CURE Examples


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Effect of environmental pollutants on plant development and reproductive output.
Fernando NIeto, SUNY College at Old Westbury
There is increasing evidence that Course-based Undergraduate Reseach Experiences (CURE) improve student success, retention and persistence in STEM fields. This CURE in concert with the one design by Jillian Nissen will be integrated in the second semester introductory biology lab. Students will explore the effect of environmental contaminants on the development and reproduction of two organism models, Arabidopsis thaliana and Danio rerio. Students working in groups will select a contaminant of relevance in their local community and develop a research question and experimental design to be undertaken for half a semester for each model. Students will be assessed based on oral presentation written research reports, and lab notebook.

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

Goin' Nuclear
Tadakimi Tomita, Yeshiva University
Toxoplasma gondii is a protozoan parasite that chronically infect a third of human population. It has a unique family of plant-like transcription factors. In this project, we are going to identify new transcription factors by tagging a list of hypothetical genes.

Research experience in psychology: The effect of mood induction on mentalization
Alberto Manzi, Mercy College-Main Campus
The research project will investigate how experimentally-induced mood states influence the ability to mentalize ("read" mental states) in a sample of non-clinical adults. The study will also address how individual differences in attachment experiences, adult personality and psychopathological traits, and basic cognitive functioning mediate/moderate the impact of mood on mentalization.

Discipline: Social Sciences:Psychology
Core Competencies: Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering), Planning and carrying out investigations, Analyzing and interpreting data
Nature of Research: Basic Research
State: New York
Target Audience: Upper Division, Major
CURE Duration: Multiple terms


Margaret Eiden, SUNY Westchester Community College


Jessica Hua, SUNY at Binghamton


Heather Fiumera, SUNY at Binghamton

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


Katherine Espinosa, Dutchess Community College
Idea in progress.

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

The role of environmental contaminants on zebrafish development and reproduction
Jillian Nissen, SUNY College at Old Westbury
There is increasing evidence that course-embedded research experiences improve student success, retention and persistence in STEM fields. This course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE), in concert with the CURE designed by Fernando Nieto from SUNY College at Old Westbury, is intended to provide an authentic research experience that will integrate into the second semester of the Freshman biology laboratory. Students will explore the effects of environmental contaminants on the development and reproduction of two model organisms, Arabidopsis thaliana and Danio rerio. While working in groups, students will select contaminants that are relevant to their local community and develop a research question and experimental design to be undertaken for half a semester for each model organism. Students will be assessed on the basis of an oral presentation, a written research report, and laboratory notebook.

Discipline: Life Sciences:Ecology, Zoology, Life Sciences, Environmental Science
Core Competencies: Constructing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering), Using mathematics and computational thinking, Planning and carrying out investigations, Analyzing and interpreting data, Asking questions (for science) and defining problems (for engineering)
Target Audience: Introductory, Major
CURE Duration: Half a term