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Show all summer long... NCUR sign up for e-mail updates at www. utahstatesman com From page 1 Saturday Morning April 28th Sell your stuff for $30 a spot. 435-787-2060 2002 S. Hwy 89 (Across from Flying-J) J Please respect mine not to NO SMOKING irV.itl \2067\ Wednesday, April 25th Smoking Cessation Info. available UtahState UNIVERSITY Nem The Utah Statesman 4 Wednesday, April25, Make sure you receive USU news rue TRUTH! freshmen class who have hit the ground running - with the help of committed faculty mentors." Joining this pair was a second research team from business, MaKenzie Martin and Natali Naegle— again, bothfirst-yearstudents—who presented their research on student evaluations of teaching. Their faculty mentors, Stacey Hills and Bartkus, joined them at the conference. "The poster generated a lot of interest," Hills noted. "Teaching evaluations are important in a faculty member's career." In total, 16 USU students were invited to present their projects at NCUR. They ranged from Tyler Logan's environmental research on Western Harvester Ants to a psychological scale developed to measure romantic affection authored by Douglas C. Anderson, Carly D. Larsen, Brett Merrill and Paul Nielsen. Not surprisingly, biology had a number of participants: Uyen Lam, Katherine Grover, Kimberly Warburton and Nicole Frank. "The biology faculty has a long tradition, not only at Utah State but nationally, of engaging their students in laboratory work," noted Kinkead. Jan Marie Anderson, the Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher of the Year for the College of Science, communicated the results of her fieldwork on using laser remote sensing techniques to detect air pollutants. Graduating senior Amanda Marinello shared her schol- arly research on "Peter Pan" author J.M. Barrie, research conducted while on study abroad in Scotland, which was funded in part by an Undergraduate Research & Creative Opportunities Grant from USU's Office of Research. NCUR 2007 brought together undergraduates involved in scholarly and artistic activities representing a range of disciplines, including creative arts, mathematics, business, social science, humanities, physical and life sciences, natural resources and engineering, among others. Participants came from more than 300 colleges and universities, representing almost every state in the nation as well as Puerto Rico. NCUR encourages awareness of undergraduate research, scholarship and creative opportunities as they exist in various disciplines and institutions. According to Uyen Lam, "The NCUR is the melting pot of all conferences. There is such a wide range of disciplines and applications. I met a student from Florida using computer science programs to model biological systems. In addition, I went to see performances in the arts, One conference attendee from a New York school expressed poetry through choreography. I was glad that I went to the performances because I think exploring other disciplines really helps me expand my horizons." "Faculty from other institutions troll for the best prospective graduate stu- dents, so NCUR is a wonderful opportunity for Utah State students to be in the spotlight," Kinkead said. For Tyler Logan, who is headed to Alaska for the summer to do research after graduation in May, the conference was "fantastic. It was very helpful to see research not only in my own field of study but also to get a better understanding of the variety of research and scholarship that is done in every possible field," he said. Since its inception in 1987, NCUR has become a major annual event drawing more than 2,000 undergraduates, faculty and administrators to hear and discuss undergraduate creative and scholarly work. A faculty and administrator's network hears papers from those involved in research programs. Kinkead and other members of the Utah Conference on Undergraduate Research steering committee presented a summary of their work on organizing the state's first undergraduate research conference, in essence a state version of NCUR. For more information about NCUR, visit its Web site at www.ncur.org. The 2008 conference will be hosted in Maryland. Information about Utah State's undergraduate research program is available at www.usu.edu/ research/undergrad. For more information on undergraduate research contact Joyce Kinkead at 797-1706 or Joyce.kinkead@ usu.edu. Summer wedding? GetitpuMMiedonline by e-molling statesman§mumi£diL JLX i r c t i ef T E X T B O O K B U Y B SASH OR 10% MORE ON A GIF4*6ARD APRIL 26 & 27 APRIL 28 APRIL 30-MAY 3 MAY 4 TSC TSC TSC BUSINESS BLDG LUNDSTROM CTR OLD MAIN TSC PICTURE ID REQUIRED UtahState UNIVERSITY BOOKSTORE 8AM-5PM 10AM-3PM 8AM-5PM 10AM-5PM 11AM-4PM 9AM-4PM 8AM-4PM |