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Undergraduate Research:The opportunity to learn and
discover side-by-side with first-class faculty
Some Ways to Enhance your Education Outside the Classroom
• Student Activities• Internships• Study Abroad• Community Service• Undergraduate Research
Types of Undergraduate Research Opportunities
• Research experiences in the classroom• Work study• Grant-funded research• Research courses• Summer research opportunities• Volunteering
Examples of Research and Creative Areas
• Biomedical• Marine Biology• Environmental Sciences• Psychology• Sociology• Political Science• Education• English
• Chemistry• Business• Sports Management• Communication• Women and Gender
Studies• History• Occupational Therapy• Art
HIS 290: History Hands On
Studying history from those who lived it:
Home front Letters of WWII
Hands-on History:Student Designed Museum
Exhibit
HIS 345: Museums & Public History
Environmental Studies students collect elevation data in wetland.
Environmental Studies students setting up nets to catch fish that use a UNE salt marsh.
Biology students conducting research at the Marine Science Center use a seine to sample fish at Freddy Beach
Students collecting water samples from the Marine Science Center’s R/V Llyr
Student researcher in the Environmental Studies program determines sediment loads in estuarine waters.
Stevenson Lab
Megyn – Medical Biology/Pre PA
Cristina – Psychology
Jim – Medical Biology
Alexa - Psychobiology
Winners of Outstanding Poster Award at UNE Symposium
UNE student and faculty researchers at the Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium in Bar Harbor
Psychology Students at UNE Undergraduate Symposium
Why Participate in Undergraduate Research?
• Develop Self-Confidence• Experience Working as a Team• Develop a Relationship with a Faculty Member• Clarify Career Path• Sense of Accomplishment• Understand the Personal Demands of a Career• Learn to Persevere at a Task• Develop Ability to Solve Technical/Procedural Issues• Helps with Future Employment and Graduate School
Where to Begin?• What is your passion? What are your interests?• What research projects are available?
– Ask your professors– Go to the Undergraduate Research website– Take research seminar courses– Observe research posters around campus– Attend Undergraduate Research Symposium– Ask other students
• Work hard in your classes
Questions?