Friday, March 1, 2013 is the application deadline for the annual Undergraduate Student Showcase during USU's 2013 Research Week. The showcase will be held from 9 am-2 pm Thursday, April 11, in the Taggart Student Center lounges. For application information, visit the Web link below:

Utah Pests of USU Extension is offering free workshops throughout the state for participants interested in learning to make Spotted wing drosophila (SWD) traps. To register and for more information, visit the website listed below.

Undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and professionals are invited to submit oral or poster presentations for USU's 2013 Spring Runoff Conference. The theme for the conference, which will be held April 9-10 at USU, is "Water, People and Sustainability: Integrating Physical, Social and Ecological Dimensions." Deadline for abstract submissions is Friday, March 8, 2013.

Friday, March 8, 2013, at 5 pm is the application deadline for the Zobell Graduate Scholarship for 2013-14. The scholarship is available to graduate students registered within the College of Science in the fields of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Geology and Physics. Outstanding seniors may also be considered. For application information, visit the Web link below.

Friday, March 15th at noon is the proposal submission deadline for USU's "SURCO" (Summer Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities) grants. For more information, visit the Web link below:

Since 1998, Software Carpentry has taught scientists and engineers the skills and tools they need to use computing more productively. Thanks to a grant from the Sloan Foundation, we are running a two-day workshop at Utah State University, followed by an optional 4-8 weeks of self-paced online learning. The workshop covers the core skills a researcher needs to know in order to be productive in a small team:

•   Using the shell to do more in less time

•   Using version control to manage and share information

•   Basic Python programming

•   How (and how much) to test programs

•   Working with relational databases

The online follow-up goes into these topics in more detail, and also touch on program design and construction, matrix programming, using spreadsheets in a disciplined way, data management, and software development lifecycles.

In collaboration with Ethan White's lab in the Department of Biology we will be offering the workshop at Utah State on the weekend of March 23rd and 24th. The workshop is free, you just need to bring a laptop and commit to spending 2 days learning about how to be a better scientific programmer. Space is limited and signups are on a first come first serve basis.

Adam Wooley of Brigham Young University presents "Selective Metallization of DNA Origami Towards Self-Assembled Nanoelectronic Systems."