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Columns::April 8, 2002

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Online journal features undergrad research in humanities and arts

By Joelle Prine
jprine@uga.edu

Undergraduate researchers like Cara Turano and Eric Koperda are using technology as a means to publish their work in the humanities and arts at UGA. Through the new online Journal for Undergraduate Research Opportunities at Georgia, anyone from across the globe can access Turano’s article on the relationship between intercollegiate football and the media. Or download a video clip of Koperda conducting a recital at the 2001 Center for Undergraduate Research Opportunities Symposium.
CURO, a part of UGA’s Honors Program, supports undergraduate research guided by faculty. With initial funding from the Fund for Improvement of Post Secondary Education, CURO held its first symposium in 2000. The annual event, where undergraduates share their research findings, has grown and now includes students from schools and colleges throughout Georgia. This year, more than 100 students from various disciplines will make presentations at the CURO Symposium on April 15-16 at the Tate Student Center.
The new Web-based journal, launched in late February, is another outlet to share the scholarly work of undergraduates.
“JURO@GA represents the diligent, creative work of talented and inspired undergraduates,” says Pamela Kleiber, CURO coordinator and an associate director of the Honors Program. “At UGA, we think it’s our responsibility to open doors for bright, engaged students, allowing them to make significant contributions to the construction and sharing of knowledge.”
Gaelen Burns, Allison Mitchell and Susan Sexton--three UGA undergraduate students nominated by faculty--served as the journal’s first editorial team.
“Offering undergraduates an opportunity to publish their work helps to motivate and mature the researcher’s perspective,” says Burns, a senior mathematics and comparative literature major and the journal’s managing editor. “Additionally, the involved process of revision matures the researcher’s writing style.”
Online users can access video footage of a conducting recital and view high-resolution versions of student artwork. The journal also includes four articles on humanities topics, from the policies regarding biotechnology in African agriculture to a literary critique of William Blake’s “The Shepherd.”
Undergraduates interested in joining the editorial staff of JURO@GA must be nominated by faculty and are asked to make a two-year commitment. Kleiber serves as a faculty adviser and editor-in-chief.
Other faculty advisers include Betty Jean Craige, director of the Center for Humanities and Arts; Katharina Wilson, professor of comparative literature; and Edward Lambert, associate professor of art.

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