Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research Issue Features Nontraditional Approaches
The winter 2020 issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) focuses on unusual approaches to undergraduate research.
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Winter 2021 CUR Social Sciences Division Newsletter
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2020 AURA Awardees: Georgia College & State University; Utah State University
CUR announces the recipients of its 2020 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA): Georgia College & State University (Milledgeville, GA) and Utah State University (Logan, UT)
Improving Online Teams for Undergraduate Research
Keeping undergraduate students engaged and energized in ongoing research teams is an activity made more challenging by the need to meet exclusively online. Dr. Nathaniel Stern, a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a dual appointment in Art and Mechanical Engineering, shared his experience working with online teams at a recent gathering of the Wisconsin Council on Undergraduate Research (WisCUR). Afterward, CURAH caught up with Dr. Stern to hear a bit more.
Honorees Announced, SPUR Best Article Awards (Vol. 3)
The SPUR Best Article subcommittee of the Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research Editorial Board has selected honorees in the inaugural SPUR Best Article Awards: Bruce Evan Blaine (St. John Fisher College, Best Article Awardee); Franziska Nikolov, Constanze Saunders, and Heike Schaumburg (Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin / Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena, Honorable Mention): and Mitchell R. Malachowski (Univ of San Diego, Honorable Mention)
CUR Biology Division Announces Recipients of Small Research Grants
CUR's Biology Division announced four recipients in its most recent small research grants cycle.
Michigan State University’s CREATE! Micro-Grant Virtual Exhibit Launches Displaying Winning Projects
The CREATE! Micro-Grant Program supported the launch of 12 student projects that analyze and respond to racial injustice and the struggles brought on by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. These projects, ranging from interpretive dance and musical performances to traditional Anishinaabe quill work, videos, podcasts, personal essays, and poetry.
Yale students research train safety during pandemic
Train cars in Connecticut may be modified for safer travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, thanks to the work of two Yale undergraduate students in the Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering.
CUR’s First Virtual UR Exchange Features Undergraduate Work across Borders; Ongoing Opportunities Available
CUR's first UR Exchange on Twitter on November 12, 2020, featured many inspirational stories of faculty-student research conducted during the challenges of the COVID-19 environment.
Student STEM Research Aims to Discover More About Breast Cancer Tumors
When biology major Anh Phan ’21 was a sophomore at the College of the Holy Cross, she was looking for “a way to apply my knowledge to real-life science,” and Professor Robert Bellin’s breast cancer research lab proved to be the perfect fit. Bellin is using an innovative device, a chip the size of a postage stamp, to create 3-D models that replicate the environment in a mammary gland, where breast cancer tumors can form.