Exploring New Models for Authentic Undergraduate Research with Two-Year College Students

化学部和多学科事务办公室共同资助这个奖项给芝加哥的城市学院，以建立一个本科生研究合作。该项目的PI是托马斯希金斯，他将由联合PI托马斯多德、格雷戈里费伦斯、伊冯娜哈里斯和罗杰豪斯协助。该项目的合作伙伴包括：芝加哥城市学院的七个校区（哈罗德华盛顿学院是牵头机构）;威廉雷尼哈珀学院;奥克顿社区学院;和杜佩奇学院。其他合作伙伴有：伊利诺伊州立大学、扬斯敦州立大学、芝加哥州立大学和霍普学院。与德保罗大学、芝加哥洛约拉大学、北方伊利诺伊大学、伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校和凯斯西储大学达成了举办暑期学生和/或建立教师合作的非正式协议。位于阿贡国家实验室的高级光子源和化学工程部的杜邦-西北-陶氏合作访问小组也在与合作小组合作。该项目的目标是：（1）从两年制学院中，特别是从传统上代表性不足的群体中，确定和招募有前途的年轻科学家进入STEM学科;（2）培训两年制学院学生成为有效的科学实践者;（3）向两年制学院学生灌输以科学为职业的信心;（4）鼓励2 YC学生完成本科和研究生STEM教育;（5）通过在学年和夏季将密集的研究经验嵌入到他们的课程和课程中，改变参与2 YC的文化。这些机构位于芝加哥都会区，每年为大约106，000名本科生提供服务，其中42%来自代表性不足的群体。在芝加哥的城市学院，5万名本科生中有70%是黑人或西班牙裔。

The Division of Chemistry and the Office of Multidisciplinary Affairs jointly fund this award to the City Colleges of Chicago to establish an Undergraduate Research Collaborative. The PI for this project is Thomas Higgins, who will be assisted by Co-PIs Thomas Dowd, Gregory Ference, Yvonne Harris and Roger House. The collaborating partners in this project include: The seven campuses of the City Colleges of Chicago (Harold Washington College is the lead institution); William Rainey Harper College; Oakton Community College; and College of DuPage. Other partners are: Illinois State University, Youngstown State University, Chicago State University, and Hope College. Informal agreements to host summer students and/or build faculty collaborations have been made with DePaul University, Loyola University of Chicago, Northern Illinois University, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Case Western Reserve University. The DuPont-Northwestern-Dow Collaborative Access Team at the Advance Photon Source and the Chemical Engineering Division, both located at Argonne National Laboratory, are also working with the Collaborative. The goals of this project are to: (1) Identify and recruit promising young scientists from two-year colleges (2YCs) into the STEM disciplines, especially, from traditionally under-represented groups; (2) Train 2YC students to become effective practitioners of science; (3) Instill in 2YC students the confidence to pursue science as a profession; (4) Encourage 2YC students to complete their undergraduate and graduate STEM education; and (5) Transform the cultures of participating 2YCs by embedding intensive research experiences during the academic year and summer into their curricula and their courses. These institutions are located in the Chicago-metro area and collectively serve approximately 106,000 undergraduates annually, 42% of whom come from underrepresented groups. In City Colleges of Chicago, 70% of the 50,000 undergraduates are either Black or Hispanic.