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The Summer Institute for Research and Creative Work funded by the James E. Rogers Research Program fuels big ideas for faculty and students


By: Page Leggett


Big dreams are as common as backpacks on college campuses. As students fulfill degree requirements, they also plot career ambitions, and while professors shepherd students along the way, they too have dreams to fulfill. It’s not a lack of imagination or drive that keeps these dreams from coming to fruition; it’s mostly a lack of funds. “In academic research, funding and time are always a


problem,” said Roseann Pluretti, assistant professor in the Knight School of Communication. “Many students are eager to do summer research. Tey start enthusiastically but may have to work a lot of hours over the summer to pay for the upcoming semester,” added


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