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Please join us for a discussion of professional science master’s programs and undergraduate research on Wednesday, October 9, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. during the webinar "Undergraduate Research as a Pipeline to Professional Science Master's Programs: Applying Undergraduate Researchers' Skills to Degrees that Connect Academia to Industry."

In parallel with the rapid expansion of undergraduate research and its incorporation into many undergraduate majors and curricula, a new type of graduate degree, the professional science master’s (PSM), has come into prominence in the last decade. Combining coursework in science and business, internship in a business or public-sector enterprise, and a final project incorporating research elements, the PSM is an excellent graduate option for many undergraduate researchers.

In this webinar, the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) partners with the leading organizational voice for the PSM, the National Professional Science Master’s Association, to share early developments and reveal current and exciting trends in the PSM community, and how undergraduate research experiences can be an excellent springboard.

Webinar facilitators will be Elizabeth Ambos, executive officer of CUR; Joaquin Carbonara, professor of mathematics, Buffalo State; Marilyn Wells, provost and senior vice president of academic affairs at Minnesota State University at Mankato; Larry Wimmers, chair of the CUR Biology Division; and Michael Dorff, chair of the CUR Mathematics and Computer Sciences Division.

Register online by October 9.