David Lieberman, Maria Mercedes Franco, CUNY/Queensborough … · 2020. 2. 25. · QCC NSF S-STEM...
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Abstract: Queensborough Community College (QCC) has been a leader in implementing undergraduate in research for years. Undergraduate research (UR) has become part of the culture at the college as it is considered a high impact educational practice. UR at QCC involves hundreds of students every year including some students from other community colleges. Research opportunities abound as all departments participate in undergraduate research. There are projects embedded in classes (approx. 60%) and individual projects (approx. 40%) with most of the independent projects funded. Funding comes from CUNY-wide grant programs, state sources, and federal sources such as the National Endowment for the Humanities, NSF, NIH, and NASA.
QCC: An Undergraduate Research Success Story David Lieberman, Maria Mercedes Franco, CUNY/Queensborough Community College, Bayside NY 11364
Undergraduate Research Day Queensborough Community College, CUNY
December 7, 2018
80 poster presentations
Research Program Number of Students
CUNY I-Corps: STEM TIES – Tools for Innovation & Entrepreneurial
Success
14
CUNY Research Scholars Program (CRSP)
32
NIH Bridges to the Baccalaureate 16
AREM (Authentic Research in Microbiology)
14
QCC Space Weather Research Group - NSF EAGER & NASA
MC3I SOLAR PREP
6
Kupferberg Holocaust Center 8
Queensborough’s Summer Intensive Research Program
(SIRP) 5
QCC NSF-REU in Physics and Astronomy
8
QCC NSF S-STEM Scholars Program In Smart Energy
3
Total Projects: 432 159 Independent (37%),
273 embedded HIP (63%) 36% of all projects were program funded.
Independent Projects 159
37% Embedded as HIP 273
63%
UR PROJECTS BY TYPE
Stand-Alone Research Courses/Independent Studies
Fall 2014 to Fall 2019
Faculty Mentors 21
Students 58
Research-in-the Classroom
Spring 2014 to Fall 2019
Mentors/Instructors 4
Courses 7
Students 292
CUNY RESEARCH SCHOLARS PROGRAM 2019-2020 COHORT
CRSP Highlights from 2018-2019
CRSP students made 118 presentations at local, regional and national conferences. Students won
9 awards for their presentations
Example of UR in one department: Mathematics and Computer Science
Levels of Participation QUEENSBOROUGH’S SUMMER INTENSIVE
RESEARCH PROGRAM (SIRP)
62% have used their SIIRP projects at a 4-year institution 12% used their SIRP projects to get employment or as part of their employment
Participants from 8 different community colleges 5 presentations at regional and national conferences
1 journal article 1 Jack Kent Cooke Scholar
BRIDGES TO THE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAM: RESEARCH INITIATIVE TO MAXIMIZE SCIENCE SKILLS (RIMS)
Since 2002, 88% of participants have transferred and 63% have graduated from BA/BS programs in science or biomedicine. Fifty students pursued postgraduate degrees. To date, 6 PhD, 2 MD, 3 PharmD and 23 Master’s degrees have been awarded to Bridges students
In the past five years, eighteen students were listed as co-authors on peer reviewed research publications. Students have received 22 national and 29 regional research awards.
QCC NSF S-STEM SCHOLARS PROGRAM IN SMART ENERGY
All students transferred to Binghamton University in fall 2018 and are pursuing their B.S. degrees in Chemistry. 3 National conference presentations