Fortunately, they often arrive
with undergraduate research experience or possibly a Master's degree.
Not exact matches
Duke University places an emphasis on
research, providing students
with numerous avenues to pursue projects through
research grants, travel opportunities, and apprenticeships
with distinguished professors — and more than half of its
undergraduates take advantage.
The
research, conducted by a pair of University of Illinois psychologists, asked
undergraduates to report what changes they'd like to make to their personalities and then tracked them over time to see if,
with a little guidance and an active commitment to alter their personalities, they could actually do it.
Acknowledging that the American system of advanced learning,
with its openness, diversity, freedom from suffocating ideology and unmatched vitality, is the envy of the world, Boyer, through extensive
research, nevertheless confirms what every informed observer already knows: «the
undergraduate college, the very heart of higher learning, is a troubled institution» (p. 2) One's first thought is, Here comes ammunition for the next barrage by William Bennett!
Several of my
undergraduate and graduate students provided valuable assistance
with research and suggestions.
This
research base is balanced by the need to share our experience
with others through programs of training, consultation,
undergraduate, graduate, and continuing professional education.
CSIRO Agriculture and Food offers opportunities for postgraduate,
undergraduate and high school students to work
with our world - class scientists in varied
research fields and roles.
My own
research with undergraduates at my institution makes clear how entrenched such disengagement is.
«The fact that 58 % of athletes continued to play
with their concussion symptoms is troubling,» said Tracey Covassin PhD, ATC, and Associate Professor and
Undergraduate Athletic Training Program Director at Michigan State University, and an expert in sport - related concussions; «not from a
research perspective but from an educational perspective and safety concern for the athletes.
The program culminates
with students engaged in a year of
undergraduate research through
research concepts and capstone courses, in addition to extensive clinical experiences in Clinical Athletic Training V and VI.
One of the main problems that I was confronted
with on - site, and one which many social scientists encounter too, is that «traditional» Western theory and methodology adequately prepare
undergraduate and graduate students for carrying out
research in their own societies, but neither prepare them for dealing
with difficult
research circumstances, nor do they train students for conflict areas in post-traumatic societies.Such history (and political science) courses seem to be functional and have roots in European reality.
He obtained his doctorate at the University of Oxford, where he was funded by the Economic and Social
Research Council (ESRC), having previously completed his MA (
with distinction) at the University of Chicago and having read Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) as an
undergraduate at Oxford.
He carries out his
research with undergraduates — who don't stick around very long after starting a
research project — and collaborators from other institutions.
Hopfensperger works
with undergraduate students and community partners to conduct
research on topics including water quality, green infrastructure, greenhouse gas flux and invasive species.
She is also planning a follow - up study of other recent supernova impostors
with the help of an
undergraduate research assistant at UW Bothell.
Faculty members are expected to balance heavy teaching
with research that involves
research - inexperienced
undergraduate students and — typically — to publish the results of that
research in peer - reviewed journals.
Nomination applications consist of an
undergraduate research paper or papers and at least one letter of support from a person, usually a faculty member, familiar
with the student's
research.
Lab Girls begins
with Jahren accompanying her father to his teaching lab,
with table surfaces so solid they couldn't be damaged
with a hammer and includes her
undergraduate and graduate education, subsequent teaching positions and
research postings as far afield as an isolated Arctic Ocean island.
Applicants must 1) be
undergraduates with a strong interest in the biosciences and biomedical
research; 2) have completed 2 full years of college coursework by the time the internship commences; and 3) not yet have received their
undergraduate degree at the time of application.
Through a unique partnership
with community organization My Brother's Keeper, Inc., headquartered in Jackson, the CETC has established the Mississippi INBRE Service Scholars summer internship aimed at introducing students from Mississippi's primarily
undergraduate colleges and universities to public health and health disparities education, clinical practice, and
research.
«The audience largely comprises the Cambridge PhD and postdoc
research community, from anthropology to zoology,
with some
undergraduate students and also members of the local business community that helps
with the networking mix,» explains Vyakarnam.
Our program also includes an extensive
undergraduate component, an outreach component that provides short - term opportunities for biologists to enhance their quantitative training, and opportunities for graduate students to do collaborative
research with full - time staff and postdoctoral researchers at UT in computational ecology, or
with a variety of researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab and private firms.
Many
undergraduates have spent summers or part of their academic year collaborating on
research projects
with faculty.
Typically,
undergraduates come in the summer and graduate students come during the rest of the year for extended stays
with the purpose of conducting thesis
research.
His position at Drew, however, is
with a program called RISE (
Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti), which «offers undergraduates a unique opportunity to engage in research under the supervision of retired industrial scientists,» according to its
Research Institute for Scientists Emeriti), which «offers
undergraduates a unique opportunity to engage in
research under the supervision of retired industrial scientists,» according to its
research under the supervision of retired industrial scientists,» according to its website.
Shortly after my return from the cabin, I started working
with two
undergraduate students who were participating in a summer
research experience.
As the authors of the new UNC study write, admissions committees often assume that «[t] ypical selection criteria [such as] standardized test scores,
undergraduate GPA, letters of recommendation, a resume and / or personal statement highlighting relevant
research or professional experience, and feedback from interviews
with training faculty... correlate
with research success in graduate school.»
«This study provides the first good evidence,
with a large and diverse population of students, that such exposure through
undergraduate research has dramatic benefits for all students, substantially improving both graduation rates in STEM and overall graduation rates.
One of the few studies that has been done on the purpose of
undergraduate research came up
with mixed findings.
For teaching, your CV should list all courses taught; involvement
with graduate students (lab experiences, theses, dissertations — as a committee member and adviser) and noteworthy
research accomplishments of
undergraduates; supervision of postdoctoral scholars and researchers; curriculum development; advising load and work
with student groups, committees, or task forces; teaching and
research awards and other major accomplishments.
Although
undergraduate STEM
research has been de rigueur at major
research universities, public Minority - and Hispanic - serving institutions like John Jay have historically struggled to provide their students
with equivalent experiences and to keep them competitive
with their majority peers.
There was a time when it was unthinkable to encourage
undergraduates to attend these gatherings, but students
with documented
research experience (poster or manuscript) are highly recruited.
As a consequence, those countries
with inadequate physics
research facilities tend to lose their
undergraduate students to nearby countries that can offer more up - to - date and comprehensive training.
A new study in the Journal of
Research in Science Teaching indicates that undergraduates who participate in mentored research not only graduate more often with science degrees, but also attend graduate school and pursue STEM careers at highe
Research in Science Teaching indicates that
undergraduates who participate in mentored
research not only graduate more often with science degrees, but also attend graduate school and pursue STEM careers at highe
research not only graduate more often
with science degrees, but also attend graduate school and pursue STEM careers at higher rates.
Authors of the new study include SDSC's Goetz and Walker as well as Matthew A. Clark, who developed part of the software during his internship
with Walker and Goetz, as part of SDSC's
Research Experience for High School Students (REHS) program and later as an undergraduate research intern in the
Research Experience for High School Students (REHS) program and later as an
undergraduate research intern in the
research intern in the WMD lab.
In her current position at Colorado Mesa University, Varner is conducting
research with undergraduate students on projects ranging from the remote monitoring of pikas using audio sensors to the study of pika stress hormones.
Moriguchi earned his
undergraduate degree there and has co-authored numerous papers over the years
with Chifumi Sato, whose
research focuses on liver diseases and health promotion.
For example, invest some time and effort to improve your communication skills (by giving presentations at internal group meetings or conferences); your teamwork (by developing good working relationships
with your
research group, supporting
undergraduate students, or through external activities); and your project management skills (have a system for planning your
research and time).
Working closely
with undergraduates requires significant patience, both as a teacher and a
research mentor.
Search committees at institutions like mine are quite interested in candidates
with high - powered
research programs — as long as they make the case that they can translate that
research to an
undergraduate environment.
I had been an
undergraduate at Northwestern, and my college
research advisor, who had just written a dozen or so letters of recommendation in support of my residency applications, had discussed my career goals
with Northwestern's chair of pathology.
He began working in her laboratory and co-authored
research with her while he was an
undergraduate student.
With an
undergraduate degree in nursing and a master's in health promotion, completed in 1995, from TMDU, Moriguchi first worked at a health policy think tank in Tokyo and then in August 1999 joined the University of Tokyo's
Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology where he worked on policy issues related to drug evaluation and medical economics.
During that time, she received an International Summer
Undergraduate Research Fellowship (iSURF) to work in the Netherlands, and also interned
with General Electric's Center for Additive Technology Advancement.
She scratches it by applying for grants and running small
research projects
with undergraduates.
Before I interviewed for my position at Claflin, I thought about the kind of
research program I wanted to develop
with undergraduates.
With such an intensive
undergraduate education, graduate - level training was only
research — no coursework — and could be completed in 3 years.
In the United States, scientists and engineers at the
undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral levels are offered a range of educational opportunities at the University of California campuses in Berkeley and San Francisco, Stanford University, Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences; all these institutions have partnered
with the National Science Foundation to create the Synthetic Biology Engineering
Research Center.
Landeau, now a Marie Curie Fellow at the University of Cambridge, co-wrote the paper
with Peter Olson,
research professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Benjamin H. Hirsh, who was an
undergraduate at Johns Hopkins, and Renaud Deguen of Claude Bernard University in Lyon, France.
The concept of sugar - powered catalysis has also attracted interest at the House of Commons, when University of Huddersfield chemistry student David Austin — who has been working
with Dr Camp — took part in an event showcasing the UK's best
undergraduate research.