The 2009 CU Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium will be taking place on Sunday, April 5, from 10:00 AM to 4:30 PM in Roone Arledge Auditorium in Lerner Hall. We are pleased to announce that our faculty speakers this year will be Professor David Keyes, Professor of Applied Mathematics and Chair-designate of the Mathematical and Computer Sciences and Engineering Division at KAUST, and Professor Martin Chalfie, Chair of the Biological Sciences Department at Columbia and recipient of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. The 2009 Symposium marks a record number of submissions from over thirteen different schools in the region, and the level and diversity of research exhibited by the undergraduates who will be presenting is unprecedented for the CU SURS.

The 2009 CU SURS is an exciting opportunity to learn about a broad range of scientific research being conducted by many of the brightest undergraduates across the Northeast. It is a truly unique event not only at Columbia but in the whole Northeastern region. Admission is free—please click here to register.

It is my pleasure to announce that submissions for the 2009 Columbia University Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium are now being accepted! Please head over to the symposium site for details on submitting. The CU SURS is one of the largest undergraduate research symposia in the Northeast region, and we invite students from all nearby institutions to submit their work for the chance to present to a broad audience of people and network with their exceptional peers from around the region. This year, the event will be held in Roone Arledge Auditorium on Sunday, April 5. Any questions and inquiries should be directed to symposium.coordinator@cusj.com.

Congratulations to all those accepted as part of the Editorial Review Board for 2008-2009! We are extremely pleased with this year's new board, and we are confident that they will uphold the professional standards of the CUSJ. We look forward to executing the double-blind, peer review process that is one of the CUSJ's hallmarks. Manuscripts of research articles are still being accepted, so please submit if you are an undergraduate that has done research at Columbia!

We are looking forward to the upcoming year with great anticipation, as we have several exciting events planned. We will be holding our Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium in late April as planned, which last year brought in several dozen undergraduate researchers from the Northeastern region from over 22 Colleges and Universities. This year we hope not only to expand the Symposium but also to hold additional events to promote scientific research and undergraduate researchers at Columbia.

Again, congratulations to our new Editorial Revew Board and stay tuned for our upcoming events.

The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal's Spring 2007 issue was published today by the Columbia University Libraries (Official Publication Site).

Representing countless hours of work over a period of months by the Journal's 120-member staff and 16-member Faculty Advisory Board, this issue contains a breadth and depth of scientific research rarely found in any scientific publication.

Including not only outstanding work performed at Columbia, but also work from researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and Massachusetts General Hospital, this issue truly represents outstanding undergraduate scientific scholarship. The publication of the Journal's second issue represents a reinforcement of the CUSJ's long-term committment toward showcasing the highest undergraduate scientific scholarship at Columbia to New York and the world. The CUSJ's open-access format means that it is freely viewable on the internet, available to students and faculty around the world to read and reference.

For print copies, please contact cusj@columbia.edu.

The 2007 CU SURS, cosponsored by Engineering Student Council and the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal, is now accepting submissions for presentation in March at Columbia's Lerner Hall. Students from any school in the Northeastern region are eligible to submit a manuscript.

Visit the Symposium section to submit an abstract.

The 3rd annual Symposium solidifies the CUSJ's commitment to excellence in undergraduate scientific achievement at Columbia; the tradition will form a lasting legacy of excellence in undergraduate scientific research at Columbia.

Directions to Lerner Hall, on Columbia's Morningside campus, can be obtained here. Published abstracts from previous symposiums can be obtained on the Symposium Official Publication Site.

The Symposium is a forum for New York City university students to showcase their research in a presentation format. Abstracts selected for presentation will be published under the umbrella of the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal in an open-access format. Students' abstracts selected for presentation will be published on the Symposium Official Publication Site as the Proceedings of the 2007 CU Spring Undergraduate Research Symposium.

Submission Guidelines and Instructions are available at this address: http://cusj.columbia.edu/submissions.shtml for publication in the Journal's Spring 2007 Issue.

Advance Deadline: Friday, December 8, Midnight
Final Deadline: Monday, January 22, Midnight

Submissions to the CUSJ will be received from undergraduates who are students at Columbia, have recently graduated from Columbia, or students from other universities who have performed significant research at Columbia.

The Journal's Editorial Review Board and Faculty Advisory Board will participate in the double-blind peer-review of each and every paper submitted to the CUSJ. The CUSJ is committed to advancing scholarship across all scientific disciplines at Columbia, and this call for papers embodies this comittment.

The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal will be published by The Columbia University Libraries at the Journal's official publication website.

Representing the Columbia University Medical Center, Graduate School of Arts & Science, Columbia College, The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Barnard College and the School of General Studies, the 2006-2007 CUSJ Staff truly reflects the trans-institutional nature of the CUSJ and reinforces its comittment to publishing the most outstanding undergraduate research manuscripts .

These outstanding new members of the CUSJ's editorial and operational staffs will continue to represent the rich tradition of undergraduate scholarship in the sciences at Columbia and at the CUSJ. The CUSJ's rapid growth exemplifies the widespread campus interest in the publication.

With this staff addition, the CUSJ has more than doubled its peer-review capacity. These exceptional students will be primarily responsible for the CUSJ's hallmark double-blind peer-review process.

Staff contact information is listed here.

9/15/2006

The CUSJ is looking to add outstanding undergraduate and graduate students to its staff. Please find the application to join here.

Reflecting a focus on long-term organizational sustainability, the CUSJ has released applications for both its editorial and operational hierarchies. Applications are due on September 15 and October 9, 2006.

Please refer to the apply section of the CUSJ website for additional detail about open positions and their corresponding for those who choose to apply to join the CUSJ staff. The CUSJ welcomes applications from Columbia students. We are looking forward to meeting all prospective members.

Questions concerning the application process or any individual position can be directed to cusj@columbia.edu.

As part of its long-term commitment to the furthering of peer-reviewed undergraduate research on a university, regional, and national level, the CUSJ has partnered with the Undergraduate Research Institute, taking a leading role in building to the world's first all-online repository for peer-reviewed undergraduate journals and undergraduate thesises.

This partnership reflects the long-term stability and vision of the Journal to make Columbia the premier resource for undergraduate scientific research. Through this partnership, the Journal and Columbia stand to benefit through the utilization of cutting-edge technology for the benefit of the undergraduate (and larger) scientific community.

The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal's Spring 2006 issue was published today by the Columbia University Libraries (Official Publication Site).

Representing countless hours of work over a period of 8 months by the Journal's 45-member Editorial Review Board and 16-member Faculty Advisory Board, this issue contains a breadth and depth of scientific research rarely found in any scientific publication.

After the successful Research Symposium co-sponsored with Engineering Student Council, The publication of the Journal's first issue represents a substantial movement toward a showcasing of the highest undergraduate scientific scholarship at Columbia to New York and the world. The CUSJ's open-access format means that it is freely viewable on the internet, available to students and faculty around the world to read and reference.

For print copies, please contact cusj@columbia.edu.

As part of its long-term commitment to the furthering of peer-reviewed undergraduate research on a university, regional, and national level, the CUSJ has partnered with the Undergraduate Research Institute, taking a leading role in building to the world's first all-online repository for peer-reviewed undergraduate journals and undergraduate thesises.

This partnership reflects the long-term stability and vision of the Journal to make Columbia the premier resource for undergraduate scientific research. Through this partnership, the Journal and Columbia stand to benefit through the utilization of cutting-edge technology for the benefit of the undergraduate (and larger) scientific community.

The 2006 CUSJ Spring Symposium, sponsored by Engineering Student Council, will be held in Lerner Hall 555 from 12:30-4PM on April 28, 2006, on Columbia's Morningside campus. All students and faculty interested in science at Columbia are encouraged to attend. The Symposium will feature presentation and poster format exhibits with opening and closing remarks from notable Columbia faculty .

The deadline for student abstract submission is April 15, 2006. Visit the Symposium section for more information.

The Symposium will feature opening remarks from Professor Ron Prywes, Chair of the Journal's Faculty Advisory Board, and closing remarks from a prominent Columbia university scientific investigator. The Symposium solidifies the CUSJ's commitment to excellence in undergraduate scientific achievement at Columbia; the tradition beginning with this year's Symposium will form a lasting legacy of excellence in undergraduate scientific research at Columbia.

Directions to Lerner Hall, on Columbia's Morningside campus, can be obtained here.

The CUSJ Spring Symposium will be a forum for Columbia students to showcase their research in a presentation format. Abstracts selected for presentation will be published under the umbrella of the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal in an open-access format. Students' abstracts selected for presentation will be published on the CUSJ Spring Symposium Official Publication Site as the Proceedings of the 2006 CUSJ Spring Symposium. The final deadline for abstract submissions is April 15, 2006.

The 42-member Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal Editorial Review Board represents all four of Columbia's undergraduate colleges: Columbia College, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Barnard College, and the School of General Studues. Additional members of the board are graduate students on both Columbia's Medical Center and Morningside campuses.

The Journal's Editorial Review Board will be responsible for facilitating the CUSJ's double-blind peer-review process. Their judgments will form the credibility base on which the Journal will begin its lasting legacy in the sciences at Columbia.

To contact the Journal's Editorial Review Board, e-mail cusj@columbia.edu.

Please obtain the Spring 2006 Submission Guidelines and Instructions here.
The staff of the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal is delighted to announce that the CUSJ is now accepting submissions for its Spring 2006 issue. More information is available in the submissions section.

Submissions to the CUSJ will be received from undergraduates who are students at Columbia, have recently graduated from Columbia, or students from other universities who have performed significant research at Columbia.

The Journal's Editorial Review Board and Faculty Advisory Board will participate in the review of each and every paper submitted to the CUSJ. The CUSJ is committed to advancing scholarship across all scientific disciplines at Columbia, and this call for papers embodies this comittment.

The Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal will be published by The Columbia University Libraries at the Journal's official publication website.

1/15/2006

The Symposium will feature scientific abstract presentations given by Columbia students with ongoing or completed scientific research. (PDF for interested students). The Symposium will accept abstract submissions during Spring 2006.

To accompany its annual publication, the CUSJ is pleased to announce the launch of the CUSJ Spring Symposium, an annual meeting in Low Library which will showcase presentations encompassing ongoing and completed research by Columbia students.

Students who are selected to present an abstract will have that work published under the umbrella of the Columbia Undergraduate Science Journal in an open-access format. For details, please contact Charlie Zairis, the CUSJ Spring Symposium Coordinator.

The staff of the CUSJ is pleased to welcome the support of Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley.

Recognizing the potential for the CUSJ to afford opportunities to Columbia undergraduate and graduate students, Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger and Provost Alan Brinkley have become official supporters of the Journal. Their support will catalyze the further development of the Journal toward our Spring 2006 publication date.

The address where the CUSJ will be published in Spring 2006 is http://cusj.columbia.ed/cusj .

The Journal will be published in a open-access format, available to students and faculty around the world to view and reference. This address is where submitters can create a login and submit manuscripts in the spring, and where members of the Editorial Review Board and Associate Editors will participate in our double-blind -peer-review process through our own online publication system.