday, February 20, 2008
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Career Development Center (10th and Jordan)

Not sure whether to move back home versus live on your own? Need to learn more about budgeting and financial planning? Register on IUCareers.com.

Black Music and Political Activism at the Mathers Museum

Annoucing a Mathers Museum Exhibit: “A CHANGE IS GONNA COME”- BLACK MUSIC AND POLITICAL ACTIVISM.

Sponsored by the IU ARCHIVES OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSIC & AMP; CULTURE

Location: MATHERS MUSEUM OF WORLD CULTURES, 601 East Eighth Street, Bloomington, IN 47408 Telephone:812-855-6873

Come join us for the opening of the exhibit: Friday, February 22, 5:00 to 6:30 p.m. featuring ACABELLA.

The free opening reception will feature a performance by AcaBella, ana capella ensemble founded in 2004 by Delia Alexander, a doctoral student in Ethnomusicology at Indiana University. AcaBella performs a wide range of musical styles from the African Diaspora and beyond, including Rhythm & Blues, classical pieces, spirituals and gospel, protest songs, nostalgic TV themes and improvisational pieces that defy classification.

Exhibit Details:FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 TO SUNDAY, APRIL 27 2008

Through rare visuals and artifacts from the collection of AAAMC and Stax Museum, Memphis, this exhibit explores the period of the Civil Rights Movement and the Black Power era that followed it. The exhibit weaves the story of how Black communities drew on their sacred and secular musical traditions to create the sounds which powered these political movements.

Searching for love: Adventures in speed-dating (and beyond)

Mark your calendars for the Science Cafe', Border's Bookstore Cafe, 7-9 pm, Wed. Feb. 13, 2008.
The topic is: Searching for love: Adventures in speed-dating (and beyond) by Peter M. Todd, Professor, Cognitive Science, Informatics, and Psychological and Brain Sciences, IUB.

The choice of a partner for marriage or cohabitation is one of the key events in the course of our lives. But how do we make this choice—more specifically, how do we decide when our search is over? To find out, we could follow a set of individuals through multiple relationships, and try to determine what makes the lasting ones stick; but this would be a long and expensive process. Instead, we can speed things up: We can build simulated mate-seekers who embody plausible decision rules for searching for partners, and see how they fare in an artificial mating market, comparing their behavior to that of aggregated humans. We can also speed up human mate-seekers themselves, by inviting them to participate in speed-dating events, and observe their searches there as they meet and interact with a succession of potential partners. Both methods can help us assess whether people searching for love learn from their mistakes, adjusting their aspiration levels lower after failed relationships and higher after successful ones. We will discuss the development and implications of these ideas—and further opportunities for field-testing them on Valentine's Day—in this session.

It's Not Official Until Its Facebook Official- a Presentation

Announcing: "It's Not Official Until Its Facebook Official: Breaking Up Over New Technologies" a presentation by Professor Ilana Gershon, IU Dept. of Communication and Culture.

Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Time: 7 p.m.
Venue: IU Asian Culture Center

Description: If you are breaking up, what does it matter if the ending is announced on cream stationary, by text message, or in a face-to-face conversation?Breaking up is breaking up. Yet it matters -when someone says "she texted the break-up," not much more needs to be said. Breaking up through the wrong medium can signal to others the initiator's cowardice, lack of respect, callousness, indifference. People's ideas about the medium shapes the ways that medium will deliver a message. In this presentation, we will discuss why, in a break-up, the medium is part of the message.