Undergraduate Research Abroad: Challenges and Rewards

Undergraduate Research: Importance, Benefits, and Challenges

Developing and maintaining undergraduate research programs benefits students, faculty mentors, and the university. Incorporating a research component along with a sound academic foundation enables students to develop independent critical thinking skills along with oral and written communication skills. The research process impacts valuable learning objectives that have lasting influence as unde...

Conducting psychiatric research in the developing world: challenges and rewards.

Marine Biodiscovery Research in Indonesia : Challenges and Rewards

Marine biodiscovery or bioprospecting activity is a search for marine products derived from marine biodiversity that can be developed for various industrial needs. Including in this activity is the process of identifying chemical compounds made by biological organisms which is often called natural product discovery. Indonesia, well known as a mega-diversity country, is one of the world hot spor...

Dissemination of Research Findings to Research Participants Living with HIV in Rural Uganda: Challenges and Rewards

1 Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Global Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2 Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Mbarara, Uganda, 3 Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 4 University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 5 Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Mas...

From Theory to Practice: Rewards and Challenges

Language perceivers are viewed as having available multiple sources of information supporting the identification and production of language. This theoretical framework has been successful in accounting for a wide variety of empirical research findings. Our research agenda called for the development of a computer-animated talking head, Baldi, who serendipitously showed promise for language tutor...