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Undergraduate Research Workshop Schedule 2020-2021

Fall Semester

The WVU Humanities Center and WVU Libraries are inviting all undergraduate students to be part of Campus Read’s story this academic year by submitting their creative projects or scholarly works to be considered for public display in the inaugural Journal of the Campus Read.

Faculty and instructors may encourage their students to apply during the fall semester by submitting their class assignments, theses, capstones or independently conducted scholarship pieces, as long as they engage in humanistic inquiry and address issues or themes raised in “The Girl Who Smiled Beads,” the 2020-2021 Campus Read. 

UReCA: The NCHC Journal of Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity is a multidisciplinary Web journal sponsored by the National Collegiate Honors Council (NCHC). Our mission is to curate relevant, progressive and academic content that appeals to undergraduate students in the United States and abroad. We are seeking works from undergraduate students who are engaged in relevant and intriguing research.

Categories of submissions include:

Abreanne Andlinger and Kelcie Britton were named WVU's first two Beckman Scholars. The Beckman Scholars Program is funded by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation. Read more about Abreanne, Kelcie and their research projects at: https://wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/2020/06/29/two-undergraduate-students-to-research-ways-to-treat-disorders-under-wvu-beckman-scholars-program

West Virginia University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) is pleased to announce the participants in the 2020 “Virtual” SURE experience to be held from May 26-July 24, 2020. Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the entire SURE experience, including 8-weeks of full-time research and the 1-credit coordinating research class, will be 100% online.  The SURE program is very appreciative of our WVU faculty members who agreed to continue to support undergraduates in virtual research this summer.

Participant

West Virginia University Undergraduate Honored by the Council on Undergraduate Research

Biochemistry major Megan Lauris and her faculty mentor, Dr. Samantha Minc of the Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery – School of Medicine Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, have earned the honor of participating in the 24th annual Posters on the Hill event, a selective poster session sponsored by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), based in Washington, DC. After reviewing 350 highly competitive applications from undergraduate students from colleges and universities nationwide, only 60 projects were selected for this year’s undergraduate research showcase.

Congratulations to Office of Undergraduate Research (UGR) Ambassador Oriana Ovide who discusses her journey to WVU and her development as a researcher in forensics. See her video here. We are proud to have Oriana as a representative for UGR.