Question: What leaves a professor mentally exhausted and a physical wreck?
Undergrad research grows popular:
Traditionally, undergraduate education has taken place in the classroom, while research has been for graduate students and faculty. No more. College and universities are pushing hard to get many more undergraduates involved in research.
And here is the quote of the day:
"Nationally, there is nothing hotter than undergraduate research," says George Barthalmus, N.C. State's director of undergraduate research.
Er, at the risk of appearing mean-spirited, there is nothing hotter nationally than XYZ, says the director of XYZ!