This study analyzed terminal degree and career choices of students who performed undergraduate research. In one analysis, the study compared terminal degree and career choices between a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) and traditional non-course-based undergraduate research experiences at one primarily undergraduate institution (PUI). Students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees at levels exceeding 75%, with no significant difference between a CURE experience and a traditional research experience. Analysis of terminal degree and career choices at four PUIs providing traditional research experiences showed a marked difference in the number of students pursuing terminal degrees. Two PUIs showed rates > 75%, whereas students at the other two PUIs pursued terminal degrees <50% of the time. The majority of students not pursuing terminal degrees chose M.S. degrees in education and healthcare. An analysis was also performed among students participating in traditional summer undergraduate research on a research-intensive university (RIU) campus with a medical school. Students were accepted from two programs, an NIH IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program recruiting students from the RIU and an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program recruiting undergraduates from rural PUIs and minority-serving institutions, particularly tribal colleges. Analysis showed that >70% of the students who pursued postbaccalaureate programs chose terminal degrees. INBRE undergraduates displayed a marked preference for the M.D. degree (73.9% vs. 17.4%), whereas the REU students chose the Ph.D. degree (75.0% vs. 22.9%). American Indian students were also analyzed separately for career choice and showed an equal preference for the M.D. and Ph.D. degrees when pursuing postbaccalaureate education. Overall, the results provide evidence that undergraduate student research stimulates student careers in areas needed by the nation’s citizen stakeholders.

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Методом вакуумно-эпитаксиального наращивания на подложке Si-GaAs (100) синтезировано соединение олова с мышьяком в виде тонкопленочных гетероструктур GaAs-SnAs. Предполагается, что тонкопленочные структуры на основе соединения SnAs, относящегося по современным представлениям к классу полуметаллов Вейля, могут быть использованы для создания перспективных электронных приборов.

The Leuckart reaction is a fast and convenient method of synthesis of various formamides and amines and has been successfully used for the synthesis of many biologically active compounds, including agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. Surprisingly, it has never been used for the synthesis of vanillylamine (I) from vanillin (II) via the intermediate N‐vanillylformamide (III). In the literature, the intermediate III is described only once, when it was obtained via the formylation of I, not by the reductive amination of II. In this work, we report a successful synthesis of III from II via a microwave assisted Leuckart reaction. This method provides a new synthetic pathway to I, which is a valuable intermediate in the synthesis of a number of biologically‐active compounds. This method can also be used for the synthesis of other hydroxy‐substituted benzylamines.The project is supported by NIH grant P20 RR016741 from the NCRR.

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