Significant Opportunities in Atmospheric Research U.S. Census Bureau
and Science (SOARS)–UCAR Suitland, Maryland
Boulder, Colorado
Number of Positions: Multiple
Number of Positions: 8
Type of Student: BS/BA/MS/MA/PhD
Type of Student: Undergraduate
Deadline: Continuous
Deadline: February 1, 2009
The U.S. Census Bureau has several summer and cooperative edu-
(SOARS) is a paid summer internship program for students inter-
cation positions for candidates interested in producing our nation’s
ested in the atmospheric and related sciences. The program provides
official economic and demographic statistics. Interns/co-ops may
up to four years of paid summer research, mentoring, community
work on a variety of applications, including survey design and
support, and funding for undergraduate and graduate education.
analysis, evaluation of nonsampling errors, and coverage and mea-
Students from many disciplines are invited to apply their expertise
surement error and analysis. These positions require excellent com-
to understanding the Earth’s atmosphere and to use that under-
munication and interpersonal skills and knowledge in one or more
standing to improve life. SOARS seeks to involve more students
of the following areas: sampling techniques, experimental design,
from historically under-represented groups in the sciences, includ-
times series analysis, regression analysis, linear models, exploratory
ing African-American, American Indian or Alaska Native, Hispanic
data analysis, statistical inference, statistical analysis, statistical com-
or Latino, female, students with disabilities, and first-generation col-
puting, and applied probability. U.S. citizenship is required. The
lege students. Protégés work with a team of scientists at the National
U.S. Census Bureau is an Equal Opportunity Employer. To apply,
Center for Atmospheric Research and partnering laboratories on a
visit
www.census.gov. Click on Jobs@Census and go to Student and
project matched to their interests and skills. They perform original
Research Opportunities. Choose either Student Career Experience
research, prepare a scientific paper, and present their research at a
Program or Student Temporary Employment Program.
colloquium. Housing in Boulder and transport to and from Boulder
Contact: Katherine Clements, Human Resources Division, U.S.
is provided.
Census Bureau, 4600 Silver Hill Road, Washington, DC, 20233;
Contact: SOARS Office, P.O. Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80305;
(301) 763-3371; (301) 763-4706 (fax); katherine.l.clements@
(303) 497-8622; (303) 497-8629 (fax);
soars@ucar.edu; www.soars.
census.gov
ucar.edu
Wyeth
Travelers Insurance Cambridge, Massachusetts; Collegeville, Pennsylvania; Pearl
Hartford, Connecticut River, New York
Number of Positions: 12–16 Number of Positions: 5
Type of Student: Graduate Type of Student: Statistics/biostatistics graduate students (at least
Deadline: January 15, 2009
two years of completed graduate work required)
Deadline: March 1, 2009
Travelers Insurance is offering summer internships that will allow
students to apply statistical techniques to real business problems. The program will be 10 to 16 weeks, commencing as early as April
Students will work with the research and statistical modeling staff and ending as late as December. The intern’s project will be related
engaged in data mining, predictive modeling, and other actuarial to either preclinical or translational medicine or clinical statistics.
research applying advanced statistical tools. Interns will use SAS and The intern will receive one-on-one supervision from an experi-
other software tools to retrieve and summarize data in preparation enced statistician in the pharmaceutical industry. The projects will
for analysis. They will perform statistical analyses using statistical include hands-on learning of the typical responsibilities of a statisti-
software and be expected to interpret the results, identify signifi- cian working in biopharmaceuticals and include a research-focused
cant outcomes, and produce reports to explain findings. Effective project. At the completion of the internship, interns will present a
communication skills and the ability to work as part of a modeling summary of their work to the biostatistics group. Applicants must
team are critical. The types of business problems considered may have completed at least two semesters of graduate work in statis-
include analyzing the profitability of individual customers, finding tics; more is preferred. In addition, applicants should have working
marketing opportunities, identifying fraudulent claims, and predict- knowledge of SAS, S plus, or other statistical software and good
ing ultimate costs of insurance claims. Travelers is the fourth-largest communication skills.
publicly held property and casualty insurance company (#93 on
Contact: Apply online at
https://wyeth.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/
Fortune 500) and boasts one of the largest research and develop-
login.cfm and use Keyword Search: 22491. For more information, visit
ment teams in the industry. For the second year in a row, Travelers
www.wyeth.com. n
has been named by Business Week as one of the “Best Places to
Launch a Career.”
Contact: Submit application to
http://travelers.com/corporate-info/
careers/index.aspx using Job Opening ID 787279
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