The 本科研究委员会 defines undergraduate research as “an inquiry or investigation conducted by an undergraduate student that makes an original intellectual or creative contribution to the discipline”. CURE包括跨艺术和人文以及STEM领域的学术和创造性活动。

There is a large and growing body of evidence which shows the positive impact of CUREs on student retention, graduation rates, and early career success (see: 贝尔2015, Rodenbusch et al. 2016, and Hensel 2018 for more info).

1. CUREs允许更多的学生参与原创研究，而不是传统的“学徒模式”。
2. 治疗对教师有益，有助于他们的专业发展。
3. 治愈对机构有益。

今年秋天，CRI计划促进关于PSU如何支持集成集群内部和跨集成集群的CURE开发的讨论。