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CUR welcomes proposals for the upcoming CUR open-access publication Confronting Failure: Approaches to Building Confidence and Resilience in Undergraduate Researchers (proposal deadline May 1, 2021)

When watching a production, a vital source—the dramaturg—is often overlooked. It’s the person who researches the history of the roles and setting, adapts the scripts and consults with everyone involved, so the production is on point. Senior Sachen Pillay is an integral member of Georgia College’s production team.

The winter 2020 issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR) focuses on unusual approaches to undergraduate research.

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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)​

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.

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's Biology Division announced four recipients in its most recent small research grants cycle.

We believe that the mission and vision of CUR is more timely than ever. Providing our future leaders with the necessary skills to question, collaborate, and communicate thoughtfully, respectfully, and effectively with a broad community will better equip them for an unpredictable future. We are preparing future leaders by building their self-confidence, nimbleness in the face of unexpected obstacles, belief in the need for supporting evidence, and so much more.