MESA/MPS/UndocuSTEM
Newsletter Winter 2025 - Week 1
Hello MESA/MPS/UndocuSTEM students! Welcome to the Winter quarter! Hope everyone has a great start! If you are new here, welcome and checkout the latest events as well as numerous opportunities for internships and programs! You definitely do not want to miss it!
Meet Our MESA Ambassador Angelo Serafin
Hi everyone my name is Angelo. I am a MESA ambassador. I am a civil engineering major, I chose this because prior to becoming a full time student I worked in construction and I wanted to continue working with buildings. Something that motivates me most with my work at MESA is seeing how different STEM majors come together for similar opportunities. Fun fact about me is I'm learning to draw so I can design.
MESA Events
CSU EAST BAY SHOWCASE
Come with us to CSU East Bay Showcase for the campus tour, networking lunch, CSUEB student panel and department showcase.
Date: Friday, 31 January 2024
Time: 10:00 AM-3PM
RSVP Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdzOCssMecLorQ3fwbqqaCGRgimIDwhUbtOr_GRNRRLBN4CNA/viewform
Conference - Stanford SUMMA: Empowering Narratives: Cultivating Belonging in Medicine
This in-person conference brings together medical students, professionals, and exhibitors to explore topics of inclusion and belonging in the healthcare field. Organized by the Stanford Underrepresented Minority Medical Alliance (SUMMA), this event features contributions from diverse student associations, such as the Latino Medical Student Association, LGBTQ-Meds, and the Student National Medical Association.
Date: Saturday, February 8, 2025
Location: Stanford Medical School
Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfM53J5UF8slXkaoeBQjsJWru7U-NEubZbOn-vG2vmTxqjoFw/viewform
For more information: https://med.stanford.edu/odme/pre-med-students/summa-prehealth-conference.html
WiE Innovation Conference 2025
Join us at the WiE Innovation Conference 2025, where emerging technologies and career advancement intersect. This full-day conference will inspire and empower you for success in today’s tech-driven world.
Date: 15 March, 2025
Time: 7:30 AM - 7:00PM
Location: San Jose State University, Student Union
Registration Form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdsgEMDK9cJLWzOwdwDobbwx7vXcFsW8GW9XCd_pCAHwH3mRA/viewform
For more information: https://2025.siliconvalleywie.org/
Village Events
Study Buddy Tea Time
Study with other students: discuss assignments and hold each other accountable! Tea provided!
Date: Tuesdays
Time: 1P.M-2P.M
Location: Health & Life Sciences Village Center: Rm SEM2.
Study Buddy Tea Time
Study with other students: discuss assignments and hold each other accountable! Tea provided!
Date: Wednesdays
Time: 1P.M-2P.M
Location: Physical Sciences & Technology Village Center: Rm S55.
Tech Talks and Discussion
Watch interesting tech talk videos and discuss them with other interested students!
Date: Thursdays
Time: 1:30-2:30
Location: Physical Sciences & Technology Village Center: Rm S55.
External Events and Opportunties
Internship - American Cancer Society Diversity in Cancer Research Internship
This internship offers a holistic curriculum designed to provide underrepresented minority undergraduate students from San Francisco Bay Area schools with the tools and experiences necessary to pursue careers in cancer research. Its overarching goal is to provide hands-on lab experience to non-Stanford undergraduates interested in further exploring cancer-related career tracks. This is a ten-week, in-person program funded by the American Cancer Society.
Program dates: June 30 - September 8, 2025
Informational sessions:
January 10, 2025 (4 pm PT): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/ThxZaIe2SkOKKELfQz1ugA__;!!A-B3JKCz!H61Gc21SpAOmKU7tkuxoJnD1uqGdrCHC6xsVE6j62AdqRNjbnibQ25VqLYMoqeZHK2fXI3oNXjuEkxGjnkjPD9Hz5Q$
January 13, 2025 (10 am PT): https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/y27kByJ3RtWdsjJME_38A__;!!A-B3JKCz!H61Gc21SpAOmKU7tkuxoJnD1uqGdrCHC6xsVE6j62AdqRNjbnibQ25VqLYMoqeZHK2fXI3oNXjuEkxGjnkiipSxjLA$
Application deadline: February 24, 2025
For more information: https://med.stanford.edu/cancer/education/high-school-undergrad/stanford-acs-dicr.html
2025 Educational Series: STEM Careers in Radiation Oncology
The Department of Radiation Oncology in the Stanford School of Medicine will be hosting a virtual information session on careers in radiation oncology geared towards pre-med and STEM students at high schools, community colleges, and universities in the Bay Area and beyond
Date: Monday, 13 Jan 2025
Time: 4PM-5PM
Via Zoom
Registration Link: https://stanford.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAqcOurpjMtG9cK3jwgRF78L65vazy3tvC7%C2%A0#/registration
For more information: https://events.stanford.edu/event/2025-stem-careers-in-radiation-oncology
Summer Systematics Institute 2025
SSI is a ten-week paid (nine weeks in person) research internship at our state-of-the-art research facility and museum in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. This world-renowned venue offers undergraduates important insights into the contributions that museum-based research can make to issues facing society today by providing them the opportunity to do museum-based research for the summer.
Applications for the Summer of 2025 are open now and are due at 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on January 31, 2025.
Application Link: https://etap.nsf.gov/award/2773/opportunity/9806
For more information: https://www.calacademy.org/summer-systematics-institute
Research - Undergraduate Summer Research Opportunities at C-GEM
C-GEM is seeking to expand the chemistry of the proteome, and projects span the chemistry-biology interface, including projects in organic synthesis, mass spectrometry, directed evolution, and structural biology. The program provides housing and board, a generous stipend, and support for travel to and from the research site.
The deadline for applying is February 1, 2025 at 11:59pm PT.
Application Form: https://form.jotform.com/242207440521141
Info Session Registration Form: https://airtable.com/app4qAIy71wReoPDS/paguMgIHZTYUdyMoR/form
For more information: https://gem-net.net/join/undergrads/
Research - Quantum Foundry Undergraduate Research Internship Summer 2025
The Quantum Foundry internship program funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and hosted at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) is currently recruiting undergraduates. The Quantum Foundry is a next-generation materials foundry that develops materials and interfaces hosting the coherent quantum states needed to power the coming age of quantum-based electronics.
The deadline to complete the online application is Sunday, February 9, 2025.
Application Form: https://portals.csep.ucsb.edu/apply/training/application.php?Program=QF&Term=M25
For more information: https://quantumfoundry.ucsb.edu/
VA-PAVIR Summer Research Program For Undergraduate Students
The VA Palo Alto Health Care System (VAPAHCS) and the Palo Alto Veterans Institute for Research (PAVIR) are pleased to announce the inaugural VA-PAVIR Summer Research Program for Undergraduate Students. This eight-week summer research program is designed to stimulate and expand research interests in undergraduate students considering a career in research.
Application deadline: 30 January 2025
For more information: https://pavir.org/what-we-do/featured-projects/va-pavir-summer-research-program/
ISB Summer Undergraduate Research Experiences Program
ISB, an internationally renowned non-profit research institute in Seattle, Washington, is dedicated to studying and applying systems biology to unravel biological complexity. The institute aims to decipher vast amounts of data to gain valuable insights and achieve breakthroughs across scientific disciplines.
Summer 2025 - Preliminary Application Open December 5 - January 21
Direct link to the application: https://etap.nsf.gov/award/448/opportunity/10258
For more information: https://isbscience.org/careers/internships/summer-undergraduate-research-experiences-program/
Stanford Nephrology Pre-Renal Initiative
Stanford's Pre-Renal Initiative seeks to develop a thriving research training program in adult and pediatric nephrology and (benign) urology for undergraduate students with varying backgrounds. During the 10-week summer program, students work full-time in the labs of Pre-Renal Faculty Mentors.
Application deadline: 15 January, 2025
Application Process: https://med.stanford.edu/nephrology/education/prerenal/apply-now.html
Research - Stanford CVI Summer Research Program
The Stanford Cardiovascular Institute (CVI) is offering a 10-week Summer Research Program in Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Medicine for Undergraduate and Medical students. Summer research students will have the opportunity to work on an independent research project in the labs of Stanford faculty.
Deadline: January 10th, 2025
Submit your application here: https://stanforduniversity.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aV4hjxM6SuopTFQ
For more information: https://med.stanford.edu/cvi/education/cvi-summer-research-program.html
Internship - LCLS Internship Summer 2025
The LCLS has a well-established, paid 10-week summer internship program for undergraduate and graduate students looking for internship opportunities. Depending on the area of interest, intern projects may focus more on the research or development side of LCLS, involving students in hands-on laboratory projects, programming and data analysis, and/or some combination of the two.
Application Deadline: 02/10/2025
For more information: https://lcls.slac.stanford.edu/internships
UC Prospective Computing Transfer Support Program
A community of support for transfer student intending computing majors!
Email Sign-up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeWRMQhCLPyNfSv1ComPBKD0j_U_9y8W9CP_P9bMmiuuK4wgQ/viewform
Summer Programs - Cal Bridge Scholars Program
Are you a community college student interested in research and eventually pursuing a PhD? The research opportunities in all areas of physics and astronomy, computer science and engineering, and mathematics are available through the Cal Bridge Scholars Program.
Deadline for summer programs: February 1, 2025
For more information: https://calbridge.org/
2024 Summer Internships for Formerly Incarcerated and System-Impacted Students. Stanford Science Technology and Reconstructive Surgery (STaRS) (in-person Stanford campus)
Our shared goal through this program is to help exceptional young people find the challenges, excitement, and immense rewards that a career in healthcare and biomedical research provides.
Application deadline: 30 April 2025
For more information: https://plasticsurgery.stanford.edu/research/stars.html
SANFORD RESEARCH
This dynamic summer program allows you to apply your classroom knowledge by working in a laboratory under the supervision of a principal investigator and interacting with research teams that include graduate students and postdoctoral fellows.
Deadline to Apply: January 31, 2025
For more information: https://research.sanfordhealth.org/academic-programs/undergraduates/spur
The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program
The Cellular and Molecular Biology of Stress Summer Research Program at University of Wisconsin–Madison provides immersive, full-time bioscience research and professional development for undergraduate students as they prepare for graduate school and research careers in biology.
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
For more information: https://wiscience.wisc.edu/research/srp/
Research - Nature’s machinery through the prism of physics, biology, chemistry and engineering
The projects are designed to give participants a sense of the contributions that physical scientists can make to biological problems and the contributions that biologists can make to physical problems. The focus is on cross-disciplinary training.
Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2025
For more information: https://www.clemson.edu/science/academics/departments/physics/research/bio-reu.html
Mystic Aquarium – UConn Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Internship
Participants will spend 10 weeks with UConn faculty and graduate students, participating in graduate level research projects on project related to water, power, or transportation infrastructure.
Deadline to Apply: March 15, 2025
For more information: https://neurodiverse-reu.programs.uconn.edu/overview/
MORE OPPORTUNITIES
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UNDOCUSTEM
UndocuSTEM aims to support undocumented students in the fields of STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) through accessibility, opportunity, and resources by creating a program that promotes equity, racial justice, leadership, and career development. The UndocuSTEM program was founded by students, and funded through the LatinXCEL grant from the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
Arlyne - an UndocuSTEM Research Intern - who has worked together with volunteers to create an excel sheet to track all the available internships from this Fall. Take a few minutes to check it out!
Connect with UndocuSTEM!
Email: da.undocustem@gmail.com