Chem4REAL: Research Engages All Learners CUR chemistry

New representatives chat with Prof. Vanessa McCaffrey about how they heard about CUR Chemistry and why they decided to get involved. In this episode, we hear from Dr. John Kirk from Carthage College and learn about his science and goals for his participation in CUR.



Dr. Kirk's website: https://www.carthage.edu/live/profiles/747-john-kirk



To learn more about CUR Chemistry, visit: https://www.cur.org/membership-community/divisions/chemistry-division/

Often students find that majoring in chemistry limits their ability to have experiences abroad relative to their peers in the humanities and social sciences. Listen and learn about one example of a program designed to give chemistry students both an international and research experience. CUR Representative Dr. Kari Stone (Associate Professor of Chemistry at Lewis University) talks with Dr. Kyle Grice (Associate Professor of Chemistry at DePaul University) about international research experiences for undergraduates. In DePaul University’s program, projects are developed by students in concert with chemistry and biology faculty during the semester for academic credit. The capstone experience for these students is to travel to Spain to work on their projects for two and a half weeks. Dr. Grice talks about the scope of student projects and how students are evaluated and assessed at the end of the program.



Dr. Grice’s website: https://sites.google.com/site/drkyleagrice/

New representatives chat with Prof. Vanessa McCaffrey about how they heard about CUR Chemistry and why they decided to get involved. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Pius Adelani from St. Mary's University in San Antonio, TX and learn about his science and goals for their participation in CUR.



To learn more about Dr. Adelani, please visit: https://www.stmarytx.edu/academics/faculty/pius-adelani/



To learn more about CUR Chemistry, visit: https://www.cur.org/membership-community/divisions/chemistry-division/

New representatives chat with Prof. Vanessa McCaffrey about how they heard about CUR Chemistry and why they decided to get involved. In this episode, we hear from Dr. Sarah Shaner from Southeast Missouri State University and learn about her science and goals for her participation in CUR.



Dr. Shaner's website: https://semo.edu/people-directory/faculty-staff/shaner-sarah.html



To learn more about CUR Chemistry, visit: https://www.cur.org/membership-community/divisions/chemistry-division/

CUR Chemistry Representatives Joe Baker, Sudeep Bhattarcharyay, Bridget Gourley and Kari Stone talk about how they are using AI as a tool to enhance teaching and research. They discuss the metacognitive abilities of AI tools like Google Bard and ChatGPT and how these tools can lead to better outcomes for both professors and students.



Resources: Artificial Intelligence in Chemistry: Current Trends and Future Directions, Zachary J. Baum, Xiang Yu, Philippe Y. Ayala, Yanan Zhao, Steven P. Watkins, and Qiongqiong Zhou J. Chem. Inf. Model. 2021, 61, 3197−3212 (https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00619)

Dr. Michael Wolyniak and Dr. Nicole Najor from the CUR Biology division joined Dr. Kari Stone from Lewis University to talk about MIRIC - Mentoring the Integration of Research Into the Classroom. The MIRIC Initiative is a way to provide a means for new, mid-career, and future faculty to receive long-term mentorship in Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences, CUREs. Mike and Nicole talk about the structure of MIRIC and how chemistry faculty can get involved.