WisCUR 2020 Annual Meeting Minutes July 28, 2020 8:30-11:30 AM via Zoom Present: Cheri Barta (UW Madison) Earl Blodgett (UWRF) David Specht Boardman (UW System) Ana Caballero Mengibar (UWW) Catherine Chan (Exec Comm, Planning Comm, UWEC) Scott Cooper (UWL, Exec Comm) Julie Dresen (Concordia, Exec Comm) Kyla Esguerra (UWM) Carl Fox (UWW) Will Hoyer (UWPlatte) […]
Continue reading →Emily Ruder and Jacob Rankin traveled to Kenya in the summer of 2019 to perform field work on their research concerning charcoal production. You can read the full story in In Focus (opens in new tab).
Continue reading →Giorgio Sarro has been awarded the American Meteorological Society’s Father James B. Macelwane Annual Award in Meteorology! The award carries a $1,000 stipend and partial travel support to the next American Meteorological Society annual meeting.The Macelwane award is intended “to stimulate interest in meteorology among college students through the submission of original student papers concerned with […]
Continue reading →A big congratulations and welcome to incoming members Julie Dresen (Concordia University), Jalal Nawash (UW-Whitewater), and to returnee Cheri Barta (UW-Madison). Julie and Jalal will serve 3-year terms, and Cheri will serve a 2-year term. New board terms, including mine as incoming chair, begin tomorrow. Huge thanks to outgoing chair Catherine Chan for her service […]
Continue reading →In attendance: Cheri Barta, Catherine Chan, Scott Copper, Julie O’Leary, Nigel Rothfels Online undergraduate research celebrations Many campuses have successfully held online undergraduate research symposia this spring. Depending on the platform and other factors, different challenges may exist but the overall sense is that this format is worth further exploration. WisCUR colleagues are interested in […]
Continue reading →Congratulations to College of General Studies SURF student Jacob Grudnowski who has co-authored an article with mentor Mike Pauers that has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Fish Biology.
Continue reading →Congratulations to SURF students Marina Slawinski and Daniel Collison on publication in Science Advances with mentors Ionel Popa and Luai Khoury on their contributions to developing “soft robots” that resemble biological muscles.
Continue reading →Our annual undergraduate research symposium celebrates the collaborations of UWM undergraduate students with our larger research community. When it became clear that we would not be having an on-campus event this year, we decided to create this Virtual Symposium in its place. We have looked forward to this annual showcase as an opportunity to thank […]
Continue reading →UW-River Falls will host a Virtual Spring Gala to celebrate Undergraduate Research, Scholarly and Creative Activity on our campus this spring. Participants will narrate a short slide-show of their work, aiming to provide a 3 to 5 minute overview suitable for a non-specialist. Student can submit their proposals by May 30, to give them a […]
Continue reading →UW-Eau Claire is excited to announce that it will be hosting the 2023 National Conference on Undergraduate Research! We look forward to having more than 4,000 students and their faculty mentors on our campus to celebrate deep learning and the creation of knowledge. To read more about the upcoming event, please visit UW-Eau Claire’s news […]
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