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<p class="MsoNormal">The Rochester Institute of Technology is currently accepting applications for its REU. The deadline is Nov. 30.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">From Ben Zwickl, Assistant Professor of Physics & Astronomy:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The theme of our REU is model-based reasoning in STEM education, and includes 8 mentors, 3 of whom specialize in physics education research. Students will be selected by mid-December to participate in a 3-week part-time virtual program
in January, where they will earn $500, followed by a 9-week in-person program over the summer, where they will earn another $4500. During January Jump-start, students meet their mentors and each other on Skype, read discipline based education research (DBER)-themed
papers with an online collaboration tool, begin to develop their research projects, and complete ethics and human subjects training. When they come to RIT in June, they are ready to jump into their projects, and they feel less apprehensive because the people
and projects are already somewhat familiar. During the summer, they participate in their mentored research projects, a weekly DBER methods workshop, a professional development series, and numerous social activities. The experience culminates with the campus-wide
RIT Undergraduate Research Symposium, where all participants will have the opportunity to present their work.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">Please see our website (</span><a href="https://www.rit.edu/science/smerc/reu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:white">https://www.rit.edu/science/smerc/reu</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">)
for more information and application (</span><a href="http://www.rit.edu/science/smerc/reu/application" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1155CC;background:white">http://www.rit.edu/science/smerc/reu/application</span></a><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222;background:white">).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">--<br>
Robynne M. Lock, Ph.D.<br>
Assistant Professor<br>
Department of Physics & Astronomy<br>
Texas A&M University - Commerce<br>
Commerce, TX 75429</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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