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1st
Annual Utah Youth Summit on
Bio-Innovation - Bio-Innovation is a
leading force in the changing face of
medicine, scientific discovery, our
environment, and economic growth.
Bio-Inventions that can send and receive
signals from the brain are helping the
blind to see, the deaf to hear, and may
eventually help the paralyzed to walk
again. Bio-Sensors can tell if we are
sick or well, or even if we are about to
get sick! Bio-Imaging systems can peer
deep within the body.
Bio-Environmentalism can clean up
chemical spills and purify water and
soil with bacteria. Bio-Computing can
predict the body's response and spur the
progress of discovery. Utah is a leader
in Bio-Innovation, and it is one of the
most important aspects of our economy.
The 1st Annual High School Youth Summit
on Bio-Innovation will bring together
High School Students, Researchers and
Students from the University of Utah
College of Engineering, and Business
Leaders from Utah's Bio-Industry to
explore the opportunities and challenges
for Bio-Innovation in Utah. Come join us
to learn more about these amazing
technologies, and to meet the people who
are inventing them. Find out about
Bio-Innovations in Bio-, Chemical,
Electrical, Civil, Computer, Mechanical,
Materials Science Engineering, and
Computer Science. And then help us
explore the social and ethical
implications of Bio-Innovation in our
changing world. The Youth Summit on
Bio-Innovation will be the voice of
Utah's Youth in providing a
recommendation to Governor Huntsman and
the State of Utah about where YOU think
Bio-Innovation in Utah should go from
here. YOUR ideas, thoughts, challenges,
and opinions matter. Join us to make a
difference. Registration Deadline: May
15, 2008 REGISTRATION FORM Cost:
$25/student (scholarships available to
the first 25 registrants, additional
need-based scholarships available, visit
http://www.ece.utah.edu/~cfurse/summit/summit.htm
for more information).
Utah
Business Week - Utah Business Week
strives to educate students about a
free-market economy and prepare them for
the lives and careers that lie
ahead of them. This program is
teamwork-oriented and enables students
to work with their peers in companies
that will compete throughout the week.
With the assistance of an advisor,
students are guided through projects and
participate in a realistic business
situation. To supplement these
activities, business professionals are
invited from around the state to share
their expertise and give students a
first-hand glimpse of business in the
real world. This year, Business
Week will run from July 13-19, 2008 at
Utah State University.
Participants will get a glimpse of
college life and stay in new dorms and
use college facilities. Students
must be high school sophomores or
juniors to be eligible to apply.
Applications are due by May 30, 2008 and
may be submitted online at:
www.utahbusinessweek.org.
If accepted, students pay only $80 of
tuition for the week. Thanks to
generous sponsors, most of UBW costs
($500 in value) are covered.
Igniting
Creative Energy -A growing energy
crisis and a national discussion about
the future of our national resources are
bringing the impact of our energy
choices on the environment closer to
home. Here is your chance to be a
part of the solution. Enter the
contest following these simple steps: 1.
Think about how you use electricity,
gasoline, natural gas...energy (ex.
electricity, gasoline, natural gas
and/or if you could use less or how you
could help your community use less). 2.
Think of a creative new way to use less
energy. 3. Use your talents and skills
to create an exciting unusual project
that will communicate your idea to
someone else. Your project could be a
science project, essay, story, artwork,
photograph, music, video or web site
project. 4. Write a one page explanation
of how your project relates to the
theme. Be sure to include the following:
What motivated you to enter this
Challenge? What actions and ideas are
you trying to express? What is the
impact of your project in your life
and/or in the lives of others? 5. Make
sure your name is on your project. 6.
Complete the entry form. Make sure that
you have your parents or legal guardian
and teacher sign it. 7. Mail your
project, entry form and explanation to:
IGNITING CREATIVE ENERGY CHALLENGE
NATIONAL ENERGY FOUNDATION 145 South 400
East Salt Lake City, UT 84111 8. Wait
patiently. 9. Sit back and feel great
about doing something yourself to
conserve energy and help the
environment. 10. Grand Prize winners
will be notified. If you aren't selected
for the trip to Hawaii, no worries there
is always next year. Plus you may be
featured on the ICE web site for the
world to see. For more detailed
information visit:
http://www.ignitingcreativeenergy.org.
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