Student Initiative Committee
Members: Jon Kole (chair), Jessica Rosenbaum, Todd Rubin

Objectives:
Civic Engagement minor creation
- We are gauging student and faculty interest in the creation of a minor focused on community service and public advocacy. Our ideal framework will include ABCS courses to put problem solving into practice, Ideas in Action courses to develop insights into public policy, and an array of courses drawn from departments like Urban Studies, Legal Studies, Sociology, and Political Science. We are eliciting support from campus community service groups as well.
BFS Modification
- We are examining the option to modify the Benjamin Franklin Scholars program to increase the rigor and possibly develop a Capstone project.
Cross-Dept Charity
- With an array of departments in the College, we are interested in the possibility of promoting a collaborative fund raiser to improve College unity and help a specific cause (ie meningitis research considering the tragedy of Anne Ryan of 2010).

Academic Committee
Members: Joshua Kay (chair), Ben Kaufman, Fan Zhou

Objectives:
To improve the undergraduate academic experience for students enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences
Current Projects
- Creation of a Journalism minor incorporating the Annenberg School of Communication and the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing.
- Exploring possible changes to the pass/fail policy

Past Projects
  • Finalizing the last phase of the Budgeting, Finance, Leadership, and Teamwork (B-FLAT minor) that will be administered by the Fels Institute of Government

    - Last year the DAB found that many College students felt the need for a program that would furnish certain practical skills, such as budgeting and finances, leadership and teamwork (hence B-FLAT)
    - The minor will teach the B-FLAT skills from a liberal-arts perspective, and with a public/non-profit sector slant

  • Worked with College officials on the new curriculum

Outreach Committee
Members: Ami Patel (chair), Terence Huang, Michael Kind, Andrew Migdail

Objectives:
  • Booklet that will incorporate important facts that every educated and cultured college student should know. In addition, it will include a survival guide for all students, relating to all areas of the College
  • Coordinating year-long PR campaign to increase awareness of DAB and gain student input on College issues
    - Improving and maintaining DAB website
    - Organizing focus groups with College students
    - Organizing social events within the DAB
    - Conducting surveys
    - Conducted Locust Walk survey initiative to gain student input on key College issues, such as academic offerings

Research Database

Dear Student: In the link below, you will find what we hope is a helpful resource for you in pursuing your research. We have compiled a list of professors, who have directly indicated to us that they are willing to work, in some capacity, with undergraduates on research. Next to each professor, we have included the personal blurb that they wrote to us, which will help you in determining which professor will best be able to help you. Please note that the extent to which each professor is willing to commit is different: whereas some would be willing to initiate or involve you in formal for-credit research partnerships and/or would be able to frequently meet with you, others would be only able to communicate with you by phone or email, either because they are away from the university or because of time commitments. We have provided the email address of each professor so that you may contact him or her to determine his or her availability. By no means should this be the only resource you use in determining what professor would be best for you to work with on research. Although this listing has the unique benefit of containing only professors who have explicitly indicated a willingness to work with undergraduates, other resources that you may find helpful include the department websites themselves and the CURF database. Several professors have provided us with detailed descriptions of their research interests that are not available on the CURF database and department websites, but it is also possible that the CURF database and department websites contain information we do not have here. Therefore, ideally, all three should be used together in order to maximize your chances of finding the professor that would best help you. Please note that at the end of this listing, we have provided you with information about research workshops offered by the library.

Please contact us if you require additional information or have any questions or concerns.

Research Listing