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Four members of the Council on Undergraduate Research receive national awards for excellence in research and teaching.

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CUR Executive Board Member and Penn State Associate Professor of Earth Science receives award for teaching excellence.

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The Council on Undergraduate Research receives grant from the National Science Foundation to assist colleges and universities to develop undergraduate research programs.

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CUR and NCIA have received a $360,000 grant to assist community colleges in developing undergraduate research programs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

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An invasive shrub that is crowding out native species of plants and animals across the United States is being investigated this summer by three Valparaiso University students, whose research findings could help protect the native ecosystem. The research is taking place at Pierce Cedar Creek Institute, an ecological field station in southwestern Michigan.

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The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) announced today that they are joining forces to form a new organization to strengthen the promotion of research at the undergraduate level.

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Transformative research "“ experimentation driven by ideas that have the potential to radically change our understanding of an important existing scientific concept or leading to the creation of a new paradigm or field of study "“ was the subject of a recent conference of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), in Snowbird, Utah.

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A Valparaiso University researcher, Dr. Gary Morris, and two undergraduate students are traveling to Japan to study the impact of China's steps to reduce air pollution and shed light on how emissions from China affect other nations.

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A solar energy research team from Valparaiso University's College of Engineering will return to Switzerland this summer to continue testing the potential of harnessing the sun's energy for industrial applications.

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Panelists offer strategies for expanding undergraduate research, breaking down barriers for underrepresented students successes at community colleges, minority-serving institutions, research universities cited.

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The co-editor of the newly published Broadening Participation in Undergraduate Research: Fostering Excellence and Enhancing the Impact and other panelists discuss proven ways to expand undergraduate research; encourage study and careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics; and expand opportunities for undergraduate research by underrepresented ethnic and racial minorities, students with disabilities, females, students of low socioeconomic status, and others.

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The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) will welcome nearly 80 undergraduate students from across the nation to Capitol Hill for their annual Posters on the Hill event on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. The students will present the results of their independent research in diverse fields, displaying their research posters to Members of Congress, federal agency funding officers, members of the press and invited guests.

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To individuals on the autism spectrum, the world often seems incoherent, and actions such as banging one's head against the wall or stomping feet are the only way for them to provide the focus needed to make sense of things. But, as a result of efforts of Valparaiso University engineering students over the past two years, people suffering from autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may find relief from these sorts of potentially harmful actions.

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Valparaiso University's Department of Physics and Astronomy is celebrating a milestone this year as one of only a handful of non-Ph.D. granting institutions to receive 25 years of continuous research funding from the U.S. Department of Energy, with recent renewal of that research support for another three years.

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Undergraduate nursing students from Valparaiso University are involved in a multi-year partnership with a rural Nicaraguan village to address health inequities related to gender, ethnicity and socioeconomic status. The program includes a health assessment based on the community's input and health initiatives implemented in close coordination with the community.

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A Valparaiso University student has been invited to make a presentation at an annual meeting of the world's largest organization of critical care professionals on his research related to an amino acid that could help surgery and trauma patients. Valparaiso is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

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The Council on Undergraduate Research presents the CUR Fellows award to two outstanding professors and researchers.

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Recently-published research by a Valparaiso University business professor and undergraduate student indicates that stewardship, community-building and other traits associated with servant leadership may give a boost to the effectiveness of leaders.

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At a time when the country is looking for research-based solutions to its most pressing problems"”finding renewable energy sources, addressing climate changes and advancing conservation efforts"”it must encourage and champion promising practices. Involving undergraduate students in research and scholarship fosters an engaged learning practice and provides a vehicle for creating new knowledge.

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Traditionally, it has not been common for undergraduate students to present their work at conferences that draw national and international researchers, but a number of UA students are doing just that.

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A Valparaiso University biology major and his faculty adviser will discuss how native wildflowers may be able to survive the onslaught of a poisonous invasive weed during a presentation at the annual conference of the Ecological Society of America in August. Valparaiso is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

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Research by a Valparaiso University geography professor and his students lends support to evidence the first humans to settle the Americas came from Europe, rather than crossing a Bering Strait land-ice bridge. Valparaiso's research shows the Kankakee Sand Islands "“ a series of hundreds of small dunes in the Kankakee River area of Northwest Indiana and northeastern Illinois "“ were created 14,500 to 15,000 years ago and that the region could not have been covered by ice as previously thought.

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A research team from Valparaiso University's College of Engineering will take a solar reactor they've designed and built from scratch to Switzerland next month to begin a series of tests at one of the world' premier solar energy research institutes. Valparaiso is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

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Nearly eighty college students from across the nation will visit Capitol Hill today to share impressive and varied research projects, which were supported by federal funds, with Members of Congress, their peers, federal agency representatives and others. The Council for Undergraduate Research (CUR) will welcome these students"”chosen from hundreds of applicants"”at their annual "Posters on the Hill" event.

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Six undergraduate women students from the University of Arizona have been selected to present the results of their work at Experimental Biology 2008, a meeting that brings together professional research societies and associations as well as 13,000 scientists from around the world.

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A Valparaiso University chemistry professor and his students are working to develop an improved method of synthesizing carbon rings that are essential components of thousands of organic molecules used by humans.

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Hope College is one of only a dozen colleges and universities nationwide and the only institution in Michigan selected by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to implement a new genomics course that will involve incoming freshmen in cutting-edge research during their first semester in college.

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Two University of Wisconsin-Stout students have developed a warm-weather garment lining for pants that can be removed without removing the wearer's pants or shoes.

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Valpariso University will unveil an updated online map of nearly 200 bias-motivated incidents that have taken place in Northwest Indiana since 1990 at a summit. The summit, will highlight the work of undergraduate students working with the campus Community Research and Service Center in tracking bias-motivated incidents.

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A Valparaiso University biochemistry student has helped make a key discovery in a class of proteins that could play a critical role in designing better treatments for diseases associated with disrupted circadian rhythm "“ the roughly 24-hour cycle a person's body goes through.

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Valparaiso University, a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research, computer engineering student Josh Wood will present the results of research that could lead to improvements in the performance of microprocessors "“ which provide the brainpower for computers and an increasing array of consumer electronic devices such as iPods "“ at two professional conferences this winter.

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A National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that, for the first time, will bring an international, interdisciplinary team together to address a significant regional problem with global change implications, was awarded to Hamilton College, a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research. This is the only planned Antarctic expedition of its kind that combines this breadth of disciplines on one vessel.