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IAP 2001 Activities by Category

Academic Skills and Resources

Finding a UROP
Michael Bergren and Melissa Martin
Thu Jan 11, 04-05:00pm, 16-168

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: N/A

Undergraduates are invited to come and learn about the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). How to participate, when to start looking, where to look...all aspects of the Program will be addressed. Discussions will be led by UROP staff and will feature a panel of UROP students. Bring your questions!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/
Contact: Michael Bergren and Melissa Martin, 7-103, x3-7306, urop@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

General GRE Practice Exam
Sidney Chang , Cecile Le Cocq, Mike Vozila
Wed Jan 17, 01-05:00pm, 1-190

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2001
Single session event

Come take a full practice test for the general GRE exam, administered by Kaplan and find out what's changed since the SAT's so that you may enter the grad school of your choice!
Contact: Cecile Le Cocq, cisou@mit.edu
Sponsor: Eta Kappa Nu

How to Use a Slide Rule
Craig Watkins
Wed Jan 10, 03-04:00pm

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event

Back in the old days you had to know math to do arithmetic. We'll see how slide rules work, why they are useful (slide rules have always been Y2K-compliant) and great fun at parties. Some slide rules will be provided but bring your own if you have one.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/watko/www/slide.html
Contact: Visitor Services @ MIT Museum, x3-5927
Sponsor: MIT Museum

IAP Research Mentor Program Kick-Off
Melissa Martin
Fri Jan 12, 04-05:00pm, 16-168

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 29-Dec-2000
Single session event
Prereq: Must be participants in the IAP Research Mentor Program

This kickoff is a social gathering for all pre-UROPers and their Research Mentors. This session provides all participants with the opportunity to get to know each other, speak with some of last year's participants, and ask any last minute questions, before beginning their IAP research collaboration. If you are interested in becoming a pre-UROPer, please submit an application via the webform at http://web.mit.edu/urop/preuropapp.html.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/mentor.html
Contact: Melissa Martin, 7-103, x3-3002, melmart@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

IAP Research Mentor Program- Mentor Orientation
Melissa Martin
Fri Jan 12, 03-04:00pm, 16-168

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 29-Dec-2000
Single session event
Prereq: Must be an IAP Research Mentor Program Mentor

This session is an informational and social meeting designed to familiarize Mentors with their role and responsibilities within the program. Mentors will be provided with guidelines along with essential safety, ethics, and contact information, while participating in conversations with UROP staff and Mentors from the 2001 program. If you are interested in becoming an IAP 2001 Research Mentor, please submit an application via the webform located at http://web.mit.edu/urop/mentorapp.html.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/urop/mentor.html
Contact: Melissa Martin, 7-103, x3-3002, melmart@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program

Orientation and Associate Advising: How to Get Involved
Tim Mosehauer
Mon Jan 29, 04-05:00pm, 4-237

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event

Want to get involved with the Class of 2005 through Freshman Orientation or as an Associate Advisor? Do you have ideas for the Associate Advising program? Interested in joining the Orientation Committee for Orientation '01? Bring your questions and attend this information session.
Contact: Tim Mosehauer, 7-103, 253-9764, tmose@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Resource Center

The Theory about Nothing: Dividing by Zero with New Kinds of Numbers
Robert de Marrais
Thu Jan 11, 18, 25, 06-08:00pm, 24-619

No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)

The first session will explore why extensions of imaginary numbers can allow divisions of zero. The second will be a picture show of "box-kites." The third session will link singularity theory, software modeling of complex systems, and other wide open areas where little is known yet. No advanced math is required: the tools are simple (can you XOR?), but the implications aren't!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/esg/www/IAP
Contact: Robert de Marrais, 24-612, x3-7786, rdemarrais@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Experimental Study Group

UROP - Lessons from the Trenches
Michael Bergren , Melissa Martin, Dr. Thomas Consi
Wed Jan 24, 05:30-07:30pm, 16-168

No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 08-Jan-2001
Single session event

What is a UROP supposed to be? What makes a UROP successful? How do you handle UROP "problems?" This roundtable discussion gives you an opportunity to share your own UROP experiences, and to hear from other students about their experiences. Students who have had or have UROPs are encouraged to attend, and UROP Office staff (and others) will also participate. Pizza will be served!
Contact: Michael Bergren, 7-103, x3-8801, mberg@mit.edu
Sponsor: Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program


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