One of the distinguishing features of COPLAC colleges is their focus on undergraduate research. Small class size, close faculty-student interactions, and funded research opportunities allow top students to work alongside faculty mentors in significant research projects at all 26 member institutions. COPLAC now hosts a series of regional UR conferences for students at member campuses, and many of these same students go on to present their work at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.
Metamorphosis is part of COPLAC’s effort to highlight some of the best recent work in undergraduate research. Each semester, faculty committees at member campuses select two outstanding projects for inclusion in Metamorphosis.
The first edition of Metamorphosis will feature papers of presenters at the Southeast Regional Undergraduate Research Conference held November 2009.
