Student Success and Undergraduate Research
Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR)Spring 2018 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research seeks to provide evidence for undergraduate research's impact on student success in academe and beyond
Spring 2018 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research seeks to provide evidence for undergraduate research's impact on student success in academe and beyond
Sandra Gregerman, director emeritus of the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Bert Holmes, Philip G. Carson Distinguished Chair of Science and professor of chemistry at University of North Carolina at Asheville, will receive the 2018 CUR Fellows Award from the Council on Undergraduate Research. The awards will be presented in early July at the 2018 CUR Biennial Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Crystal City, Virginia.
W. Fred Taylor, acting director of the Division for Research Capacity Building at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences, National Institutes of Health, will receive the Honorary CUR Fellows Award at an April 18 reception during the Council on Undergraduate Research’s 2018 Posters on the Hill event on Capitol Hill.
On April 18, 60 teams of students from colleges and universities across the nation will showcase their research at the 2018 Posters on the Hill event, sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research and the American Chemical Society.
Rachelle Belanger (U of Detroit Mercy), Amit Dhingra (Washington State U), and William Ensign (Kennesaw State U) honored as Mentor Awardees of the Biology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research
David Peak, professor of physics at Utah State University, is the 2018 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award, which consists of a plaque and $5000 for the recipient’s research program and/or undergraduate researchers, will be presented at the Biennial Conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research in July.
The Council on Undergraduate Research's new endowment will support a CUR Arts and Humanities Mentor Award as well as other initiatives to nurture arts and humanities research involving faculty members and undergraduates.
The Council on Undergraduate Research has selected California State University, Long Beach as host of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research in April 2021. Thousands of student researchers and faculty mentors attend the conference each year.
C. Brannon Andersen, professor and chair in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Furman University and adjunct professor in the Department of Environmental Engineering and Earth Sciences at Clemson University, will receive the 2017 CUR Geosciences Division Undergraduate Research Mentor Award.
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will present its 2017 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA) to Denison University, Hope College, and Florida Atlantic University. This annual award recognizes institutions with exemplary programs that provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduates.
Just published is the first issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), a quarterly academic journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research that features research on and assessment of undergraduate research in the United States and other countries.
The Ohio State University (OSU) in Columbus will host the Undergraduate Research Program Directors Meeting and Annual Business Meeting of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) in June 2019.
CUR announces the 12 higher education institutions selected for its Transformations Project (funded by the National Science Foundation)
CUR Code of Ethics for Undergraduate Research provides an important ethical guide for students, faculty, and administrators as they pursue undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities
Mark D. Marshall (Amherst College) Elected as Secretary to the Council on Undergraduate Research's Executive Board
Educational psychologist Ruth J. Palmer (The College of New Jersey) elected as a general representative to the Executive Board of the Council on Undergraduate Research
Iain Crawford, associate professor of English and faculty director of undergraduate research and experiential learning at the University of Delaware, has been elected to serve as president-elect of the Council on Undergraduate Research's executive board.
Sixty undergraduate/mentor teams from colleges and universities across the nation will present research at the 2017 Posters on the Hill event; researcher Sarah Caudill (UW-Milwaukee) also will be honored.
U Wisconsin-Milwaukee postdoctoral research associate Sarah Caudill will receive the Honorary CUR Fellows Award on Apr26 during CUR's 2017 Posters on the Hill event on Capitol Hill.
Julio J. Ramirez, R. Stuart Dickson Professor and chair of the Department of Psychology at Davidson College (NC), has been selected as the 2017 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee.
New report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for more systematic collection of data on undergraduate research experiences in STEM
Montana State University has been selected by the Council on Undergraduate Research to host the March 2020 National Conference on Undergraduate Research. At this annual three-day event, more than 4,000 students present scholarly research, network with peers and faculty mentors, and meet with graduate school and corporate recruiters.
Proposals are sought from higher education institutions to participate in a four-year project to create cohesive, research-based undergraduate curricula in biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology.
NSF grant will support five-year project to create cohesive, research-based curricula in biology, chemistry, physics, and psychology.
Council on Undergraduate Research announces awards to Furman University, Clemson University, and University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire for exemplary programs providing high-quality research experiences to undergraduates.
The Geosciences division of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) annually recognizes an individual with the Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. The awardee is an individual who serves as a role model for productive and transformative student-faculty mentoring relationships and for maintaining a sustained and innovative approach to the enterprise of undergraduate research. CUR is pleased to announce Professor Wendy Bohrson, Department of Geological Sciences at Central Washington University, the 2016 recipient. The award will be formally presented at the Geological Society of America Meeting in Denver, CO in September.
Scholarships designed to increase diversity in scientific fields at Duquesne University will provide six eligible students with full-tuition, four-year scholarships, starting this fall.
Council on Undergraduate Research Elects New Executive Board Member, Karen Havholm, University of Wisconsin- Eau Claire
Anne Boettcher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Elected President of Council on Undergraduate Executive Board
The Council on Undergraduate Research and the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation Acknowledge the Mentorship of Dr. Carol Parish, University of Richmond
A first-generation college student at Duquesne University has been selected for a prestigious Goldwater Scholarship Award for the 2016-2017 academic year.
A sophomore biology major at Duquesne University has won an American Physiological Society (APS) fellowship to continue her study of gender differences in chronic pain.
Duquesne University undergraduate researchers will participate in national, state and campus events this month.
A Duquesne University biology professor has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant of more than $1 million to explore how cells adapt to stress and changes in their environment by reorganizing existing proteins.
The Council on Undergraduate Research awards Planetary Scientist, Lujendra Ojha, at their Posters on the Hill Event for Undergraduate Research.
The Council on Undergraduate Research has selected Kennesaw State University to host the 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate research.
The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will be presenting Dr. Jeffrey M. Osborn, Dean of the School of Science at The College of New Jersey (TCNJ), and Dr. Jill Singer, Professor and Director of the Office of Undergraduate Research at SUNY- Buffalo State, the 2016 CUR Fellows Award.
Gaston College was announced this week as one of the winners of the 23rd annual Bellwether Awards at the annual policy summit of the 2016 Community College Futures Assembly in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The summit showcased competitively-selected leading-edge programs in community college practice worthy of replicating.
Working with faculty members in mathematics and biology, a Duquesne University undergraduate has created the first computational model to track the size, location and nuisance of feral cat colonies. This issue concerns communities nationwide that hold some 70 to 100 million unhoused cats and kittens.
On January 22, the Council on Undergraduate Research will be celebrating the achievements in undergraduate research at Allegheny College, George Mason University, and The College of New Jersey, at the American Association of Colleges and Universities annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
American Geophysical Union and Council on Undergraduate Research Partner to Advance Undergraduate Science Education
The imaging skills that undergraduates in Duquesne University’s biomedical engineering program used to develop a pothole-detecting drone now are being applied to spotting cancer cells.
A Duquesne University biology major received an Undergraduate Research Fellowship award from the American Society for Microbiology, the oldest and largest single life science membership organization in the world.
Council on Undergraduate Research Names Campus-wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments’ (AURA)Inaugural Class including Allegheny College, George Mason University, and The College of New Jersey
University of Oklahoma hosts 2015 CUR Professional Development Conference from June 23-25, 2015
ScholarBridge (www.ScholarBridge.com) will be one of the key sponsors at the upcoming Council of Undergraduate Research Undergraduate Research Program Directors Conference (CUR URPD) in Norman, Oklahoma from June 21-23, 2015.
Susan Larson, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Research and National Fellowships and the Credo Honors Program at Concordia College in Moorhead, MN, has been elected to serve as the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) President for 2016-2017.
CUR to Honor Champion of Undergraduate Research at Capitol Hill Event The Honorable Eddie Bernice Johnson to Receive Honorary CUR Fellow Award