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Undergraduate research conference highlights innovative student projects

Two third-year students share their journeys and what they learned presenting at the annual undergraduate research conference.

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UC Davis puts student researchers in the forefront

  • by Ginger M Welsh

Undergraduate students find pathways to research in traditional and avant-garde ways at the University of California, Davis. For many undergraduates, early exposure to research sculpts their career journeys in new direction. Every year, the Undergraduate Research Center introduces and connects students to hands-on research through programs, conferences, workshops, awards and mentor-mentee opportunities.

A person wearing a white mask and black T-shirt stands outdoors on a sunny day, holding up both hands covered in black dirt or grease toward the camera. The person has light-colored hair pulled back and is standing in a gravel lot with metal buildings and trees in the background.

Research conference shares innovative undergraduate-led projects

  • by Ginger M Welsh

Over 1,000 student researchers presented projects on topics ranging from accelerating jalapeno growth to studying links between Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes at the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on April 25 and 26.

 

Undergraduate researchers recognized with awards

Several research-related awards honor UC Davis undergraduate students.  The Undergraduate Research Center manages three awards:

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