The Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY): Twenty Years of Exceptional Success Supporting Undergraduate Research and Inclusive Excellence
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The author discusses the history of the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY), which has made significant contributions benefiting science faculty and undergraduates.The peer review publication rate of 1.7 for MERCURY faculty is 3.4 times the average rate for physical science faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions.Since 2001, 888 students have worked on research projects; 75 percent of them have come from underrepresented populations, such as female students or students of color.Approximately half of all graduates have pursued advanced degrees in STEM fields; two-thirds of this group have been female and/or students of color.More than 1,600 people have attended the 18 MERCURY conferences that have hosted 111 speakers, including 61 who were faculty members of color or female.
DOI: 10.18833/spur/3/2/1
Author: George Shields
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
Awards: G235671070, MRI: Acquisition of High Performance Computers for the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY (MERCURY), Acquisition of High Performance Computers for the Northeastern Undergraduate Research Chemistry Consortium, G305925675, MRI: Addition of High Performance Computers for the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational ChemistRY (MERCURY), G3892351006, G4194822168, G52549087, G5933694312, MRI: Acquisition of a High Performance Computer for the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate computational chemistRY (MERCURY), G8613421693, Acquisition of a Linux Cluster for the Molecular Education and Research Consortium in Undergraduate Computational Chemistry (MERCURY)
OpenAlex ID: W3011995552