Call for submissions: BC Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol. 2

The Brooklyn College Undergraduate Research Journal is now accepting submission for its second issue.  The first issue was released in Fall, 2009 and can be found under "Academics" in the description of Undergraduate programs. (http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/pub/academics.htm)

We published 25 abstracts last year.  The website lists the student names and their faculty mentors and the abstracts and then a link to the full paper (which might have been published elsewhere).  In addition, the journal website recognizes the paid research externships gained by BC students.

Submission process
Students cannot directly submit their research papers.  All submissions must be approved by faculty mentors and submitted through department chairs or delegated member of the department or through coordinators in interdisciplinary programs, including the Honors College and Honors Academy.

Types of papers to submit
Except in unusual circumstances, these papers should reflect term projects in semester-long courses, including independent studies, or comparable efforts in research labs.  They should be more than literature summaries.

Schedule and instructions
All submissions should be made to Robert Cherry or a member of the editorial board by May 15th.   It should include the proposed paper and name of the faculty mentor.  Final papers and abstracts (with approval by the faculty mentor) should be submitted by June 30.    We publish the abstracts so that they should be accessible to non-specialists.  The recommended length of abstracts is 200 to 400 words.   While our goal is to publish all submissions as we did in our first year, the editorial board reserves the right to reject papers that do not have a sufficient research component.

Other research accolades
Finally, we hope to expand our listings of student research activities.  If you have students who are awarded external research grants, have made presentations at professional conferences, or engaged in other noteworthy research activities, please communicate that information to Stephen Gracia (Scholarship Office) so that they can be listed in our journal.

Robert Cherry (editor-in-chief)

Editorial Board: Isabelle Barriere; Jillian Cavanaugh; Janet E. Johnson; Paula Massood; Michael Menser; Herve Queneau; Lisa Schwebel; Gunja SenGupta; Laura L. Tesman; Micha Tomkiewicz; and Noson S. Yanofsky.