NCUR 21
Dominican University of California will host the 21st National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR®), April 12-14, 2007. Approximately 2,200 undergraduates from more than 250 colleges and universities will attend the three-day event. NCUR®'s announcement that Dominican was selected to host NCUR® 21 brings to fruition nearly four years of work by the University to secure this major academic conference.
Special Session Added
Important News Announcement!
- Due to weather and travel delays for some participants, NCUR has added Oral Presentation Session 4 ½ at 11:30 AM on Friday 13, 2007.
- These sessions will occur in Guzman 110, 111, 112, 113 and 114.
- Participants are simply requested to stop by any of the rooms above and sign up.
Key Links
Contacts for NCUR® 21
Conference Co-Chairs- Sibdas Ghosh, Ph.D., Chair, Department of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Francoise Lepage, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the President & Provost
Conference Director
- Jane Winter
- 1-888-693-0368
- ncur21@dominican.edu
- www.ncur.org
More About NCUR® and Dominican
The conference will highlight the depth and breadth of the University’s academic programs. “Dominican is the ideal location for NCUR® 21. Our hosting the conference is one more manifestation of the University’s commitment to fostering an interdisciplinary approach to learning amongst our diverse community of scholars, researchers, and artists,” says Joseph R. Fink, President of Dominican University of California. “Dominican’s small class size and the subsequent opportunity for close collaboration between faculty and students enables our undergraduates to participate in a wide variety of research— research that at larger institutions would be reserved for graduate students.”
Since its inception in 1987, NCUR® has become an annual event designed to promote undergraduate research, scholarship, and creative activity in all fields of study. NCUR® 21 will feature approximately 1,200 oral presentations and 700 poster presentations.
Among the keynote speakers scheduled to address NCUR® 21 are biochemist and astronaut Millie Hughes-Fulford, who was a member of the 1991 Spacelab Life Sciences mission, the first mission dedicated to biomedical studies and Dale Bredesen, the founding president and CEO of the Buck Institute.
The conference will be held on Dominican’s San Rafael campus. In order to minimize traffic and parking congestion, Dominican will coordinate shuttle services between designated conference hotels and the campus. More than 50 University classrooms and seminar rooms will be utilized for oral presentations. The Conlan Recreation Center will be used for registration and poster displays, and Angelico Concert Hall will be the performing arts venue.
Supporting undergraduate research has been a priority at Dominican since the institution moved from college to university status in 2000. Attendance at NCUR® has become an annual event, growing from eight Dominican students accepted in 2002 to 41 students accepted in 2006, from a variety of departments, including biology, history, art history, education, art, English, humanities, interdisciplinary studies, political science, and religion.
