EVENTS & ACTIVITIES
Neuroscience
Education Outreach
The neuroscience student
outreach committee organizes
various education outreach
events throughout the year. These
events give grad students in
the program the oppurtunity
to share their excitement for
science while teaching both
children and adults in the
local community about neuroscience. Recent
and upcoming events include:
BEWiSE program at the Salk
Institute where graduate students
will lead these Jr High students
through hands on neuroscience
activities and lab tours, Brain
Awareness Week workshop at
the Reuben H. Fleet Science
center, lecture on the effects
of aging on the brain in conjunction
with the opening of the "Aging
for All Ages" exhibit at the
Reuben H. Fleet Science center,
and hands on neuroscience workshops
at local high schools. For
more information about volunteering
or scheduling a workshop please click here.
Lobsterfest
 A purely social event for students and faculty to welcome the incoming students to the program, held during Fall quarter.
Photos from
the 2005 Lobsterfest
are available. |
Student Journal Club
The Student Journal Club
is organized entirely
by students. Each week
a student presents a
paper from the laboratory
of the seminar speaker
for the following week.
The goal of the journal
club is to create an
open venue for friendly
but lively scientific
discussion. Refreshments
are provided. Click here
for schedule
Seminar Series
The Graduate Program’s
weekly seminar series meets
on Tuesdays at 4 PM in the
Leichtag conference room and
features invited speakers from
around the world. Students
have the opportunity to meet
with the speakers over lunch
or dinner each week (interested
students should contact the
student host). The Salk Institute
also organizes frequent lectures
as do many of the other departments
and institutions in and around
UCSD. Click
here for schedule
Research Rounds
Research Rounds is a weekly
seminar course that meets in
Fall, Winter and Spring quarters,
in which graduate students
beyond their second year in
the Program present their current
research. All members of the
Neuroscience community are
welcome to attend these presentations.
Spring Retreat
 The program organizes a retreat
each spring that fosters interactions
among program faculty and students.
The retreat is typically held
off campus over a weekend and
features lectures, discussion
groups, and social events.
The annual retreats often
have student-created films.
The trailers from these films
for 2002 and 2003 can
be downloaded.
Additional Photos from
the 2004 retreat
are available.
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