Welcome
Welcome to HCURA!
HCURA aims to foster an interdisciplinary science research community at Harvard College by: 1.) connecting students with research opportunities; 2.) promoting regular interactions between faculty and students through lively discussions and symposia; and 3.) encouraging exchange of ideas between students of different scientific backgrounds.
Please join the HCURA mailing list to get up-to-date info on events!
http://lists.hcs.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/hura-list
Also, be sure to join our Facebook group!
http://harvard.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2230570947
Please look at this abstract book from the Harvard Program for Research
in Science and Engineering (PRISE) to get an idea of research Harvard
undergraduates have done.
A Conversation with George Church
Join your classmates in Adams Conservatory from 8-9 PM on Wednesday, April 30, for a conversation with a true scientific pioneer. Come enjoy free Finale desserts and meet George Church, one of the co-initiators of the Human Genome Project, a pioneer in the fields of molecular genetics and genomics, and adviser to or co-founder of over 20 companies. Professor Church, who teaches at Harvard Medical School and MIT, will also be discussing his latest research in personal genomics and synthetic biology. This is one HCURA event you don't want to miss!
Professor Ravelo's Lecture: change in time and location
4:30 PM
Geological Museum, Room 100
24 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA
This and Professor Nusslein-Volhard's lectures are going to be very informative and definitely worth attending. All are welcome, and no background in the field is required. Refreshments will be served.
Journal Club with Dr. Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard
On Tuesday, March 4 at 4:15 PM in Lecture
Hall D of the Science Center, Christiane Nuesslein-Volhard, the director
of the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology (Germany) and the
winner of the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, will deliver a
lecture, "On Flies and Fishes and the Origin of Vertebrates."
Journal Club with Dr. Christina Ravelo
Come hear Dr. Ravelo, Professor of Ocean Sciences at
University of California at Santa Cruz and Chair of the US Science
Advisory Committee for Scientific Ocean Drilling, deliver a lecture
entitled "Regional Expressions of Global Warmth: Lessons from the
Pliocene" on Monday, February 11 at 4:15 PM in Lecture Hall C or D (TBD)
at the Science Center.
HCURA Holiday Party
The Harvard College Undergraduate Research Association (HCURA) cordially invites you to its 2007 Holiday Party, to be held in Ticknor Lounge, Boylston Hall from 8:30-10 PM on Sunday, December 16. Come for the food, drinks, music, and holiday cheer, and be prepared to have a good time!
Hope to see you there!
David Laibson Journal Club
Join David Laibson, Professor of Economics and Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and your fellow studentsfor an informal journal club and discussion from 8-9 PM on Thursday, December 6, in Emerson 305. The title of the discussion is "Neuroeconomics and the Psychology of Decision Making," and Professor Laibson will be talking about his past and ongoing work related to this topic.
All are welcome, and no background in the field is required. Refreshments will be served.
2007 HURS Abstract Book
available! Feel free to peruse it to see what Harvard undergraduates
have accomplished and who has worked in a lab that you are interested
in working in.
Lene Hau Journal Club
Join Lene Hau, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and Applied Physics and MacArthur Fellow, and your fellow students for an informal journal club and discussion from 8-9 PM on Wednesday, November 14, in Emerson 305. The title of the discussion is "Mind Over Matter: Stopping and Sculpting Light," and Professor Hau will be talking about her past and ongoing work related to this topic.
All are welcome, and no background in the field is required. Refreshments will be served.
Harvard Undergraduate Research Symposium (HURS) 2007
