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UCLA SCI | ART NANOLAB 2009

 

Sci Art NANO Lab Final presentations

 

7/17, 10am — 1pm, students from the Nano Lab, Sci | Art summer institute are presenting their final projects at the CNSI auditorium. They have been subjected to 2 weeks of lab visits, lectures by artists inspired by science and scientists inspired by art and were on a daily diet of sci-fi movies. Three groups of 15 students were lead by an artist / scientist team: Gautaum Rangan and Rita Blaik / Pinar Yoldas and Ron Lin / John Carpenter and Carlin Hsueh. Their final assignment was to come up with an idea that is “impossible” but based on science they have learned about in the program. Dr. Leonard Rome, director of CNSI and Dean of the School of Medicine will make opening remarks.

 

 

 

 

 

TWO-WEEK PROGRAM: JULY 6-17, 2009
APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 15 Midnight (PST)

NANO & BIOTECH LECTURES AND HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE

Access to scholars in 15 cutting-edge labs from 7 nationally top-ranked departments operating at the forefront of nanoscience research.

IMAGINE THE IMPOSSIBLE

Program culminates in a public presentation + exhibition of student’s think-tank research.

EXPERIENCE & PREPARE for COLLEGE

Earn 4 units of transferable UCLA College credits! Students have full access to all UCLA facilities. Work with scientists and artists in a multi-disciplinary context.

EXPLORE ART AND SCIENCE IN LOS ANGELES

Tours and fieldtrips to the Hammer Museum, the Basic Plasma Research Facility, The Jet Propulsion Laboratory, The Los Angeles County of Museum of Art, The Museum of Jurassic Technology and Venice Beach!





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The Sci | Art NanoLab is a highly competitive summer program for high school juniors and seniors interested in collaborating with diverse and notable minds to challenge traditional, polarized perspectives of the arts and sciences. Throughout the 2-week intensive program, students will make connections between cutting edge scientific research, popular culture and contemporary arts. Lab visits, workshops, hands-on experiments, and meetings with world renowned scientists will be balanced with visits to museums, daily movie screenings and meetings with famous contemporary artists who collaborate with scientists.

 

Small groups of students are taught by a scientist / artist team with frequent visits from faculty in wide range of disciplines. Sci | Art NanoLab students will benefit from exposure and collaboration with art and science faculty and students participating in this program's team-based interdisciplinary nanoscience research.

 

 

 

Application Process:

Admission to the program is by instructor consent. As part of the application process, applicants will be asked to submit a 500-word essay. For full consideration completed applications must be received by April 15.

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Although not required, we strongly encourage students to submit a Letter of Recommendation from a teacher or counselor. Recommenders may submit their comments via email to Adam Stieg: sciart@cnsi.ucla.edu

 

 

 

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Feedback from Last Year’s Students:

 

This program has encouraged me to think more creatively about the sciences.

I have learned so much and I am now inspired to participate in the arts and sciences. This was an amazing program!

This is the best summer program I have ever been to.

The fieldtrips and lab visits were amazing, I’ve enjoyed my time here and can’t wait to see where this program will be able to take students in the future!


 

 

 

 

 

Sponsored by UCLA's ART|SCI Center, Department of Design | Media Arts and the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) , the Sci|Art Nanolab focuses on multi-disciplinary collaborations exploring the possibilities and implications of scientific and technological innovation. Running in parallel with the NanoSystems Chemistry and Engineering Research (NanoCER) program at CNSI and the Design | Media Arts Institute at the Broad Arts Center