A New Direction for CoSM Undergraduate Research

March 4, 2016

We are poised to make a significant jump in how we approach student access to undergraduate research in our college. The goal is to impact as many students as possible through undergraduate research with limited accessible funding. The key phrase is “impact as many students as possible.” In conversations with former Dean Li and Interim Dean Engisch, we realized that if funding materialized we would need to think outside of the box. We would need to develop programming that would impact more than just a few students, positively impact both research and student success, and also attract