NEURO Club Board Elections are this week!

Come to elections to vote on next year’s board this Thursday from 7:30-8:30 on BSLC Room 240!!

REMINDERS!!
🖊️Be sure to bring a pen to fill in your ballots!
🗳️If you are running for a board position(s), remember to prepare a short speech (1 minute maximum) about why you would like that position
🧠Reminder to fill out the Google Form (see our story highlights!!) to run for a maximum of 2 positions!

See you Thursday!!

Come to NEURO Club this week for a two-event night!

First, a couple of our board members will present on how to find and apply for summer funding opportunities.
Then, we will have a launch party for the first edition of Potential, NEURO Club’s student-run journal!

See you Thursday at 7:30 in BSLC 240!

Come to NEURO Club this week for our annual Neurophilosophy Debate! This highly-anticipated event has philosophy and neuroscience faculty debate questions like “Do we have free will?” Come out and invite any friends to learn different perspectives on numerous questions!

When? Thursday, March 2, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Where? Biological Sciences Learning Center (BSLC), Room 115

See you there! 🧐🧠

Come to NEURO Club this week for our quarterly brain dissection! We will be investigating and learning about neuroanatomy with real brains! Please sign up on the Google Form to claim a brain/indicate whether you would like to actively dissect or just observe.

FILL OUT THIS FORM!! https://forms.gle/aVPVDRVctyNkupD16

When? Thursday, 2/23, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Where? BSLC Room 216

Come to NEURO Club this Thursday (1/12) from 6:30-7:30 p.m. for our Welcome Back event of the quarter! We will be doing a mini “speed dating” event to let members get the chance to meet fellow NEURO Club members. If time allows, we will also have a short team trivia game! We will also have doughnuts and other snacks!

When? Thursday, 1/12, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Where? BSLC, Room 218

See you there! 🧠🎉🍩

Come to our final meeting of the quarter this Thursday to de-stress and paint before finals!

Paint and brushes will be available for everyone, but canvases will be limited. Show up on time to guarantee your canvas, but also feel free to bring your own if you have one!

See you Thursday! 🎨🖌️🖼️🧠

Get excited neurons because this week is our BRAIN DISSECTION event of the quarter! 🧠👀

This Thursday, we will be meeting in BSLC Room 438 for our brain dissection event! This will be a guided human brain dissection.

It’s possible that there will be limited space, so please sign up using the form here (also linked in our story/fall events story highlight!): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd1UPA3vOfNFJ9ybk7emrLv_OK8Ki6vl0tA4470vEpQWvXNKA/viewform

You’re more than welcome to arrive a little early, and we will see you Thursday!

Come to general meeting this week for TWO separate events! We will have two events going on at the same time this week:

1. Résumé/Cover Letter/Cold Email workshop: Come to BSLC ROOM 202 for this event! 📧📄🖇 There will be a short presentation on how to write and best prepare materials for getting involved in a lab, internships, and more! We will then have time for any questions you may have about your own materials, so feel free to bring questions or materials for feedback and advice!

2. CED Practice: Come to BSLC ROOM 205 for this event! 🧑🏽‍🏫📚🧠 The Committee on Educational Development (CED) will be practicing for an educational event this Saturday. Groups will practice their classes for approximately 30 minutes, and then board members will provide feedback on how to improve and best prepare. Non-board members are also welcome to attend, but please arrive on time so as to not interrupt groups in the midst of practicing a neuroscience lesson!

When? Thursday, November 10 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where?

BSLC Room 202 for the Résumé/Cover Letter/Cold Email workshop

BSLC Room 205 for the CED practice

See you Thursday for an event-packed night!

Come to general meeting this week for our first speaker event of the quarter! Dr. Christos lazaridis and Vivien Lu will be speaking about themselves and their careers in neurology. 

Dr. Christos Lazaridis is an associate professor of neurology who is interested in many facets of caring for critically ill neurological and neurosurgical patients. Specifically, he is interested in neuromonitorying and management of traumatic brain injury as well as neuro critical care ethics. Vivien is currently a neurology resident. The two will begin by speaking about themselves for 5-10 minutes each before answering any questions the audience may have about a career in neurology or related fields. 

We’re so excited for this event, and we hope you are too! See you Thursday! 

Come to general meeting this week for our mentorship event of the quarter! 

Mentors and mentees will meet one another and compete against other mentor groups in games! We will also have hot cocoa and doughnuts, so feel free to stop by!

When? Thursday, October 20 from 6:30-7:30 p.m.

Where? BSLC 202 

Haven’t signed up to be a mentor or mentee yet? Do so now at the link in our bio/story! (https://neuroclubuchicago.squarespace.com/mentorship)

Mentors and mentees will also be able to be paired at the beginning of the event if you are unable to fill out the form prior to the event!

See you Thursday! 🧠🔬🥼

Join us at our welcome back event for the quarter! We will have meet the board, jeopardy, pizza, snacks, and some prizes.

We will be in the BSLC in Room 202 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday this week and for our regular meetings this quarter.

See you there! 🧠🤩🥳

Come to NEURO Club next week for a chill study break with snacks! You can do work or just come to hang out, but this is a great time to ask any neuroscience-related questions to upperclassmen! 🧠📚🍿

Join us this Tuesday (5/17) at 6 p.m. in the BSLC Room 218 for our mentorship event of the quarter! In this event, we will be having an open discussion about navigating lab cultures at the College as well as how to grow and maintain mentorship relationships.

While this event is a mentorship event, it is open to all, even if you have not yet been assigned a mentor/mentee!

See you there!

Come to NEURO Club this Tuesday (5/10) from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in BSLC 218 for a senior thesis night! We will start by hearing about some of the research from our current seniors before moving on to talk about the thesis process as a whole in the neuroscience department at UChicago. Feel free to bring any questions/topics you would like discussed!

Email us at theneuroclub@gmail.com with any specific questions or topics you would like addressed! See you then!

Come to NEURO Club this Tuesday (5/3) from 6:00-7:00 p.m. in BSLC 218 for a cover letter/resume/cold-email/internship workshop!! We are going to be talking about what makes a good cover letter and resume, talk through how to “cold-email” professors/labs to get involved with research, how to find internships/labs, and more! 

Feel free to email us at theneuroclub@gmail.com with any specific questions or topics you would like addressed! See you then!

We will NOT be having a general meeting this upcoming Tuesday (4/26). Instead, the new board will need to attend a transition meeting from 5:30-7 p.m. in the BSLC 218.

Board will also be voting on class representatives. If you are wanting to be a class representative, please fill out the form that will be in the weekly newsletter. You will then be expected to come to BSLC 218 on Tuesday (4/26) and give a speech on why you would like to be a class representative. Voting by the board will follow.

If you would like to be a support cell, you do not need to attend this meeting. In order to be a support cell, you must first email theneuroclub@gmail.com and identify which board member(s) you would want to assist throughout the year. We will reach out at a later date letting you know if that support is needed/how to get involved.

NEURO Club board elections are happening at our next general meeting, THIS TUESDAY (4/19) at 6:00 PM!

We will be voting on our board for the next year, and we are so excited to have so many people running! With over 30 speeches to hear, it is very important to arrive on time, as we will need to start right at 6 in order to get through everyone.⏱👀

Also, please BRING A PEN! We will be voting on paper ballots, so bringing a pen is important. 🖊🖊

**If you are showing any signs of covid, please do not attend. Rather, please email, us and we can figure out a virtual option for you to hear speeches and vote on the new board members.