Abstract
Promoting research by undergraduate students in science was once again the theme of the Council on Undergraduate Research's (CUR) annual conference held in late June in Pasadena, Calif. The two-and-a-half day program was the group's seventh annual conference, and it covered a wide variety of subjects, including obtaining research funding and involving women and minority undergraduate students in faculty research projects. But the first order of business at the CUR conference was a little recognition for the group itself. The council-science faculty members from primarily undergraduate institutions-celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, the conference began with a dinner honoring Brian H. Andreen, a CUR founder who retired as vice president from Research Corp. in Tucson, Ariz., in 1997. Research Corp. is a private foundation devoted to advancing science through its awards program of grants to research universities and undergraduate institutions. According to Michael P. Doyle, curr...
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