REU Site: Undergraduate Research in Chemistry at Syracuse University

雪城大学的教授Sponsler、Hudson和同事们主持了一个REU网站。本项目由化学学部REU站点计划资助。该网站每年为11名本科生提供为期10周的化学研究支持。密集的研究经历在很多方面帮助学生。学生们用宝贵的实践经验和技能来补充他们的教育。他们对重要的职业和教育决策有了更好的了解。学生练习科学成果的交流，拓宽他们对化学和科学的总体看法。学生们有动力在学业上取得成功，并做更多的研究。参与者体验整个科学过程：计划和进行实验，解释结果，得出结论，并以书面和口头形式展示他们的结果。该计划使参与者接触到化学研究的全部广度，包括化学子领域和相关跨学科主题的巨大阵列。REU计划将结构化学习与实验室中最大的实践时间相结合。在每周的午餐会上，教师们会介绍各种化学研究课题，然后是学生在最后两周的研究报告。其他活动包括职业规划、道德研讨会、三小时的科学应用玻璃吹制研讨会，以及多所大学的海报会议。该项目的招生和录取重点是那些受影响最大的学生，包括接触研究机会有限的学生、少数民族学生和老学生。该项目包括与勒莫恩学院（Le Moyne College）的具体合作，让学生和教师都有全年的合作研究机会。奥地利学生在格拉茨技术大学的支持下，为所有参与者提供国际视野。许多参与者获得了已发表研究的作者身份，并在会议上展示他们的工作。

Professors Sponsler, Hudson, and colleagues at Syracuse University host an REU Site. This project is funded by the REU Site Program of the Division of Chemistry. The site supports eleven undergraduate students in chemistry research through ten weeks in each of three summers. The intensive research experience helps students in many ways. Students supplement their education with valuable practical experience and skills. The become better informed with respect to important career and education decisions. Students practice communication of scientific results, and broaden their perspectives of chemistry and science in general. Students are motivated to succeed in their studies and to do more research. Participants experience the entire scientific process: planning and conducting experiments, interpreting results, drawing conclusions, and presenting their results in written and oral form. The program exposes participants to the full breadth of chemical research, including the vast array of chemistry subfields and related interdisciplinary topics. The REU program combines structured learning with maximum hands-on time in the laboratory. At weekly luncheon sessions, faculty members present various chemistry research topics, followed by student research presentations in the last two weeks. Additional activities include a career program, an ethics seminar, a three-hour glassblowing for scientific utilization workshop, and a multi-university poster session. Recruitment and admission of students to the program emphasize those for whom the impact will be greatest, including students with limited access to research, minority students, and veteran students. The program includes a specific partnership with Le Moyne College, involving both students and faculty with year-round collaborative research opportunities. Austrian students in the program, supported by the Technical University of Graz, provide international exposure to all participants. Many participants achieve authorship of published research and present their work at conferences.