Fema to Hire 700 CORE personnel
FEMA is apparently going to fill 700 CORE (Cadre of Response/Recovery Employees) positions over the next few months. Click here for the article on Emergency Management.com. Current postings are at www.usajobs.gov. Search on “Emergency Management” to see the entire list.
2013 Housing Fair June 14
The Medical Campus will hold it’s annual housing fair on Friday June 14.
Diverse Career Panel June 18
Diverse Careers in Science: A Boston University Alumni Panel Discussion Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 Time: 4:30-6:30pm 4:30-5:50 pm Panel Discussion, Bakst Auditorium 5:50-6:30 pm Reception, Room L-109 Boston University School of Medicine, Instructional Building 72 East Concord Street
Crowdsourcing video surveillance can work both ways
From GCN.com: There is some irony involved when crowdsourcing for situational awareness involves gathering data directly from those being watched. Take Occupy D.C., part of the Occupy movement, an international protest against social and economic inequality. Participants in Occupy D.C. inhabited McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza from October 2011 until they were evicted in February […]
PiBS Lab Rotations: Faculty Availability
The Integrator – Volume 15 is available for download
The latest edition of The Integrator (Vol. 15), an information bulletin from the National Preparedness Division of DHS/FEMA Region I, addresses current preparedness issues, activities, and events in Region I. Highlights from this volume include the following: · Letter from the FPC – Russ Webster · Boston Marathon Bombings and City Lockdown · Welcome to […]
Emergency Managers Must Be Educated, Not Just Trained
In his May 1st Managing Crisis blog, Lucien Canton discusses the need for the field of Emergency Management to evolve from from a tightly focused area of training to one of “professionalized” education.
STEM Graduate Student Challenge Due 4/15
A new program offered by the Division of Graduate Education at the NSF: http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/gradchallenge/index.jsp From the NSF site: Our world is changing faster than ever before–technology is developing at an unprecedented rate and the world faces extraordinary challenges with solutions based in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). What is needed to prepare STEM graduate […]
IRB 101 for Grad Students 4/17
IRB 101 for BUMC Graduate Student IRB Submissions Wednesday April 17; 4 – 5:20pm, Keefer auditorium Pre-registration required. There is no cost to attend the session. Do you need to submit a research study to the BUMC IRB to be able to move forward with your student research project? If so, come attend this presentation […]
Mini-Symposium on Educational Neuroscience – April 19th.
Neuroscience for Educators: Toward the Science of Learning A Mini-symposium on Educational Neuroscience Friday, April 19, 2013 This Mini-symposium is a six-hour in-depth introduction and review of current and future directions in the Science of Learning. Recent developments in Educational Neuroscience and the Science of Learning have demonstrated how teaching and learning can be informed […]