News

The latest issue of the CUR e-news is available. Check out these stories:

• Register for CUR’s August 16 Webinar, “Creating a Meaningful and Measurable Assessment Plan”
• Now Available: CUR Code of Ethics for Undergraduate Research
• REU Site PIs: Nominate Students for CUR’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates Symposium
• Call for UG Research Highlights, Winter 2017 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research
• CFP, Summer 2018 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research: Diversity and Equity
• National Kickoff of “Beyond Doom and Gloom: Engage in Climate Solutions”
• CUR Event: Creative Inquiry in the Arts and Humanities Institute (Nov 2017; application deadline: Sept 25, 2017)
• CUR Event: Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs (Jan 2018; application deadline: Nov 15, 2017)
• CUR Events and Deadlines

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Lisa Nawrot (Psychology) attended the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) annual business meeting in Flagstaff, AZ, June 29-July 2. Nawrot serves as a Councilor in the Psychology Division.

CUR divisions include arts and humanities, biology, chemistry, education, engineering, geosciences, health sciences, mathematics and computer science, physics and astronomy, psychology, social sciences, an at-large division that serves administrators and other disciplines, and a division for directors of undergraduate research programs.

MSUM has enhanced institutional membership in CUR so any faculty or staff member may join and receive CUR benefits, including resources and discounted meeting costs.

For more information, visit www.cur.org, www.mnstate.edu/undergraduateresearch, or join the MSUM Undergraduate Research email list serve.

In this issue of the CUR e-newsletter:

• CUR President Susan Larson Advocates for Undergraduate Research in Fargo’s The Forum
• NAS Recommends NSF Develop Plan for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Research
• URPD Sponsor Invites Conference Attendees to View Tech Platform for Undergraduate Researchers
• Summer Undergrad Researchers: Apply for Travel Grants to the October National Diversity in STEM Conference
• Travel Grant Applications Due August 25 for Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
• Nominations Open for Geoscience Information Society’s Best Guidebooks Awards
• CUR Event: Creative Inquiry in the Arts and Humanities Institute (Nov 2017; application deadline: Sept 25, 2017)
• CUR Event: Initiating and Sustaining Undergraduate Research Programs (Jan 2018; application deadline: Nov 15, 2017)
• CUR Events and Deadlines

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The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) President—and Concordia College Professor—Susan Larson advocates for undergraduate research in the Fargo Forum.

In “Undergraduate Research Opportunities Foster Creative and Innovative Thinkers,” an op-ed in the June 14 issue of Fargo’s newspaper The Forum, CUR president Susan Larson (Concordia College, MN) called attention to the contributions of undergraduate research to the nation and the skills that it builds in students.

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Lisa Nawrot (Psychology) recently attended the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) business meeting in Tampa, Fla. Nawrot was elected to serve as a Councilor in the Psychology Division.  Read the rest of this entry →