Dear BRK grad students, NSAC's Research Awareness Committee would like to invite you to a day trip to visit Northwestern University (Evanston, IL) on *Saturday April 19th, 2014*. Northwestern University is one of the country's leading private research universities, with an annual budget of $2 billion and sponsored research in excess of $500 million. Located on two lakeshore campuses - one in Chicago and one in Evanston, the first suburb north of Chicago - Northwestern enrolls about 17,000 students and has some 2,500 full-time faculty. It has a long history of leadership in interdisciplinary research programs and centers. More than 90 school-based centers and 26 University centers support interdisciplinary research that spans a wide spectrum of areas, including neuroscience, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and drug discovery. [ http://www.research.northwestern.edu/] The agenda for the day is as follows: 8am Leave Birck 9am Breakfast 11am - 1pm Northwestern University (Lab Tours I) 1pm Lunch 2am - 3:30pm Northwestern University (Lab Tours II) 4pm - ? Downtown Chicago (Dinner?) (agree on a departure time with your driver) If you are interested in going, please* reply to this email by April 16th*; availability is on a first-come, first-served basis (*limit 15 people*). We'll have 3-4 drivers; further information regarding transportation will be sent later. Email nsac@purdue.eduif you have any questions/comments. See you then! NSAC