Welcome to the undergraduate research community at Augusta University! Whether you
are discovering research for the first time, or you have completed multiple semesters
of research under the guidance of our faculty, we welcome you to the CURS Undergraduate
Research Community.
Learn more about our community by clicking the buttons below:
With great mentorship, comes great mentors! We will be celebrating our fantastic research mentors October 27-November 1, 2024. Stay tuned to learn more about our mentor celebration this fall!
Every spring, CURS celebrates undergraduate student researchers during Undergraduate Research Week. Events include the annual Undergraduate Research and Fine Arts (URFA) Conference, a Faculty Mentor Reception, and other special recognitions. The 2025 URFA conference will take place early April 2025. Information, including the call for abstracts, will be made available January 2025.
Congratulations to our 90 undergraduate students who presented their work at this year's URFA conference! Learn more about our award winning students.
The Arsenal is Augusta University's Undergraduate Research Journal. It is sponsored by CURS in collaboration with Reese Library and CURS Ambassadors.
The Arsenal (ISSN 2380-5064 online) is a peer-reviewed, open-access interdisciplinary publication that is dedicated to publishing manuscripts resulting from Augusta University undergraduate research. Each paper published in the The Arsenal undergoes a peer review process facilitated by the journal's Editorial Review Board and must be approved by an appointed faculty reviewer in the paper's respective discipline. Authors published in the Arsenal retain copyright of their works. Learn more about The Arsenal
The CURS Ambassadors are volunteer undergraduates who commit to helping the CURS office enact our mission and vision within the larger AU community. To be invited as a CURS Ambassador, students must have at least one term of undergraduate research experience, be enrolled as a full-time student, and have demonstrated high standards of professionalism, public speaking, and personal integrity. We are excited to announce our 2024-2025 Ambassadors:
Grace Neiswender
I am grateful for the opportunity to be of service to the undergraduate research community again...I was able to see growth in myself, personally and professionally. I am excited for students to take advantage of the opportunity and resources to make their college experience what they want, maybe even more than they could have imagined. I hope to be the bridge to potentially finding a love for research and/or the confidence to do research.
Dat Dang
I love getting to work with like-minded people and with people who are passionate about what they do.
Alexis Edge
I was surprised by how different it is when learning from a class versus learning through hands-on experience. The most helpful things you will learn will most likely be through hands-on experience. I think that some concepts that you learn in the class are easier to understand once you participate in research.
Karthik Arora
Zeal Dobariya
The CURS Ambassadors host office hours weekly during the academic year to meet with students about undergraduate research. Drop by the office Fall 2024 to ask your questions and connect with some of our CURS Ambassadors. Office hours will begin the week of September 2nd and end the week of December 2nd.
You can also send the Ambassadors an email! Send your questions to curs@augusta.edu, Subject line "Ask an Ambassador"
