UC Davis student Natasha Bibbs of Sacramento has already gone places with academic research — and she hopes to go even further.
The fourth-year student travelled about 2,000 miles to Louisiana and more than 150 years back in time to discover how someone she believes is an ancestor — perhaps her great-great-grandfather — became one of the first Black doctors in his community and used his status to contribute to the African American community.
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.
Several UC Davis Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) undergraduate students capped the completion of a 10-week-long summer research scholars’ program presenting their research findings at the 2023 Summer Undergraduate Research Programs Symposium Aug. 25.
From Entomology to Statistics and from Chemistry to Aerospace Engineering, the subjects varied for the eight scholars. The impact, though, was significant for all.
