Undergraduate Research Stories

Communicating Technical Research in an Understandable Way Isn’t Always Easy

Ava Beaudin, a Virginia Commonwealth University junior and aspiring doctor, sees her recent summer internship in cancer research as a lesson in communication.

Undergraduate Researcher Asks How May Swenson’s Unpublished Art Reframes Her Poetry

Utah State University undergraduate researcher explores an overlooked part of poet May Swenson’s legacy.

Hooked on Salmon: One VIU Student Follows His Passion For Fish Into Local Waters

Tristen says the fieldwork helped him develop competence as a leader managing a team as well as skills in data computation, all applicable to working in the sector after graduation.

Study into UREs Shows the Impact of Undergraduate Research

Over the past 13 years, 1,300 students at Arizona State University have participated in various UREs. Faculty in the school are studying how these social science UREs compare with UREs that have been historically offered in STEM fields. The researchers studied how three different UREs compare. They examined course-based undergraduate experiences (CUREs), individual research experiences (IREs) and lab-based undergraduate research experiences (LUREs).

How I Found My Research: “This is Where I Truly Belong. I Can’t Imagine Doing Anything Else.” 

What I most find fulfilling about the research process is just how much information we still don’t know yet. Throughout human history, we have gained so much general knowledge but there is so much we have yet to explore ... Knowing that my research could help provide insight into what our future may look like is very fulfilling.

2024 AURA Awardees: St. Catherine University and West Virginia University

CUR congratulates its 2024 Campus-Wide Award for Undergraduate Research Accomplishments (AURA) awardees: St. Catherine University (St. Kate’s) (Saint Paul, MN) and West Virginia University (WVU) (Morgantown, WV).

Preserving nature’s music for future generations

“Every piece of research adds to our collective knowledge base.”

An Undergraduate’s Success Propelled by Research and Recognition

How reaching out to faculty about research possibilities opened up a world of opportunities

Regional Undergraduate Research Conference Celebrates Mentors

An effective mentor's message is "You Belong Here!"

Academic Resesearch Takes Hard Work and Lots of Practice

Which is why these 10 NYU students aren’t waiting for graduation to make an impact in the lab, the field, or the studio.