ICE Announcements 11.6.18 http://ice.uga.edu 1. UGA Spotlight on the Arts Events (until 11/11) 2. 4 minutes, 33 seconds: Spotlight on Scholarship (11/7) 3. CURO Research Assistantship (deadline 11/8) 4. Opportunity: Campus Sustainability Grants (deadline 11/12) 5. Opportunity: Capturing Science Contest (deadline 11/26) 6. Moog Hackathon (registration open) --- 1. UGA Spotlight on the Arts November 1 -11 Full event calendar: https://arts.uga.edu/spotlightuga2018/ UGA will celebrate the visual, literary and performing arts on campus this November during the seventh annual Spotlight on the Arts festival, which features dozens of events and exhibitions. --- 2. 4 minutes, 33 seconds: Spotlight on Scholarship Wednesday, November 7 at 7 PM Georgia Museum of Art This fifth-annual competition features student research in the arts. Poster competition entries will be on display Nov. 1-7 at the Georgia Museum of Art, and prizes will be awarded in the poster and presentation categories. --- 3. CURO Research Assistantships Deadline extended to November 8 http://curo.uga.edu/students/curo_research_assistantship.html As part of an initiative to enhance the UGA learning environment, the CURO Research Assistantship Program provides 500 stipends of $1,000 each to outstanding undergraduate students across campus to actively participate in faculty-mentored research. CURO information sessions introduce UGA undergraduates to the CURO program, opportunities for self-selected research experiences, and strategies for contacting faculty research mentors. For students new to undergraduate research, these information sessions are the best way to learn about what CURO has to offer. Information Session Wednesday, November 7 from 1:25-2:15 PM Moore College Room 116 Information Session attendance is by RSVP only. Email [log in to unmask] to reserve a seat. Include your name, year, major(s), and, if possible, your research interest areas. Only 20 seats are available for each session. --- 4. Opportunity: Campus Sustainability Grants Pre-proposals deadline: October 12 Deadline: November 12 at 9 AM http://sustainability.uga.edu/get-involved/sustainability-grants/ Drawn from the Student Green Fee, grants up to $5,000 are available to current UGA students who wish to initiate projects to advance sustainability through education, research, service, and campus operations. Successful projects will address priorities outlined in UGA's 2020 Strategic Plan to actively conserve resources, educate the campus community, influence positive action for people and the environment, and provide useful research data to inform future campus sustainability efforts. Interdisciplinary projects designed to inspire, beautify and uplift - as well as to inform and conserve - are encouraged. Special consideration will be given to projects incorporating sustainability + arts. Grants are awarded based on merit, positive impact, implementation feasibility, and available funding. The Office of Sustainability coordinates, communicates, and advances sustainability initiatives at UGA in the areas of teaching, research, service and outreach, student engagement, and campus operations. --- 5. Opportunity: Capturing Science Contest Deadline: November 26 at 5 PM http://guides.libs.uga.edu/capturingscience UGA Libraries is hosting the 2018 Capturing Science Contest to encourage STEM communication in a diversity of formats. Undergraduate and graduate students are eligible for $1,700 in prizes. Guidelines: Explain a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) concept to a broader audience using any medium of your choice. Prizes: The top three undergraduate and graduate submissions each receive prizes of $500, $250, and $100. Eligibility: All currently-enrolled UGA undergraduate and graduate students are eligible. Students may submit works used for other class assignments. Multiple entries are acceptable. Contest Criteria: Submissions will be evaluated according to the following criteria: Clarity of expression Creativity Appeal to a broad audience Formats: Any and all formats and genres are encouraged! Examples include: essays, board games, virtual reality, videos, music, software, apps, curricula, lesson plans, poems, infographics, fiction, and exhibits. See last years' winners and submissions for more examples. Sponsored by UGA Libraries & The Office of Research --- 6. 5th Annual Moog Hackathon Georgia Tech School of Music http://www.guthman.gatech.edu/moog-hackathon The 2019 Moog Hackathon is a 48-hour competition conducted at the Georgia Tech School of Music starting Friday evening, February 8, and ending Sunday evening, February 10. Hackathon participants will design and build novel musical instruments using Moog platforms and other software and hardware prototyping tools provided by Georgia Tech. Participants will compete for $6,000 in prizes, and the top winner will be automatically admitted as an entrant to the Guthman Competition. --- Ideas for Creative Exploration is an interdisciplinary initiative for advanced research in the arts at UGA, supported in part by the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences, the Graduate School, and the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts. facebook.com/ideasforcreativeexploration For more events and opportunities visit: art.uga.edu arts.uga.edu calendar.uga.edu dance.uga.edu drama.uga.edu english.uga.edu flagpole.com georgiamuseum.org music.uga.edu pac.uga.edu willson.uga.edu