Notices

Raj and Neera Singh Undergraduate Summer Research
Fellowships
The Institute for Computational
Medicine, affiliated with both the Whiting School of
Engineering and the School of Medicine, will
sponsor competitive noncredit summer research fellowships
for undergraduates in the Whiting School
of Engineering. Applicants should be rising juniors or
seniors. Fellowships will run from June 2 to Aug.
15, with a stipend of $5,000.
Fellowships are awarded in the areas of biological
systems modeling, computational anatomy and
image analysis, and mathematical bioinformatics. Recipients
are paired with ICM core faculty members
for a 10-week project. For a faculty list, go to:
www.icm.jhu.edu/faculty.
Applicants should contact an ICM core faculty member
working in their research area of choice
to discuss possible projects. Applicants should develop a
two-page proposal in collaboration with their
prospective mentor. The application deadline is May 1. To
download the application, go to:
www.icm.jhu.edu/summerfellowship/
application2008.doc.
For more information, contact Jennifer Hopkins at
410-516-6877 or by e-mail to
jentren@jhu.edu.

Call for Animal Welfare Award
Proposals
The Johns Hopkins Center for Alternatives to Animal
Testing is accepting proposals for the 2008 Animal Welfare
Enhancement Awards, which are designed
to refine the housing, handling and/or experimental
situations for lab animals. The awards are
intended for laboratory and animal technicians, but senior
investigators can sponsor the applicants.
The awards are limited to North American applicants
only.
For more information, go to:
caat.jhsph.edu/programs/awards/AWE/2008/
proposals.htm or contact Ruth Brady at rbrady@jhsph.edu. The
deadline for submission is June 1.

CTY Enrollment Extended
The JHU Center for Talented Youth Summer Program deadline
for
second- to 12th-graders has been extended to Saturday,
April 19. The St. Paul's School in
Brooklandville is the site for one of several local day
programs for second- to sixth-graders, featuring
Through the Microscope, Pirates: History and Culture, and
dozens of other academically enriching
courses offered in two three-week sessions. To apply online
or learn more about other courses and
sites, go to
www.cty.jhu.edu or call 410-735-6278.

Diversity Leadership Council Nominations
The Johns Hopkins Institutions Diversity Leadership
Council, established by President Brody in 1997, is in the
process of identifying new faculty, staff and
students to serve on the council. The council serves as
advisory to the president and senior leadership
on diversity issues in both the university and health
system.
The DLC meets once a month. Membership, which is for
one- or two-year terms with a time
commitment of four to six hours per month, requires a
commitment to diversity and inclusion and the
ability to communicate across and about differences.
Nominations, including a short biography and brief
description of the candidate's reason for
wishing to serve on the council, may be submitted to
dlcnomination@jhu.edu or by campus mail to DLC
Nomination, 130 Garland Hall, Homewood campus.
Self-nominations are encouraged from all levels of
the university (including APL) and the health system. The
deadline for receiving nominations is Friday,
May 23. More information on the DLC is available on the Web
at
www.jhuaa.org/dlc.

East Baltimore Summer Softball
Registration is now open for the coed Johns Hopkins
Intramural
Software League. Double-headers are scheduled for Monday or
Wednesday evenings (6 p.m. start) at
the Joseph Lee Fields next to the Bayview campus. The
league is open to all students, staff and
faculty of the schools of Medicine, Nursing and Public
Health, Johns Hopkins Hospital and Kennedy
Krieger Institute. The 10-week season begins June 2 (or
June 9) and concludes with a post-season
tournament. Teams must field 10 players per game, with a
minimum of three female players on the
field at all times. The team registration fee is $230,
which covers administrative costs, field
reservation and field maintenance. Each team is responsible
for supplying its own bats, gloves, bases
and first-aid kit. For more information and a team
registration form, contact Bryan Christensen at
bchriste@jhsph.edu.
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