Can you imagine getting to spend your summer break re-enacting and living history and getting paid to do it? Patrick Kinghan, a history student who participated in a summer fellowship with Huron’s Centre for Undergraduate Research Learning (CURL) this past summer did just that. With funding from CURL, Patrick spent part of his summer on Read More …
Though the school year has wound to a close, research at Huron continues to abound: the Centre for Undergraduate Research Learning is celebrating the winners of our 2019-2020 SIG awards! In 2018, CURL received a SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG). As part of our commitment to providing valuable experiential learning opportunities to students at Huron, this Read More …
On Wednesday, April 10, CURL will be posting our annual Spring Conference in the Great Hall and library! This full-day conference will be jam-packed with awesome student research from all disciplines. Stick around after the conference for the “Huron Ideas” launch party featuring the newest issue of Liberated Arts and recent book releases from our Read More …
At our 2018 Fall Exhibition, we officially awarded the 2018-19 school year CURL fellows their cheques. CURL Fellowships are awarded based on students’ articulation of the research problem, the significance of the research, and the research design/methodology. We were seriously impressed with these students’ awesome ideas! Taylor Boyd’s project will seek to determine whether Read More …
We’re starting the new year off right by celebrating Huron students’ awesome achievements! Aruna Dutt is a graduate of Huron’s Development Studies program, of which a major focus is the reality of poverty around the world. During her undergrad, she worked as a correspondent intern at the United Nations, where she improved her storytelling through Read More …
CURL’s 2018 Fall Exhibition, which will take place in the Huron library on November 28, is filled with fabulous student research on a range of topics, from cultural expressions in baseball to advertising in the candy industry. We’ve just released the short program over on the Conferences page—stay tuned for abstracts!
The CURL studio space is now open for individuals or groups of up to 8 to study and collaborate! Book online here. All Huron students can book the CURL space online up to 2 weeks in advance, but CURL Student Associates can book through library reception anytime for the whole term! You don’t need to apply Read More …
We at CURL love to celebrate the exceptional undergraduate scholars that make their home at Huron! Meet Taylor Boyd, a 4th-year Honours Specialization Psychology and Scholar’s Electives student. Taylor’s commitment to helping fellow students earned her the title of Student Representative on CURL’s 2017-18 steering committee, and she is the current president of the Huron Read More …
Huron students partake in innovative, professional research—and we want to show it off! We invite you to present at CURL’s Fall 2018 Exhibition, our half-day conference celebrating Huron’s undergraduate scholars. All disciplines are eligible and we accept a multitude of presentation formats. Applications are due by October 31st. Apply through our Conferences page!
CURL knows that building your resumé can be expensive. Whether you want to participate in a career-focused workshop or present at an academic conference, CURL’s $500 travel bursaries can help you get there! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis from September 1-March 30, but travel can occur anytime during the calendar year. Head on over Read More …
