Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities
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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
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Senior psychology student wins inaugural Research Pitch contestUNG senior Madison Rodriguez, a McNair Scholars and Honors student who is pursuing a degree in psychology, won the inaugural Research Pitch competition.
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Music conference shares contemporary compositions onlineA handful of University of North Georgia (UNG) students presented their research during a part-virtual and part-traditional Research on Contemporary Composition conference Oct. 24-25. On the first day
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McNair Scholars graduates exceeding expectationsSince the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program launched in 2017, nearly 73% of participants from the University of North Georgia (UNG) are in graduate schools. Some are at top resea
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Kaur expands breast cancer research to prostate cancer researchTo help breast cancer patients, Dr. Ramneet Kaur received a Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (CURCA) mini-grant in 2017 to explore the use of natural products to treat triple
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.