Wednesday, January 27, 2010

"Check Your Label" symposium -February 5th

The Kelley School of Business at Indiana University presents “Check Your Label: Elements of Conscious Consumerism” on Friday, February 5. This symposium, to be held at the IU Auditorium in the heart of campus, will offer perspectives on the local and global impact of our buying choices.

Speakers will discuss successful business models that offer options for sustainable living for all workers on the supply chain, and will offer inspiring stories of operating a thriving business with a goal of social change.

Please register online for the Check Your Label symposium. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at IU Auditorium at 1:30pm.
https://kelley.iu.edu/ugrad/secure/precollege/checkyourlabel/

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Godel, Escher, Bach reading group on line

There's an online reading group for Godel, Escher, Bach on Tumblr (appropriately called
Godel, Escher, Bach, Tumblr). Thought some people would be interested:

http://godelescherbach.tumblr.com/

Sign up to be a contributor:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Call for papers- IU Linguistics Club

Call for Papers
Indiana University Linguistics Club Working Papers Online (vol. 10)
Deadline: February 15, 2010

The IULC will continue to accept submissions for Volume 10 of its Working Papers Online. The deadline for Volume 9 is February 15, 2010.

Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members from all departments are encouraged to submit original papers in linguistics.
Submissions resulting from term papers written for classes or as a result of independent studies are welcome.

Students are particularly encouraged to submit manuscripts that they intend to publish in a journal in the future and to use the IULC Working Papers Online as a stepping stone to a full-fledged journal submission through the review and revision process.

We accept both paper submission and electronic submission.
For detailed instructions on submission, please see our website at https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/

If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact us at iulcwp@indina.edu.

Abbie Hantgan
Associate Editor
IULC Working Papers Online
Department of Linguistics
Indiana University
https://www.indiana.edu/~iulcwp/

Thursday, January 14, 2010

New SOCS website

IU SOCS: http://www.indiana.edu/~iusocs/

Student Organization for Cognitive Science
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What is SOCS?The Student Organization for Cognitive Science (SOCS) aims to provide a community for burgeoning Cognitive Science students at Indiana University. We organize several events throughout the year, including:

movie nights
professor dinners
TED parties
discussion groups
Please check our events page for a constantly updated calendar of SOCS activities and Cognitive Science Program colloquia and lectures.

The Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference (MUCSC) is an annual SOCS event. Last year the conference attracted young scholars from several midwestern universities. Professor Douglas Hofstadter presented the keynote address. Planning for MUCSC 2009 is underway, and abstracts must be submitted by February 28, 2010. For more information, see the MUCSC site.

iCogSci is an online resource for undergraduate Cognitive Science students and features the Indiana Undergraduate Journal of Cognitive Science. SOCS members are highly encouraged to participate in the journal review process and to contribute in whatever ways possible.

E-mail ListTo subscribe to our mailing list, please send a message with "subscribe socs-l" to listserv@indiana.edu. We also recommend you subscribe to Cognoscente, the departmental mailing list, by sending "subscribe cognoscente" to listserv@indiana.edu

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Conference Opportunity for COGS Undergraduates

The Indiana University Student Organization for Cognitive Science and the Indiana University Cognitive Science Program are pleased to announce the Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference on the weekend of April 11-12, 2009 in Bloomington, Indiana.

This conference is organized to provide the next generation of cognitive scientists an opportunity to present their research to their peers from across the Midwest.

Adina Roskies , Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Dartmouth College, will be delivering the keynote address on topics in neuroethics on Saturday, April 11.

Potential speakers should send a 250-500 word abstract to cogsconf@indiana.edu by March 1, 2010. Applicants should indicate whether they wish to present a talk, poster or either. Talks will be up to 15-minutes in length, followed by a short question and answer session. Posters will be showcased during an one-hour session and presenters must be present to answer questions.

Abstracts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee and notifications will be sent via e-mail by March 11, 2010.

The conference will have no registration fee. However, transportation and lodging arrangements will be the responsibility of the participants.

Further details will be announced as the conference date grows closer. To be placed on our mailing list, send a message to listserv@indiana.edu with the body "subscribe cogsconf-l". If there are any questions please contact cogsconf@indiana.edu. Please forward and distribute this announcement.
Thank you,
Jaimie Murdock
MUCSC Chair
cogsconf@indiana.edu
http://www.indiana.edu/~iusocs/mucsc/