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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.

When the health and safety response to the COVID-19 pandemic caused the Department of Theatre’s entire 2020-2021 production season to be canceled, a group of Michigan State University Department of Theatre students created a series of new audio plays, each connected to themes of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).

A project to help us to conduct our scientific research in an ethically acceptable manner and to determine how well informed our student population is regarding the use of CRISPR to study genetic disorders and its application to treat these fatal conditions.

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.

Whether it’s the shifting of shadows around a sundial, the tick-tock of clock gears or the beep of a digital watch, we use man-made devices to tell time. But how do we perceive time? That was the question graduating senior Tristan Aft set out to better quantify with research that looks at how rats process time..

The Undergraduate Research Definition Task Force of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) announced an updated definition for undergraduate research, reflecting the broadened scope for undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative inquiry as well as attention to equity, diversity, and inclusion.​

Let your voice be heard. Make a difference. Give back to your community. Nominate yourself or a colleague for the upcoming CUR Council and Executive Board elections. The deadline for nominations is November 15.

Two Maryville College students have been granted a total of more than $9,000 through the Appalachian College Association’s (ACA) Ledford Scholarship to fund summer research projects.

Two fisheries and wildlife undergraduate students from Michigan State University designed and built a box that allows bird banding to be performed safely during the novel coronavirus pandemic.

The CUR Executive Board announced the appointment of Patricia “Pam” Ann Mabrouk, professor of chemistry and chemical biology at Northeastern University in Boston, as the next editor-in-chief of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), the academic journal of the organization.