On June 11–12, Cornell will host a regional gathering designed to tackle a challenge facing colleges nationwide: how to build an undergraduate educational experience that crosses both disciplinary boundaries and institutional lines.

Supported by a National Science Foundation grant, the Upstate New York Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) conference will bring together 50 scholars – including faculty, postdoctoral researchers and graduate students – from community colleges, liberal arts institutions and research universities across the state. 

“The idea is to bring undergraduate institutions together to answer interdisciplinary education questions that span multiple institution types,” said Michelle Smith, senior associate dean for undergraduate education in the College of Arts & Sciences and Distinguished Professor of Arts & Sciences in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.

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