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New research guide is online
by Shana D. Lebowitz
Associate Editor
News | 4/21/09
Posted online at 7:42 AM EST on 4/21/09
The Student Union announced in an e-mail April 17 the creation of an online research guide listing all the research opportunities in different academic departments and research centers at Brandeis, according to an April 17 e-mail.
The purpose of the research guide was to make research opportunities more available to students, according to Anum Irfan Khan '10, the Student Union Director of Academic Affairs. The guide includes the names of more than 60 faculty members from departments in the creative arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as the Classical Artifact Research Center, The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, the Volen National Center for Complex Systems and the Women's Studies Research Center.
Each faculty member's name is accompanied by their research interest, the qualifications necessary for applying to be their research assistant and the responsibilities of the research assistant.
Khan suggested creating the guide at a meeting with Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe and Provost Marty Krauss. Khan then led the initiative to create the guide along with Jaffe, Krauss, associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Elaine Wong and Adi Grabiner-Keinan, academic administrator for experiential learning. Kimberly Burk (GRAD), a student in the Cultural Productions program, designed the research guide's Web site.
Jaffe e-mailed all faculty members, asking them to submit their research interests and requirements for research assistants. More than 60 faculty members responded.
According to Grabiner-Keinan, students who want to participate in research projects often don't know how to get involved in research. "Sometimes [students] just didn't even [participate in research] because they didn't know that they could," she said.
The research guide, Krauss said, is "an effort to make sure that we have as strong a communication plan as possible." Khan said the guide was designed to increase student-faculty interaction and opportunities for students to participate in faculty research.
The purpose of the research guide was to make research opportunities more available to students, according to Anum Irfan Khan '10, the Student Union Director of Academic Affairs. The guide includes the names of more than 60 faculty members from departments in the creative arts, humanities, social sciences and sciences, as well as the Classical Artifact Research Center, The Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education, the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center, the Volen National Center for Complex Systems and the Women's Studies Research Center.
Each faculty member's name is accompanied by their research interest, the qualifications necessary for applying to be their research assistant and the responsibilities of the research assistant.
Khan suggested creating the guide at a meeting with Dean of Arts and Sciences Adam Jaffe and Provost Marty Krauss. Khan then led the initiative to create the guide along with Jaffe, Krauss, associate Dean of Arts and Sciences Elaine Wong and Adi Grabiner-Keinan, academic administrator for experiential learning. Kimberly Burk (GRAD), a student in the Cultural Productions program, designed the research guide's Web site.
Jaffe e-mailed all faculty members, asking them to submit their research interests and requirements for research assistants. More than 60 faculty members responded.
According to Grabiner-Keinan, students who want to participate in research projects often don't know how to get involved in research. "Sometimes [students] just didn't even [participate in research] because they didn't know that they could," she said.
The research guide, Krauss said, is "an effort to make sure that we have as strong a communication plan as possible." Khan said the guide was designed to increase student-faculty interaction and opportunities for students to participate in faculty research.
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