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CUR's Physics and Astronomy Division announces the 2021 recipient of its Outstanding Research Mentor award, which recognizes mentors in physics and astronomy for their steadfast efforts in mentoring undergraduate researchers and involves nominations by colleagues and students.

Genevieve van der Voort is graduating from Vancouver Island University (VIU) with a significant accomplishment under her belt – she is the lead author on a research paper published in The Canadian Entomologist.​

The CUR Social Sciences Division announces the 2021 awardee for Excellence in Mentoring Undergraduate Research in the Social Sciences and additional Undergraduate Presentation awardees.

The CUR Education Division announces the 2021 recipients of its Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Awards and its Course (Re)Design Awards.

The CUR General Council will elect new members to the Nominations Vetting Committee.

The CUR Engineering Division announces the 2021 recipients of its Mentoring Awards and winners of its Student Video Competition. The mentoring awards recognize mentors who have influenced undergraduate research through direct mentoring of individuals or groups of undergraduate students in engineering research. The video competition is designed to highlight faculty-mentored undergraduate research projects in engineering.

The CUR Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division announces the 2021 recipients of its Faculty Mentor Awards, which honor mentors for their success in mentoring undergraduate researchers:

The CUR Biology Division announces the 2021 recipients of its mentor awards and small research grants. The division’s mentor awards recognize exemplary biology mentors for their long-term efforts in supervising undergraduate researchers, and its grants seek to nurture mentored undergraduate research projects that could benefit substantially from a small grant.

By the time Anastasia Kerr-German was a senior in 2014, she had already presented independent research at various conferences, delved into the rigor that goes into designing a research study and worked with three different Georgia College faculty in their research labs. It was those experiences in faculty research labs, that led her to pursue research in her own career—and she’s not alone.

The spring 2021 issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) focuses on dynamic programs and initiatives advancing undergraduate research at community colleges.