The Inaugural UChicago Undergraduate Research Symposium and Lecture featuring : Dr. Steven J. Sibener Director, UChicago Institute for Molecular Engineering Water Research Initiative Carl William Eisendrath Distinguished Service Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and the James Franck Institute Monday, October 27th, 2014, Undergraduate Research Symposium: 2:00-4:00pm Keynote Lecture: 4:00-5:00pm Gordon Center for Integrative Science Atrium, 929 E. 57th Street ABOUT UCISTEM UChicago Careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Program (UCISTEM) is a pre-professional program that supplements UChicago’s liberal arts curriculum with the goal of helping students explore, prepare for and obtain careers or graduate school placements in the STEM fields using the experiential education method. UCISTEM aims to support students on their journey towards impacting the world by offering unparalleled research and internship experiences and various means of career exploration. ABOUT PHOENIX BIOLOGY Phoenix Biology is the University of Chicago’s premier biological sciences organization. For the past 17 years, Phoenix Biology has offered a wide range of events and programs to help students explore the many areas of biology, engage and interact with fellow students who share interests in biology, and enrich themselves academically and professionally so that they can succeed in their pursuits. Undergraduate Research Symposium This symposium highlights the research endeavors of University of Chicago’s Undergraduate Population. We highly encourage all faculty, staff and students to attend. The symposium is free and open to the public; hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be served. Lecture As Keynote Lecture speaker, Dr. Steven Sibener will be presenting the University’s latest and most advanced discoveries in nanotechnology to create new materials and processes for making clean, fresh drinking water more plentiful and less expensive by 2020, as well as technologies for using water more effectively in industry and agriculture. Question and Answer session to follow. Please plan to join us for this exciting event! Space is limited; registration is required! To Register: https://careeradvancement.wufoo.com/forms/lecture-rsvp For more information: Tara Ford, UCISTEM Program Director [email protected] Career Advancement Science, Technology, Engineering and Math