Supporting Students and New Faculty Attendance at the Fourth International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals, and Melts; Cedar Rapids, IA; July 14 - 18, 2002

强烈鼓励新的科学家和学生参加第四届关于硼酸盐玻璃、晶体和熔体的国际会议。这次会议将于2002年7月14日至18日在亚利桑那州锡达拉皮兹的科学院举行。特别是，将积极寻找妇女和少数族裔成员并邀请他们参加会议。该领域将讨论许多最新进展，包括：能够探测硼酸盐玻璃中的中程有序的光谱技术的新变化，新的制备技术，新的非氧化物含硼玻璃和晶体的报告，硼酸盐的工业用途，原子结构计算机模拟的改进，以及相关晶体化合物知识的最新进展。这个项目最重要的方面将是本科生和研究生都非常积极地参与这次会议。我们认为我们的方法是合理的，因为它将导致：学生在专业会议上的参与比通常要强得多，来自不同研究小组的学生之间更多的科学互动，以及对那些从该领域经验丰富的优秀科学家的横截面发表演讲的人的反馈。50至75名学生的临界人数将鼓励他们充分参与会议。将安排几次针对学生和新科学家的讨论。我们相信，这种方法可以作为学生和新科学家参与未来科学会议的模式。***

New scientists and students will be strongly encouraged to attend the Fourth International Conference on Borate Glasses, Crystals, and Melts. This meeting will take place at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, IA from July 14-18, 2002. In particular, women and minority members will be actively sought out and invited to participate in the meeting. There are many recent developments within the field that will be addressed including: new variations of spectroscopic techniques that are capable of probing the intermediate range order in borate glasses, novel preparation techniques, reports of new non-oxide boron-containing glasses and crystals, industrial uses of borates, improvements in computer modeling of atomic structure, and recent advances in out knowledge of related crystalline compounds. %%%The most important aspect of this project will be the very strong student participation in this meeting, at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. We think our approach is justified because it will result in: a much stronger than usual involvement of students at a professional meeting, more scientific interactions between students from different research groups, and feedback to those who make presentations from an excellent cross-section of experienced scientists in the field. A critical mass of 50 to 75 students will encourage their full participation in the conference. Several discussion sessions targeting students and new scientists will be scheduled. We believe this approach may serve as a model for student and new scientist participation in scientific conferences in the future. ***