Colgate professors are not only beloved by students and alumni of Colgate, they often are chosen to lead their professional organizations. That honor has most recently come to chemistry professor Roger Rowlett, who has been elected to serve as president of the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) for 2015–2016.
CUR has nearly 700 institutional members and more than 10,000 individual members. It is the leading organization that supports high-quality undergraduate student-faculty collaborative research and scholarship.
Rowlett has been a member of CUR since the organization’s first biennial conference, which was held at Colgate in 1985. Since that time he has been dedicated to the idea that it is possible to do first-rate research with undergraduates, and has lived that dream for 31 years.
“CUR has served a pivotal role in my personal professional development as a scholar and teacher in the undergraduate education setting,” said Rowlett, Gordon and Dorothy Kline Professor of chemistry. “I know I am not alone among faculty and undergraduate students whose research successes were made possible or enhanced by CUR in some way. I am honored that my colleagues have entrusted me with this leadership responsibility.”
Read more about Rowlett’s appointment here.