Announcements
ADV Holds for Summer 2012 (2127) will be placed on Jan. 27th. Open enrollment begins March 19th. Please click here to request your hold be removed.
ADV Holds for Fall 2012 (2131) will be placed Jan. 30th. Your enrollment appointment date and time will be viewable in your student center on February 6th. Enrollment appointments begin March 26th.
You MUST meet with an advisor to have your Fall ADV Hold removed.
Click here to schedule.
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Advising CourseWeb Organization
Please check our NEW CourseWeb organization for important announcements and events for undergraduates.
*****************************************************2011 Neuroscience Club Officers
From left: Business Manager- Parth Patel, President - Matt Schaff, Vice President- Brittany Greco and Secretary- Natalie Boyanovsky. The Neuro Club has many exciting events planned for this academic year. Please email pantherneuro@gmail.com for more information!
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Check out www.omprakash.org!
Are you interested in volunteering abroad for cheaper, or even free? The Omprakash Foundation is a non- profit organization that understands the value of human relationships and the importance it can have in building a greater world. It seeks to build partnerships with grassroots health, education, and environmental projects around the world, and connect them with volunteers, donors, and classrooms that can learn from and support their work.
Omprakash acts as a network with which YOU can volunteer anywhere in the world! They offer volunteer grants 4 times a year which can make your volunteer trip virtually free! You can work with children, adults, the disadvantaged, in any field of your choice be it medically-related, education, social work, environmental issues, and more.
Check out the website at www.omprakash.org and if you have any questions, feel free to email Utsav Bansal, a former Neuroscience major and an Omprakash volunteer in Peru, at ukbansal@gmail.com.
Undergraduate Online Resume Review
If you have a resume that you would like Career Development to review, you no longer have to schedule an appointment! Simply send an email to resumes@pitt.edu with your resume attached and one of our counselors and consultants will get back to you with comments and suggestions on how to make your resume stand out from the crowd. Please allow 2-3 business days for a reply.
This service is currently for undergraduates – graduate level resumes and CVs are best served by walk-in appointments at Career Development.
Undergraduate Newsletter
The Department publishes a newsletter several times each term. The newsletter contains important course information, announcements of Departmental events, articles contributed by students, fellowship opportunities and more. To subscribe, click the link below. To contribute an article, contact the Undergraduate Advising Office.
Research Opportunities
The Department of Neuroscience encourages interested undergraduate majors to gain research experience within an active neuroscience laboratory. Most undergraduates who enroll in research for credit are interested in completing an independent project that results in an undergraduate thesis.
