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.
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.
The current Crowdfund UC Davis project offers donors the opportunity to support undergraduate students. The Undergraduate Research Center and experiential learning programs seek financial support from alumni, faculty and the community to enhance student learning experiences, near and far.
The UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center recently launched a new initiative to support arts, social sciences and humanities undergraduates with $1,000 stipends and research mentorship. Applications close Feb. 27.
The Quarter at Aggie Square Biomedical Engineering cohort wrapped up their 10-week experience with a presentation of three medical prototypes for growth-accommodating heart valves, noninvasive glucose monitors and stroke-detection devices. The students chose the concepts to solve complex health challenges they encountered.
More than 100 undergraduate students filled the Teaching and Learning Complex Learning Lab Nov. 14 to learn how to find research projects that matter to them. The Undergraduate Research Center and University Honors Program invited award-winning Stanford University author Thomas S. Mullaney to lead the event.
UC Davis undergraduate students who want to conduct research can meet with more than 37 faculty at the second-ever Undergraduate Research Fair Oct. 10.
The fair, which runs 3 to 5 p.m. Oct. 10 in the ARC Ballroom and Courtyard, provides students information about how to participate in research projects, learn about research programs and explore opportunities to work in labs.
The awards ceremony recognizes the Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research and Mentoring Undergraduate Research, the Dean Keith Simonton Prize for Creativity in Undergraduate Research and the Hansen Family Undergraduate Research Publication Award.
A record number of undergraduate students are slated to present at the 35th Annual Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference April 26 and 27. According to the UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center, which hosts the event, the 2024 conference includes 884 student presenters – more than any previous year.
Early Saturday morning, the campus is relatively quiet. Across from the Manetti Shrem Museum, however, students gather inside the UC Davis Conference Center. As they check-in, find their name tags, grab breakfast and mingle, featured morning speaker Christina L. Jackson prepares to give her keynote address.
