<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Aptos;
panose-1:2 11 0 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Times New Roman \(Body CS\)";
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;
mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#467886;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.m-3138334818379627432apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:m-3138334818379627432apple-converted-space;}
span.m-3138334818379627432ui-provider
{mso-style-name:m-3138334818379627432ui-provider;}
span.il
{mso-style-name:il;}
span.apple-converted-space
{mso-style-name:apple-converted-space;}
span.outlook-search-highlight
{mso-style-name:outlook-search-highlight;}
span.m-3138334818379627432il
{mso-style-name:m-3138334818379627432il;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style>
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#467886" vlink="#96607D" style="word-wrap:break-word">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Dear Graduate Students,</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Are you looking to add some teaching experience to your CV?<span class="m-3138334818379627432apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="m-3138334818379627432ui-provider"><span style="color:black">GS467-009</span></span><span class="m-3138334818379627432apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"> </span></span><span class="il"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Nanocourse</span></span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">SURF</span> <span class="outlook-search-highlight">Journal</span> <span class="outlook-search-highlight">Club</span> is
scheduled to begin in late May with a kick-off meeting. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">This course was created to give graduate students the opportunity to organize, moderate, and evaluate undergraduates who are participating in Upstate’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
(<span class="outlook-search-highlight">SURF</span>) program. </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">There will be an initial meeting for registered participants in late May (date/time TBD). You will meet with your undergraduate students during the week of June 2<sup>nd</sup>, when the program
starts. The program will meet weekly on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings and run for ~6 weeks until each<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="outlook-search-highlight">SURF</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>student has had a
chance to present.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Your responsibilities will be to organize the <span class="outlook-search-highlight">journal</span> <span class="outlook-search-highlight">club</span>, moderate each meeting, and provide feedback
to the students. If enough students register, there will be two organizers per <span class="outlook-search-highlight">journal</span> <span class="outlook-search-highlight">club</span>. If you are interested,
<b>please contact Andrea Cifonelli in the College of Graduate Studies (<a href="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu"><span style="color:#0078D7">cifonela@upstate.edu</span></a>) and register for<span class="m-3138334818379627432apple-converted-space"> </span></b></span><span class="m-3138334818379627432ui-provider"><b><span style="color:black">GS467-009</span></b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Best regards,</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">Bruce K.</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">-- </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Bruce A. <span class="m-3138334818379627432il">Knutson</span>, Ph.D.<br>
Associate Professor</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Director of Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (<span class="outlook-search-highlight">SURF</span>) Program</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">Codirector of Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program at SUNY-Upstate (PREP-Up) </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;text-align:start;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;font-variant-ligatures: normal;orphans: 2;widows: 2;text-decoration-style: initial;text-decoration-color: initial;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">SUNY-Upstate Medical University<br>
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology<br>
Weiskotten Hall<br>
Office 3223A, Tel. 315-464-8709<br>
Lab 3214, Tel. 315-464-8717<br>
<a href="mailto:KnutsonB@upstate.edu" target="_blank" title="mailto:KnutsonB@upstate.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">KnutsonB@upstate.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:#212121"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white;caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#222222">-- </span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Andrea Cifonelli (she, her, hers)</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Coordinator of Combined Programs and Special Initiatives</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">MD-PhD Program Coordinator</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">PREP-Up and SURF Program Coordinator</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Postdoctoral Affairs Coordinator</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">College of Graduate Studies</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121">Weiskotten Hall 3118</span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(33, 33, 33);font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#212121"><a href="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu" title="mailto:cifonela@upstate.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">cifonela@upstate.edu</span></a></span><span style="color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>