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July 5, 2018
Preparing Students for a New Learning Economy – from Jose Antonio Bowen
“The person [student] that does the work does the learning. And the new economy is the learning economy – rewards come to those that can learn new things.” — Dr. Jose Antonio Bowen
July 2, 2018
Assessment of Undergraduate Research – from David Lopatto
“…the high-impact practice of undergraduate research still provokes interesting questions for research on student learning” (Lopatto, 2010)
July 1, 2018
Undergraduate Research: A Right, Not a Privilege – from Freeman Hrabowski
CUR Biennial Conference opening plenary speaker Freeman Hrabowski (President, UMBC) shares his thoughts on undergraduate research for all students
July 25, 2017
CUR’s Code of ethics for undergraduate research
The CUR Code of Ethics for Undergraduate Research covers areas such as personal conduct of faculty members and students, organizational and institutional conduct, conflict of interest, and relationship of mentors and mentees
October 12, 2016
2016 GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Awardee – Wendy Bohrson
Wendy Bohrson (Central Washington University) is the 6th recipient of GeoCUR’s Undergraduate Research Mentor Award
July 26, 2016
2016 CUR Fellows Award – Dr. Jill Singer
Congratulations to Dr. Jill Singer, named a 2016 CUR Fellow by the Council on Undergraduate Research for influencing undergraduate research through her own research, through scholarly or creative projects with undergraduates, and through demonstrated leadership activities
November 11, 2015
2015 GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Awardee – Mark Wilson
The fifth recipient of the GeoCUR Undergraduate Research Mentor Award is Mark Wilson, Lewis M. and Marian Senter Nixon Professor of Natural Sciences and Geology at The College of Wooster
July 1, 2015
CUR Quarterly – a journal for undergraduate research mentors
“Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly [CUR Quarterly]… provides useful and inspiring information about student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship from all types of institutions.”
April 15, 2015
Undergraduate Research Week 2015
Whereas the week of April 11, 2011, would be an appropriate week to designate as ‘‘Undergraduate Research Week’’: Now, therefore, be it Resolved, That the House of Representatives— (1) supports the designation of ‘‘Undergraduate Research Week’’; (2) recognizes the importance of undergraduate research and of providing research opportunities for the Nation’s talented youth to cultivate innovative, creative, and enterprising young researchers, in collaboration with dedicated faculty; (3) encourages institutions of …