CUR Names 2026-2027 Elected Councilors, Division Reps, and NLDC
CUR welcomes the newly elected Councilors, Division Representatives, and Nominations and Leadership Development Committee members.
Chemistry Division
CUR Names Creighton’s Destino as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor 2026 Awardee
Joel F. Destino of Creighton University has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the CUR Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.
Chemistry Division Newsletter Winter 2026
In this issue, you’ll find
- Welcome from Co-Chairs, Kari Stone and Sarah Shaner
- A Reflection on Undergraduate Research by Reed Murbach
- Publication Highlight
- Plug In and Connect
- Conference Corner
CUR Names Georgia Southern’s Landge as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor 2025 Awardee
The Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award recognizes a tenure-track faculty member within ten years of their first faculty appointment who demonstrates success in chemical sciences and whose mentoring practices have supported undergraduate research.
CUR Names 2025-2026 Elected Councilors, Division Reps, and NLDC
CUR has an elected leadership structure that includes Councilors and Division Representatives who serve to further the mission of the organization and engage the community in the work of the organization, as well as the national Nominations and Leadership Development Committee (NLDC).
Chemistry Division Newsletter Winter 2025
In this issue, you’ll find
- ACS Spring National Meeting, Joe Reczek
- Chemistry's CURCommunity
- Introducing Chemistry Councilors, Rebecca Jones & Kraig Wheeler
- Ways to Connect
- Spring ACS Meeting Undergraduate Research Programming
- and so much more!
Chemistry Division Newsletter Fall 2024
In this issue, you’ll find
- Welcome from the Chemistry Division Chair, Joe Reczek,
- Setting an Example by Alena Kubatova, 2024 Outstanding Chemistry Mentor Awardee
- CUR Recognizes Professor Geneive E. Henry, 2024 CUR Fellows Awardee
- Introducing the New CUR Chemistry Representatives
- and so much more!
CUR Names NAU’s Lee as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor 2024 Awardee
Dr. Naomi Lee, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Northern Arizona University (NAU), an NIH Early-Stage Investigator, an officer in the Army Reserves, an affiliate faculty of various STEM-related professional societies, and a member of the Seneca Nation (bear clan), has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.
Chemistry Division Newsletter Fall 2023
In this issue, you’ll find
- a welcome from the chemistry division chair Joe Reczek,
- a musing on mentoring from 2023 Chemistry Outstanding Mentor awardee Lea Vacca Michel,
- where you can find the latest ChemCUR-created resources, and
- upcoming chemistry-related funding programs and deadlines.
CUR Names Rhodes College’s Stoddard as Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Awardee
Dr. Shana Stoddard, associate professor of chemistry at Rhodes College in Tennessee, has been selected as the 2023 recipient for the Council on Undergraduate Research’s (CUR) Silvia Ronco Innovative Mentor Award.