Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities
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Students learn presentation skills at Annual Research ConferenceOn March 26, more than 60 University of North Georgia (UNG) students will present their projects during UNG's Annual Research Conference (ARC). The 26th annual event will be conducted virtually from 9
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Astronomy professor and alumnus have papers publishedDr. Gregory Feiden, assistant professor of astronomy at UNG, and Dr. Wei-Chun Jao, staff astronomer and adjunct professor at Georgia State University, wrote and published a paper in the Astronomical J
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Water Lab relocates to Environmental Leadership Center buildingThe UNG Water Quality Trend Monitoring Lab moved to a new home inside the Environmental Leadership Center this spring.
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Herbarium project continues to progressDr. Tom Diggs' dream of creating a small-scale herbarium on UNG's Gainesville Campus has reached the halfway point thanks to the hard work of UNG students and a 2018 Presidential Incentive Award. Betw
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CURCA allocates newly redesigned mini-grants to 10 student-led projectsFaced with delays and other obstacles caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, University of North Georgia (UNG) students searched for another way to continue research. More than a dozen UNG students found t
Research Spotlight
Amanda has been involved in research with UNG since summer 2018 when she participated in CURCA's FUSE program. She worked under Dr. Gregory Feiden investigating starspots - cool spots on the surface of stars. She worked to quantify what starspot properties were required for theoretical predictions of a star's properties to agree with observed properties. She hopes to be able to publish her results in the coming months.
This summer, she is working at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics as a part of the NSF REU program. Here she is continuing to study and research stellar astronomy, specifically low mass stars. Through her research, Amanda has had the opportunity to present in poster session at various conferences including the Georgia Regional Astronomy Meeting, and Cool Stars 20. She expects to continue presenting research and attending conferences and will be presenting her current research at the American Astronomical Society meeting in Hawaii in January.