The Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) presented Allegheny College with the inaugural Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishment (AURA) at the annual meeting, on January 22 in Washington, D.C., of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. The award was presented to Allegheny — the only baccalaureate college in the nation to receive the award — for the exceptional research experiences that Allegheny provides to its students.