Special Project: RCMS: 1993 SACNAS Conference; Albuquerque,New Mexico; January 14-18, 1993

南美洲科学促进会将于1993年1月14日至18日在新墨西哥州的阿尔伯克基举行年度会议。会议的目的是鼓励理科本科生进入研究生院，以便获得从事研究和科学教育事业所需的博士学位。研讨会将描述数学、工程和生物领域令人兴奋的机会，并为这些领域提供强有力的榜样。会议将包括研讨会、小组讨论和有组织的小组讨论，旨在为学生提供职业咨询以及有关研究机会的信息。本科生将有足够的机会与自己所在民族和种族背景的教职员工互动；此外，每四名本科生将有一名研究生导师。会议将举办一场“社区科学讲座”，这是一场不仅面向所有与会者，而且还面向当地科学界和非科学界的科学演讲。作为1月15日周五会议的一部分，计划对当地高中教师和学生进行一次外联活动。与会议相关的参展商将是科学研究生院，以及提供研究职业的联邦机构和公司。对会议的许多方面进行了有效性评估，以期不断改进，这是这些会议在过去三年中出席人数显著增加的部分原因。会议记录摘要通过SACNAS通讯和其他国家出版物出版和广泛传播。

SACNAS, the Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, will hold it's annual Conference January 14- 18, 1993 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The objective of the conference is to encourage undergraduate science students to enter graduate school in order to obtain the Ph.D. degree necessary for careers in research and science education. The Symposia will describe the exciting opportunities in Math, Engineering and Biology and provide strong role models for these fields. The conference will contain workshops, panel discussions and organized small group discussions designed to provide students with career counseling as well as information on research opportunities. Undergraduate students will have ample opportunity to interact with faculty of their own ethnic and racial background; in addition, there will be one graduate student mentor for every four undergraduate students. The conference will have a "Community Science Lecture", a science presentation that is aimed not only at all the conference participants, but also at the local scientific and lay community. An outreach effort to local high school teachers and students is planned as part of the conference on Friday January 15. The exhibitors associated with the conferences will be graduate schools of science, and federal agencies and corporations that offer research careers. The many aspects of the conference are evaluated for effectiveness leading to continual improvements that are partially responsible for the phenomenal increase in attendance that these Conferences have had in the last three years. A summary of the conference proceedings are published and widely disseminated through the SACNAS Newsletter and other national publications.