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Mercy Marauders: How prevalent are invasive species on the Mercy Campus
Davida Smyth, The New School
Discovery based CURE involving the curation and identification of the native and non-native/invasive species on the Mercy campus. Targeted species could vary from semester to semester and season to season.

Discipline: Life Sciences:Ecology, Environmental Science, Sustainability, Life Sciences:Evolution, Plant Biology, Life Sciences, Zoology, Environmental Science:Ecosystems, Global Change and Climate
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Planning and carrying out investigations, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Field Research, Informatics/Computational Research, Wet Lab/Bench Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Introductory, Non-major

Observational Research Project in Social Psychology
Kimberly Rapoza, Mercy College-Main Campus
This CURE allows students to engage with social psychological concepts and theories, as they develop and apply a research questions to a real world issue of their choosing. It is developed with the skill set of a student in a 200 level course. The research methodology for the projects is based on observational and content analysis projects. If time constraints and IRB approval of projects is an issue, the instructor can have a few projects pre-approved and modify the assessment and group work curriculum accordingly.

Discipline: Social Sciences:Psychology
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Planning and carrying out investigations, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Field Research
Target Audience: Non-major, Major
CURE Duration: A full term


Katherine Espinosa, Dutchess Community College
Idea in progress.


Maria Entezari, CUNY City College

The Effects of Local Environmental Contaminants on Various Organisms.
Katherine Espinosa, Dutchess Community College
This CURE will be integrated into a first semester General Biology lab at a community college. Students will explore the effects of selected environmental contaminants on the development and population growth of protists, plants and invertebrates. As a class, students will select a contaminant of relevance to their local community to investigate. In teams, students will develop research questions, design and conduct a controlled experiment during the second half of the semester with the goal of understanding the effects of the contaminant on their organism. Population growth and toxicity effects will be measured. At the completion of the experiment, students will communicate their findings orally and in writing.

Discipline: Life Sciences:Plant Biology, Life Sciences, Ecology, Environmental Science
Core Competencies: Analyzing and interpreting data, Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Developing and using models, Planning and carrying out investigations, Using mathematics and computational thinking, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Nature of Research: Basic Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Major, Introductory
CURE Duration: Half a term


Margaret Eiden, SUNY Westchester Community College

Development of Cancer-associated mutations in Protein X
Chakia McClendon, SUNY at Stony Brook


Heather Fiumera, SUNY at Binghamton

Discipline: Life Sciences:Genetics, Life Sciences
Target Audience: Upper Division, Major
CURE Duration: A full term


Jessica Hua, SUNY at Binghamton