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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:
Read on: 2020 Summer Symposium Winners Full Article: 2020 Summer Symposium Winners
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.
4th Annual “Virtual” Undergraduate Spring Symposium -
Available April 16 Online
We’re living up to our pioneering Mountaineer spirit by taking
WVU’s Undergraduate Spring Symposium online! The "Virtual"
Undergraduate Spring Symposium represents an effort on behalf of the WVU
community that is both innovative and ambitious. It demonstrates a fortitude of
students, faculty mentors, and an administration that is undaunted by trial. It
is a testament to the mountaineer spirit.
The Symposium is designed to celebrate creative endeavors and research activities of WVU’s undergraduate students. The symposium will be online and interactive, launching Thursday, April 16, 2020 at noon and running through April 30, 2020.
The Office of Undergraduate Research has announced the recipients of the 2020 Faculty Award for Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research, that honors faculty members in four categories: behavioral & social sciences, biosciences & health sciences, humanities & the arts, and physical sciences & technology.
