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NEW RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
ASTRA ZENECA SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY

CORN BREEDING AT UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE THIS SUMMER

ACS State Chemistry Competitions and ACS National Test 2010 The ACS State Chemistry test will be given at McKean High School and Dover High School on ** Friday April 30, 2010 ** beginning at 8:30 am and lasting until approximately 10:30 am. All students should arrive by 8:00 am at McKean High School and go directly to the test room by following the arrows. All Dr. Rush's AP Chemistry students are required to take this test as part of my course requirement.

2010 ACS National Chemistry test will be given at St. Mark's High School on Thursday April 22, 2010 beginning at 11:00am and lasting approximately until 4:00 or 4:30pm depending on the time allotted for lunch. It is a difficult test comprised of questions from AP and Organic Chemistry and consisting of multiple choice and free response questions and an extensive laboratory practicum. Only two students are allowed per school. The student must be a United States citizen and green cards are not acceptable. 20 students will be chosen from the entire United States to train at the Air Force Academy for the international competition. From this group, four will be selected to go to the International Competition in Japan.

Students who are interested should contact Dr. Rush. A chemistry qualifying exam will be given in January to determine which 2 students will take the ACS National exam in April. The past 10 years National Exams can be found at [|ACS National Olympiad]

Scholarship opportunities for study of science or technology in college can be found at the following link check it out [|Proton Energy]
= DuPont Challenge = [|DuPont Challenge] ** Countdown to the DuPont Challenge January 31, 2010 [|Deadline]**

= Students Considering a Teaching Career =

= Environmental Science Opportunity at Delaware Technology Institute = = The blurb below is describing an event that we are trying to make happen in mid to late March. It was supposed to be on Feb. 5 but the snow messed things up. If you know of some students (Juniors) who might be interested in applying chemistry or biology in the field of environmental science please send them my way ( or to Rita). We have 8 students so far but could definitely take more if they have an interest. = = I’ve included a link if you want to know more. http://denin.udel.edu/ = = Delaware Environmental Institute (DENIN) =

= Environmental Research at the Delaware Biotechnology Institute =

= Meet university researchers. Talk to professionals who do important work in the field of environmental science. A few highly motivated students will be offered summer internship in 2010. Please see me if you are interested. We will be taking 15 - 20 students. =

= Engineering Camp for Girls =

U of MD is hosting a one week engineering camp in July for rising junior and senior girls. The juniors attend July 11-17 and the seniors attend July 18-24. Transcripts and a rec letter are required so if you have any girls who might be interested, please have them see Guidance or check UMD’s site at [|www.umd.edu/summer]. UMD will begin reviewing applications on March 26.

= Discovery Dashboard Design Engineering Challenge = [|Disney Channel Contest]