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September 10, 2024
Graduating Fall 2024 seniors: This is your LAST CALL to apply for a Distinction in Research or Distinction of Excellence in Research from CURS. Both distinctions celebrate a student's active engagement in the process of Discovery, Investigation, and Innovation far above and beyond the baccalaureate degree and are noted on the Official Transcript. Awardees receive a lavender honor cord in recognition of the Distinction in Research and a medallion for the Distinction of Excellence to be worn during graduation. Click here for more information on eligibility criteria.
Read MoreNovember 13, 2024
Join us in celebration of all AU faculty, undergraduate and graduate student authors on Nov. 19 4:00 – 6:00 pm in the Greenblatt Library.
Read MoreOctober 15, 2024
Registration for Spring 2025 is upon us! If you are starting or continuing undergraduate research in Spring, please email curs@augusta.edu with a request to be registered in an Undergraduate Research (UR) course. Be sure to contact us prior to the Add/Drop date (Jan 10). All students engaging in research experience need to be enrolled in a UR course (either a CURS or a departmental 2990, 3990, or 4990 course) for a full term or half term (2nd 8 Weeks). *Please check with the Registrar’s website for any updates on deadlines.* Faculty, if you plan to mentor a student in Spring 2025 then they must be registered for one of the above courses. These are PERMISSION ONLY; please email curs@augusta.edu so CURS can grant permission and enroll the students. Which CURS course? 2990 = No prior research experience, 3990 = 1 semester of research experience, 4990 = more than 2 semesters of research experience. JagUR REGISTRY. Each semester, after course enrollment, students need to sign up in the JagUR Student Registry . This registry acts as an ongoing directory of undergraduate researchers and tells us more about you and your specific project. For more info on how UR courses work, see our Getting Started page.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024
Please save the date for the 25th Annual Undergraduate Research and Fine Arts (URFA) Conference. This year, the conference will be held on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. Faculty, please consider using the conference as professional development for your students and build in time in your SPRING SYLLABUS for your students to attend and participate in your Spring 2025 classes. We can provide you with sample assignments to use in your class. More information will be posted as we move closer to the event.
Read MoreOctober 15, 2024
We are starting a new section of our newsletter dedicated to recent publications including undergraduate authors. Jang, W., Senarath, K., Feinberg, G., Lu, S., & Lambert, N. A. (2024). Visualization of endogenous G proteins on endosomes and other organelles. eLife,13:RP97033. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.97033.2 MacKinnon, N. J., Ambade, P. N., Hoffman, Z. T., Mehra, K., Ange, B., Ruffa, A., Kornegay, D., & Odo, N. (2024). Development of a New Instrument to Measure Workplace Mental Health and Well-Being. Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes, 8(6), 507-516. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mayocpiqo.2024.09.002 Stewart, L. E.; Owens, S. L.; Ahmed, S. R.; Lang, R. M.; Mori, S. Characterization of HphA – the first enzyme in the enzymatic homologation pathway for L-phenylalanine and L-tyrosine. ChemBioChem. 2024. 25(16):e202400369. doi: 10.1002/cbic.202400369. https://chemistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/cbic.202400369 Patel, P., Medcalfe, S., & Slade, C. (2024) Racial Residential Segregation and COVID-19 Health Outcomes: Evidence from the State of Georgia. Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association. https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1353&context=jgpha
Read MoreNovember 13, 2024
The Arsenal Undergraduate Research Journal is now accepting submissions for the spring issue. Consider submitting your research paper for publication. Papers that you have written for classes or papers/posters that have been prepared for a conference are already so close! We can walk you through the process and help you get published! Faculty, please encourage your student to submit paper from your classes or research projects. Check out the newest issue of The Arsenal, Augusta University’s undergraduate research journal.
Read MoreSeptember 10, 2024
Nov 19th - AU Authors Reception Nov 28th & 29th, 2024 – Thanksgiving Holiday (Office closed) Dec 1st, 2024 – Fall Research Distinction Application Deadline Dec 4th, 2024 – Last Day of Classes Dec 6th – 11th – Final Exams Jan 5th – Faculty SSP Applications Due
Read MoreFebruary 06, 2023
Our 2024-2025 CURS Ambassadors (left to right) are Karthik Aurora, Junior, Neuroscience major, Alexis Edge,Senior, Psychology major, Dat Dang,Junior, Cell and Molecular Biology major, Grace Neiswender, Senior, Cell and Molecular Biology major, and Zeal Dobariya, Junior, Cell and Molecular Biology.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024
It is with a heavy heart that CURS announces the passing of Dr. Maria Eugenia Sabbatini. Dr. Sabbatini passed on October 17, 2024, after an extended and courageous struggle with advanced kidney cancer. Dr. Sabbatini was a well-recognized Professor and Research Mentor here at AU in the Department of Biological Sciences and the Graduate School. Dr. Sabbatini mentored over three dozen undergraduate students, as well as multiple graduate students in her time at AU. She was the recipient of the student-nominated CURS 2020 Mentor Excellence Award and the recipient of many grants from CURS for equipment, and travel to present collaborative research with her students. She participated as a judge and mentor in many Undergraduate Research and Fine Arts (formerly PKP) Conferences and she was a 5 time mentor in our Summer Scholars Program (2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022). We at CURS are honored to have been a part of her legacy with so many talented students and will miss her dearly. In her honor, Dr. Sabbatini’s family has established a fund supporting research by Biology students. The full obituary for Dr. Sabbatini, which includes a link for contributing to the scholarship fund is available at https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/martinez-ga/maria-sabbatini-12031976
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024
A big THANK YOU to all undergraduate research mentors (over 130 of you) across AU's four campuses! CURS celebrated mentorship this past month through appreciation days and thank you cards from students. If you did not have a chance to thank a research mentor, do so today! Mentorship is an essential cornerstone of the vision and mission of CURS. Outstanding mentors demonstrate the qualities of clear communication of expectations and regular discussion of progress, challenges, and accomplishments a mutual openness to ideas, opinions, and collaboration an allowance of significant student responsibility to further a project's progress and provide teaching, scaffolding, and guidance to help students develop and deepen their knowledge and skills Students, you can still celebrate and thank your mentor with the CURS HIGH FIVE MY FACULTY award. There is no deadline; these awards can be given any time of the year. Nominated faculty receive a surprise visit to their class/office from CURS and their mentee for a special celebration. If you have been positively impacted through mentorship, please recommend your faculty mentor for this award.
Read MoreJuly 26, 2024
CURS is pleased to announce a call for proposals for 2025 Summer Scholars Program (SSP) sponsored by Vice Provost, Dr. Zach Kelehear and Interim Provost, Dr. Jennifer Sullivan. The goals of the program are: To support high-impact scholarly activity that yields significant student development and academic achievements while furthering the research productivity of Augusta University To provide intentional mentoring and professional development through collaborative research and creative scholarship To provide undergraduates with intensive experiential learning through engagement in research and creative scholarship There are two sessions for the 2025 Program: Session 1 (9 Weeks): May 19th-July 18th, 2025 Session 2 (5 Weeks): May 19th-June 19th, 2025, plus symposium on July 17 For more information, please review the full Call for Proposals .
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