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Furman’s Shields Selected as 2022 CUR-Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee

Dr. George Shields, professor of Chemistry at Furman University, has been selected as the 2022 Council on Undergraduate Research – Goldwater Scholars Faculty Mentor Awardee. The award consists of a plaque and $5,000 for the awardee’s research program.

Ball State’s Emeritus Professor Trimmer Selected as 2022 CURAH Awardee

Joe Trimmer, emeritus professor of English at Ball State University, has been selected as the 2022 Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) – Arts and Humanities Faculty Mentor Awardee.

2022 Fellows Awardees

John Barthell (University of Central Oklahoma) and Sunghee Lee (Iona College) are the latest Fellows of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) to be honored for their leadership and service as role models for those involved in undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities. Every two years, CUR Fellows Awards recognize two CUR members who have facilitated undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activities at their institution through mentorship and demonstrated leade​

2021 AURA Awardees: Elon University; Mercer University; University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

CUR congratulates its 2021 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA) awardees Elon University (Elon, NC), Mercer University (Georgia), and University of Wisconsin-La Crosse (La Crosse, WI).

Taking a Chance: Mason Ward’s research portfolio has earned him two awards from the Entomological Society of America

As a freshman, Mason Ward took a chance and applied to the Freshman Research in Plants Program with the thought that he would give research a try. Now, three years later, Ward’s extraordinary research portfolio has earned him two undergraduate research awards from the Entomological Society of America.

CUR’s New Chemistry Mentor Award to Honor RCSA’s Silvia Ronco

The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) and Research Corporation for Science Advancement (RCSA) announce a new initiative to support research within the Chemical Sciences in honor of CUR's past president and current RCSA Senior Program Director, Silvia Ronco.

General Education with a Twist: Material Culture Research to Festival of Student-Created Films

Hundreds of general education students embarked on integrative undergraduate research that resulted in student-produced short documentary films that were highlighted in an innovative student film festival during December 2020.

Music Therapy Students Present at the 3rd Annual Posters at the Georgia Capitol Event

Six Georgia College students were selected to present their scholarly work at the Third Annual Posters at the Georgia Capitol event. This is the second year in a row that music therapy students have represented Georgia College during this prestigious statewide event.

Fall 2021 CUR Education Division Newsletter

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VIU Anthropology Graduate Samantha Good Unearthed Skull at the Drimolean Palaeocave System in 2018

Smantha Good discovered the fossil, one of the best-preserved Paranthropus robustus specimens known to science. The excavation site was at the Drimolen Palaeocave System within the Cradle of Humankind, located northwest of Johannesburg, South Africa.