Learn About a New Generation of Undergraduate Research – Register for CUR2012

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The Council on Undergraduate Research will host "Leveraging Uncertainty: Toward a New Generation of Undergraduate Research" at The College of New Jersey on June 23-26, 2012.
This conference will bring together faculty, administrators, policy makers, representatives of funding agencies and other stakeholders with an interest in doing and promoting undergraduate research. With over 100 presentations and social interactions, this promises to be an outstanding conference.

In current crises of economic viability, urban decline, environmental degradation, and cultural meaning, we face deep and broad-based concerns, both for personal prospects and larger social contracts. We can be swept along by those changes, or we can use them as opportunities for positive transformation. We know that research must inform our responses to these new conditions. And we know that undergraduate research offers experiences and skills that our students can draw on for successful future study, meaningful work lives, and social engagement. This conference will ask us to consider new models of undergraduate research that create possibilities where others might see peril.

The subthemes for the 2012 CUR Conference are as follows:

1. Research Transcending Historic Disciplinary Boundaries;
2. Sustaining Undergraduate Research in an Era of Fiscal Uncertainty;
3. Online Technology in Undergraduate Research: Possibilities, Threats and Challenges; and
4. The Challenges and Opportunities of Undergraduate Research in a Broad Global Context.

Some of this year's sessions will include topics such as:

1. Google Products - How to Use These Collaborative Online Tools to Create and Sustain Undergraduate
2. Research Projects Involving Underrepresented Disciplines in UR
3. Measureable Benefits to the University from Undergraduate Research: Small Investments that Yield Big Returns at a Predominantly Undergraduate Institution
4. Social Media Tools for Networking, Collaborating, and Disseminating Undergraduate Research
5. STARTING an Office of Undergraduate Research in an Era of Fiscal Uncertainly
6. Your Priorities as UR Program Director: How Can You Maximize Your Impact?

Learn About a New Generation of Undergraduate Research – Register for CUR2012