BE Undergraduate Newsletter
Announcements
Take a Class with the Director of the Genomics Institute!
Professor David Haussler will be teaching Scientific Principles of Life (BME 18) in the Fall
This course satisfies the Scientific Inquiry 5-course credit requirement for undergraduates. Enroll at my.ucsc.edu using class # 10026
MONDAY, WEDNESDAY & FRIDAY 1:20 PM - 2:25 PM
Learn basic principles of life as it exists on this planet and how they generalize — Darwinian evolution, genomes — scientific theories of life including mechanistic, thermodynamic, and information theoretic models.
Explore the future of life from the Internet to machine learning and adaptation, artificial intelligence, genome editing and fully artificial life.
Fall Opportunities in the Tech4Good Lab
The Tech4Good Lab has several positions open next quarter for undergraduate students from all majors. We are looking for people who are extremely responsible, love learning, and have a strong drive to apply technology for social good. For next quarter, we have positions doing the following types of work:
- User research: interviewing and analyzing interviews to understand user needs and context,
- Usability evaluation: conducting evaluations of interfaces for usability,
- UI/UX design: designing and iterating on web interfaces in Figma,
- Web development: coding an app using an Angular/NgRx/Firebase stack,
- AI & economics: modeling economic systems using multiagent reinforcement learning,
- NLP and ML: topic modeling and ML to clusters text responses or predict annotations,
You would be contributing to a variety of projects in the lab related to designing systems to better support the future of education, work, and community engagement. Some of the platforms we are working on include:
- An app aimed at scaling apprenticeship learning, which supports people in learning through micro-roles while supporting non-profits as they learn,
- An app aimed at microlearning through small groups to create learning environments supporting curiosity, creativity, and relationships,
- An app containing short activities for team/group community building, and also creating "small group networks" that can facilitate interesting collective goals,
- An app aimed at supporting chat-based career mentorship between industry professionals and groups of students,
Joining requires a commitment of 10 hours/week for the quarter for independent study credits. If you are interested, fill out the Tech4Good Lab Interest Form and send an email to David Lee (dlee105@ucsc.edu). Most decisions will be determined based on applications submitted by the end of August, but we may accept a small number afterwards up till one week before the start of the quarter.
P.S. Follow our Facebook or Instagram to hear about future student opportunities in Tech4Good!
The Grainger College of Engineering Announces MERGE 2022 Campus Visit Program
The Grainger College of Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. We would like to invite qualifying juniors and seniors in your undergraduate engineering programs to apply for our 2022 Multicultural Engineering Recruitment for Graduate Education (MERGE) Campus Visit Program. This year's live virtual visit event is scheduled for Friday, September 23, 2022, 2:00 - 5:30 pm central time.
Internship Finding Tool for UCSC Students
Don’t know where to look for jobs & internships? Hate filling out job applications? Simplify is a free browser extension that helps you autofill job & internship applications anywhere on the web – think of it like Honey for jobs. The platform also has a database of over 100,000 open positions and includes cool job lists like Tech Internships at Unicorns and Business Roles at Top Startups.
The founders are super excited to help UCSC students get hired so they made a dedicated email for UCSC students to directly contact them at ucsc@simplify.jobs. Great resource now that recruiting season is kicking into full swing!
Get started here: https://simplify.jobs
Learning Support Services is Hiring!
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New STEM, Pharmacy & Health Professions Scholarships Available
Please see below for three scholarships ($2500 each) that we have launched this year:
Scholarship for single parents/children of single parents who are future healthcare professionals:
https://trumedical.co.uk/true-
Scholarship for female students in STEM:
https://trumedical.co.uk/true-
Scholarship for female students in Pharmacy: https://trumedical.
Students need to submit an essay to apply. All citizenships welcome. The deadline is December 20, 2022. We will announce the winners on January 20, 2023.
Apply Now! ACE is Hiring!
The Academic Excellence (ACE) Program is hiring a Learning Skills Advisor (LSA)! The LSA designs and facilitates supplemental active learning sessions for UC Santa Cruz science, math, and engineering courses, holds weekly office hours, and mentors student staff. This position will be in person during the 2022-2023 Academic Year, and it is an excellent opportunity to hone skills in evidence-based teaching, curriculum design, and educational equity. If you know of any colleagues that may be interested, please encourage them to apply prior to August 1, 2022!
Job Title: Academic Excellence (ACE) Program Learning Skills Advisor
Job ID: 39197
Initial Review Deadline: August 1, 2022
Internal Link to application for current UCSC employees:
External Link to Application for non-UCSC employees
Business of Games Fall 2022
Business of Games (Fall 2022) - Still has space!
Please see the attached flyer for more information about this class.
CMPM 122 - Business of Games (Fall 2022)
Days/Times: MW 5:20pm-6:55pm
Room: Engineer 2 192
Instructor: Joel Dreskin
