<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/_dev-testing/final/faculty-research/close-and-personal-professor-goes-beyond-teaching-mentor-and-encourage-students.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>06/06/2023</pubDate><title>Up Close and Personal: Professors Go Beyond Teaching to Mentor and Encourage Students</title><excerpt>During his post-doctoral work at the University of Pittsburgh, physics professor Ben Carlson mentored both under-graduate and graduate students. When they asked to work with him in the summer, he looked for suitable projects. “After two summers, I learned what was appropriate and helpful for students,” he says. “Two of my students at Pitt were offered ATLAS papers, which is significant because people in the collaboration — especially undergraduates — don’t necessarily get credit. My students did enough, so their names appear with the collaborators. I enjoyed mentoring them and have continued to work with student researchers at Westmont.”</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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