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Item Jumping worms, community science and course-based undergraduate research experiences(University of Minnesota Extension, 2022) Kressin, Olivia; Gupta, Angela; Olson, Rachel● Inclusion of undergraduates in authentic research is an effective tool to increase interest and competency in a research career. ● Not all undergraduate students are able to participate in these formal research opportunities. ● To expand the connection of undergraduate students with researchers and educators, a Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) was developed to engage students through their undergraduate institution. ● This CURE provided undergraduate students at the University of Minnesota Rochester (UMR), an opportunity to participate in ongoing environmental and community-based research and increase their interest, familiarity and confidence in research. ● A collaboration was formed between UMR, the University of Minnesota Extension and the Rochester, MN community. ● Students investigated the microbial community of soils with and without invasive jumping worms.Item This is a Piece of Cake(University of Minnesota Rochester, 2022-01-17) Addani, Mohamed; Olson, RachelIn the first episode of Beyond the Nest's second season, 2018 graduate Mohamed Addani catches up with UMR biology faculty member Rachel Olson. Currently, Mohamed is a doctoral candidate at the Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences where his focused his research on developing strategies to confront health disparities in regenerative medicine treatments.