Got summer plans?
Spend your summer in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong or Singapore in a research-oriented internship at a high-tech multinational or startup company. In a new pilot offered by the college’s GLOBE program, students will be matched with college affiliates such as Microsoft Research Asia for a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Applicants must be engineering majors with upper division standing or above (graduate students are also eligible) and must be proficient in spoken and written Mandarin Chinese. Deadline to apply is MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9. For more details and to apply, visit https://globe.berkeley.edu/index.htm.

Eng4Kids
Engineering for Kids, which introduces engineering to local fourth through sixth graders, will be held on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21. The event is organized by multiple undergraduate engineering societies and will consist of hands-on activities to introduce important principles from a variety of engineering disciplines. For more information, visit http://pts.berkeley.edu/e4k/.

Save the date
Construction is almost over! Come celebrate the opening of the new CITRIS Headquarters building (next to Davis Hall) on  FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, at 2:30 p.m. Details at coe.berkeley.edu/citris-opening.

TXT ENGI
Ask a Kresge librarian your question(s) by texting 66746. Start your message with the keyword ASKENGI. A librarian will text you back an answer within two hours, Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Questions asked after hours will receive a response the next business day. For details, go to www.lib.berkeley.edu/ENGI/ txt_engi.shtml.

Ask an Engineering Student
Need advice about a class or professor? Curious about finding internships or research work? Worried about a grade? Interested in switching majors? Wondering if engineering is right for you? Send us your question (anonymity is fine, but please include your year and major) to engnews@coe.berkeley.edu. We’ll have it answered by one of our student volunteers and publish the answer in an upcoming issue of Engineering News.

IT for Society contest
CITRIS is proud to announce the fourth annual CITRIS White Paper competition, which will give away $30K in cash prizes for the best ideas that demonstrate the ability of IT to address a major societal challenge. All submissions are due 5 p.m.  March 23. Details to go http://www.citris-uc.org/Big-idea-deadline-2009

Get the complete College calendar at www.coe.berkeley.edu/events.