[LTER-education] Fwd: CUR showcases broader impacts of undergraduate student participation through Undergraduate Research Highlights

[Marty Downs]

Hi Education folks--
If you'd like to toot your site's horn a bit about the great research
opportunities we provide for undergrads, here's a nice way. The Council on
Undergraduate Research publishes a call for “undergraduate research (UR)
highlights.” Next deadline is November 11.

See below for more detail.
Cheers, Marty
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Beth Ambos <EAmbos at cur.org>
Date: Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 9:16 AM
Subject: Re: CUR showcases broader impacts of undergraduate student
participation through Undergraduate Research Highlights
To: NABI-L at po.missouri.edu

Good afternoon colleagues,

 As a reminder, the Council on Undergraduate Research publishes a call for
“undergraduate research (UR) highlights” four times a year.  These are
brief descriptors of peer-reviewed research published with undergraduate
student co-authors.

The next deadline to submit a “UR highlight” for publication is *November
11, 2016*.  For more information, please see:
http://www.cur.org/call-spr17-UGresearch-highlights/. CUR’s “UR highlights”
is a great way to demonstrate both evidence of dissemination, and the
broader impact of NSF-funded research involving undergraduates.

For ease in reading, I’ve also copied the pertinent webpage into this
message.

Regards to all, Beth Ambos

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Call for Undergraduate Research Highlights

Submit Undergraduate Research Highlights *by November 11, 2016*, for the
Spring 2017 *CUR Quarterly*. Undergraduate Research Highlights briefly
describe peer-reviewed research or scholarly work that has appeared in
academic journals, book and book chapters, Web-based publications, and
juried performances that have occurred within the past six months. These
publications must be in print and must include one or more undergraduate
coauthors. Undergraduate research journal contributions or conference
abstracts are generally not accepted.

*Submission Details*

1.    Submissions must be in the format as detailed in the sample below.


2.    Contributions must be submitted at this link
<http://members.cur.org/members_online/submissions/substart.asp?action=welcome&cid=204>.
Include the following items via the electronic submission form:

·         Title of the article and full journal citation (inclusive pp).

·         Brief description (3-5 lines) of the research and its
significance.

·         Title and department or program affiliation of the faculty member.

·         A brief description of the student coauthor(s).  Include the year
of study in which the student(s) undertook the work, the opportunity
through which the work was undertaken, (independent study project, summer
project, REU program, senior thesis project, etc.), and the current status
of the student (graduate school, employed, still enrolled, etc.).

·         The source of funding for the work.

Submissions not selected for inclusion in *CUR Quarterly* will be posted to
the Highlights portion of CUR's website.

*Questions?*

Have questions about the content of a research highlight? Email Highlights
editor Marie Graf
<annennis at georgiasouthern.edu?subject=Inquiry,%20Undergraduate%20Research%20Highlights>
Have questions about the submissions process? Email the CUR National Office
<cur at cur.org?subject=Question,%20Undergraduate%20Research%20Highlights> or
call 202-783-4810.


*Format, Sample Undergraduate Research Highlight*

Parker JS, Stewart GS, Gantt C. Research and intervention with adolescents
exposed to domestic violence. Fam Ther. 2006;33:45-52. (University of South
Carolina Upstate)

The present study examined characteristics of adolescents exposed to
domestic violence and tested a group intervention protocol utilizing
expressive writing (EW) as a coping method for this population. The
experimental group used "Positive Points", a list of personal strengths, in
the writing intervention based on the hypothesis that their use would
increase cognitive insight and positive word usage. A significant group
effect was found and all participants demonstrated positive overall
emotional change as a result of EW. Jennifer Parker is an assistant
professor of psychology. Gina Stewart and Courtney Gantt, both senior
psychology majors, participated in the research for independent study
credit. The research was supported by a USC Scholarly Research and
Development Award and a mini grant from the USC Upstate Center for
Undergraduate Research, which was awarded to Gina. Gina is currently in a
doctoral program in psychology at the University of Mississippi. Courtney
is employed and in the process of applying to graduate programs.




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