[Neuropostdocs] Fwd: From: djh@astro.columbia.edu - The Columbia Science Fellows Program

[Sam Beshers]

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>>Dear Program Directors:
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>>Dr. Darcy Kelley of Columbia University is creating a new science 
>>course for entering Columbia students as part of her HHMI 
>>Professors grant. In connection with this course, a new 
>>postdoctoral position (please see below and attachment) has been 
>>created which we wanted to bring to your attention. Please feel 
>>free to share this with your students and colleagues. For questions 
>>about the position, please contact Dr. David Helfand at Columbia 
>>University using the contact information in the attachment.
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>>Thank you very much.
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>>Maria Koszalka
>>HHMI
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>>Maria Koszalka
>>Senior Program Officer
>>Undergraduate Science Education Program
>>Howard Hughes Medical Institute
>>4000 Jones Bridge Road
>>Chevy Chase, MD 20815
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>>The Columbia Science Fellows Program
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>>For more than 80 years, Columbia College has sustained an extensive 
>>Core Curriculum, required of all students, which serves as an 
>>intensive introduction to the great ideas of western literature, 
>>art, music, and philosophy. In the University's 250th year, we 
>>intend to launch a complementary course in science to be taken by 
>>all first-year students. Consistent with the Core tradition, the 
>>course will include seminar sections in which topics from 
>>throughout the physical and life sciences will be discussed. The 
>>Science Fellows will participate with the faculty in leading these 
>>sections.
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>>The course is designed both to introduce students to exciting ideas 
>>at the forefront of scientific research, as well as to inculcate in 
>>them the habits of mind common to a scientific approach to the 
>>world. Each semester, four scientists in different disciplines will 
>>deliver a series of three lectures each describing the background, 
>>context, and current state of an area of research; readings and 
>>other activities will supplement the lectures. The Fellows will 
>>lead small discussion sections following each lecture.
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>>Applicants will be affiliated with one of the Columbia science 
>>departments, which include Astronomy, Biological Sciences, 
>>Chemistry, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Ecology Evolution and 
>>Environmental Biology, Physics, and Psychology. We expect to 
>>appoint three Fellows for the term beginning September 1, 2003.
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>>Positions will be tenable for two years, subject to annual review. 
>>The initial salary will be $40,000 per year. Fellows will attend 
>>the weekly lectures for the course plus a session for all seminar 
>>leaders, as well as lead a seventy-five minute seminar discussion 
>>on the lecture and accompanying readings with each of two groups of 
>>~20 students every week during the two thirteen-week semesters. The 
>>remainder of their time is to be spent pursuing research either 
>>with an established Columbia group or independently.
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>>Applicants are encouraged to contact specific faculty members or 
>>research groups with  which they would like to be associated. They 
>>should send their applications to Dr. David Helfand at the address 
>>given below (with a cc for the cover letter to dbk3@columbia.edu).
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>>Applicants should provide a CV including a two-page statement 
>>summarizing their research accomplishments to date, a one- to 
>>two-page statement discussing future plans, and a one- to two-page 
>>statement discussing their teaching experience and plans. Since the 
>>applications will be evaluated by both faculty in their specific 
>>subfield as well as by an interdisciplinary committee, research 
>>should be presented in a manner appropriate to both groups. All 
>>applicants should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be 
>>sent as well.
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>>The Columbia Science Fellows Committee can be reached at
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>>Columbia Science Fellows
>>c/o Prof. David J. Helfand
>>Department of Astronomy
>>550 West 120th Street
>>Mail Code 5233
>>New York, NY 10027
>>Fax: 212-854-8121
>>email: djh@astro.columbia.edu


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