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<p class="MsoNormal"><big><b><span>The 30th Annual Hampton
University Graduate Studies Program<br>
at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility</span></b><b><span><span><br>
</span></span></b><b><span>June 1–19, 2015<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A<span>pplications are now being accepted for
HUGS 2015 to be held at Jefferson Lab in Newport News,
Virginia.</span><br>
<b><span>Deadline for Fellowship consideration is April 2, 2015.</span></b><span></span></p>
With support from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and
Jefferson Science Associates (JSA), the 30th Annual Hampton
University Graduate Studies (HUGS) Program at the Thomas Jefferson
National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) is scheduled to run
from Monday, June 1 to Friday, June 19, 2015. Students will arrive
on Sunday, May 31 and depart on Saturday, June 20.<span><br>
</span><br>
<span>The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is a summer school
designed for experimental and theoretical nuclear and particle
physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and
have at least one year of research experience in these fields.
Students who are well into a research project are also
encouraged to apply. The program is simultaneously intensive,
friendly, and casual. All lecturers are internationally renowned
and leaders in their fields. The students will be housed on site
at Jefferson Lab, and there will be many opportunities to
interact with Jefferson Lab staff, as well as the lecturers,
other graduate students and visitors. </span><span>Acceptance
into the program is competitive.</span><span></span> <br>
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<span></span><span>The 2015 school will focus on experimental and
theoretical topics of high current interest in strong
interaction physics. In particular, students will receive
excellent insight into the physics to be studied at Jefferson
Lab in the upcoming years, as well as related topics of interest
in nuclear and particle physics. Speakers and topics this year
include:</span><b><i><span><span></span></span></i></b><b><i><span></span></i></b>
<span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <span>·<span> </span></span><b><i>Dyson-Schwinger
Equation and Hadron Properties</i></b>, Ian Cloet (Argonne
National Laboratory)<br>
<span>·<span><i><b> </b></i></span></span><b><i>Nuclear Physics
Lattice QCD, </i></b>Will Detmold (Massachusetts Institute
of Technology)<br>
<span>·<span><i><b> </b></i></span></span><b><i>QCD Structure
of the Nucleon and Spin Physics,</i></b> Zhong-bo Kang (Los
Alamos National Laboratory)<br>
<span>·<span><i><b> </b></i></span></span><b><i>Parity-Violating
Electron Scattering Experiments, </i></b>Juliette Mammei
(University of Manitoba)<br>
<span>·<span> </span></span><b><i>Meson Spectroscopy – </i></b>Matt
Shepherd
(Indiana University)<br>
<span>·<span> </span></span><b><i>LHC – Heavy Ion Physics – </i></b>Bolek
Wyslouch (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)</p>
<span>In addition to the main lectures, the school will offer
topical seminars by Jefferson Lab researchers. At the end of the
school, and as an integral part of it, students will have the
opportunity to present a short seminar on their current
research.</span><span></span>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>We will be able to offer a limited
number of fellowships that will cover room and board. In
addition to these, we are proud to announce the </span><b><i><span>JSA/HUGS
International Fellowship for Graduate Students in
Developing Countries</span></i></b><i><span> </span></i><span>supported
by the JSA Initiatives Fund Program. Under this fellowship we
will be able to support one graduate student from a developing
country, fully covering travel expenses (including
international airfare), room, board and an additional week at
Jefferson Lab to meet with the laboratory researchers and
users, and to initiate or strengthen a research collaboration.</span><span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span>To apply to the HUGS 2015 at Jefferson
Lab summer school, please visit </span><span><a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="http://www.jlab.org/hugs/s">http://www.jlab.org/hugs/</a></span><span>
and submit along with your personal data, a letter of request
for consideration of acceptance into the program, and arrange
for one letter of recommendation (ideally from your Ph.D.
advisor) to be separately sent at the address below.
Submission as such will automatically place the student in the
standard fellowship competition. To be considered for the </span><i><span>JSA/HUGS
International Fellowship for Graduate Students in Developing
Countries<b> </b></span></i><span>an additional motivation
letter should be sent to Prof. Alberto Accardi (<a
moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:accardi@jlab.org">accardi@jlab.org</a>) and Dr.
Cesar Fernandez-Ramirez (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:cesar@jlab.org">cesar@jlab.org</a>) addressing
the research interests of the candidate.</span><span> </span><b><span>The
deadline for application submission is April 2, 2015</span></b><span>.
Applications will still be accepted after this date but will
not be included in the fellowship competition. <b>Students
will be notified by April 20, 2015 of acceptance.<br>
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<p class="MsoBodyTextIndent"><span>You are welcome to forward all
inquiries to:<span> <br>
</span></span>HUGS 2015<br>
<span></span>Jefferson Laboratory<br>
<span></span>Attn: Mary Fox, Suite 1, MS-12H2<br>
<span></span>12000 Jefferson Ave. Newport News, VA 23606<br>
<span></span><span>Phone: (757) 269-6263 Fax: (757) 269-7002<br>
</span><a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:HUGS@jlab.org">HUGS@jlab.org</a>
; <a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="http://www.jlab.org/hugs/">http://www.jlab.org/hugs/</a></p>
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