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NCUR 2025 to Take Place in Pittsburgh, PA

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) has selected the city of Pittsburgh to hold the 2025 National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR). In partnership with Duquesne University and the Pittsburgh […]

CUR eNews: Outstanding Opportunities for Faculty, Mentors, and Students

In this issue, you'll find information on: - Practical Tools for Sustaining Transformative Racial Equity in Undergraduate Research Programs Online Intensive - How to Get Involved with NCUR 2024 - Designing a Research-Rich STEM Curriculum Online Intensive - SPUR Call for Proposals - CUR Awards - and more.

CUR eNews: Amazing Opportunities for Mentors and Undergraduate Researchers

CUR Releases 2023 STR Program Participants

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) congratulates the following 41 teams accepted to be a part of the 2023-24 Scholars Transforming Through Research (STR) Program. The STR Program is a competitive application-based professional development opportunity for teams consisting of a campus representative and one to three undergraduate students.

UNT’s Fuchs Selected as 2023 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee

Dr. Jannon Fuchs, professor in the University of North Texas’s (UNT) Department of Biological Sciences, has been selected as the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research – Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award gifts $5,000 for the awardee’s undergraduate research program.

CUR Names Rhodes College’s Stoddard as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Awardee

Dr. Shana Stoddard, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College in Tennessee, has been selected as the 2023 recipient for the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.

Grinnell College’s Professor Garrison Selected as 2023 CURAH Awardee

Dr. John Garrison, professor of English at Grinnell College in Iowa, has been selected as the 2023 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) – Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee.

Spring 2023 CUR Psychology Division Newsletter

The Psychology Division of the Council on Undergraduate Research provides networking opportunities, activities, and resources to assist psychology administrators, faculty members, students, practitioners, and others in advancing undergraduate research.

Norwich University Announced as 2022 CUR AURA Recipient

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) congratulates its 2022 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA) recipient Norwich University (NU) (Northfield, VT). This award recognizes institutions with exemplary programs that provide high-quality research experiences for undergraduates.

In Memoriam: Brian Andreen, a CUR Founding Chemist

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) joins the community in mourning the loss of Brian Andreen (1943-2023) – friend, mentor, husband, father, a founding chemist of CUR, previous executive secretary, At-Large Division Councilor (1985-90), and much more.