We continue to embrace the new definition of research established in the 2023 Innovation, Inquiry and Creativity Symposium. Broadly, that definition of research projects is as follows:
Projects that involve work with existing research or texts, presenting original analysis, critique, and argumentation
Projects that involve critical analysis of the body of scholarship written about a particular subject area
Projects that result in original creative expression based on critical analysis and study of existing work
Projects that involve systematic collection and analysis of data
Part of the impetus for our creation of a new definition of research is a similar decision made by the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR). Please take a look at this video for more information about CUR's actions.