Office of Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research Week: Unleashing Your Imagination

Undergraduate Research Week (March 27-31, 2023) is an opportunity for the campus community to share and celebrate student research and creative scholarship. This year's week-long event will include presentations, a digital poster display, workshops, guest speakers, and other events. Our theme is Unleash Your Imagination.

Event Page: https://symposium.foragerone.com/ecsuurw2023

For more information contact:
Dr. Charles V. Reed
Director of Undergraduate Research
Associate Professor of History
Department of Social Sciences
333 Willie and Jacqueline Gilchrist Education and Psychology Complex
Campus Box 851
Phone: (252) 335-3201 
E-mail: cvreed@ecsu.edu 

ECSU is a member of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). CUR shares a focus on providing undergraduate research opportunities for faculty and students at all institutions serving undergraduate students. CUR believes that faculty members enhance their teaching and contribution to society by remaining active in research and by involving undergraduates in research. CUR’s leadership works with agencies and foundations to enhance research opportunities for faculty and students. CUR provides support for faculty development.

Undergraduate research is defined as:  “An inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline”.    http://www.cur.org