LAS students awarded Dean’s High Impact Undergraduate Research Awards
Students are compensated for high-end research in a variety of disciplines, ranging from chemistry and journalism to psychology and economics.
Tag: research
Researchers restore function of heart muscles in aging fruit flies
Study of cardiac muscles in flies might help you keep your heart young.
Toni Sleugh selected as 2019 Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholar
The competitive national award will help Sleugh pursue her passion for marine biology.
Adventure by Karine
Karine Holmes (’22 geology) wanted to experience something new in college. Her interest in climate research has taken her on a voyage of discovery, from the Stable Isotope Paleoenvironmental Lab to mapping the ocean floor in Alaska.
Study shows Minecraft can encourage creativity
Professor Douglas Gentile’s research shows Minecraft can induce creativity just as other types of games can induce aggression.
Calling attention to gender bias dramatically changes course evaluations
Two LAS researchers have developed a new intervention that may help reduce bias against women instructors on course evaluations.
Geology student returns from summer on research vessel, atop active volcano
Chanel Vidal, sophomore in geology, traveled the world this summer for three different research opportunities.
Seeing the forest for the trees
Misa Hamanaka (‘20 mathematics) pursues research with an educator’s eye.
Building tools with organic chemistry
Brett VanVeller teaches his students the same philosophy that drives his research: if you understand the basics in organic chemistry, you can dream up anything.