News: Office of Undergraduate Research
This fall, Academic Impressions will be bringing even more personal, professional, and leadership education resources to UNLV faculty.
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Educational organizations meet up on campus to discuss best practices for making sure STEM initiatives in K-12 through graduate programs are accessible to all students.
Beyond being passionate about researching climate change and its environmental impacts — Marie-Odile Fortier is unobjectively enthusiastic about educating others on the complex topic.
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UNLV programs, faculty, and fellowships help propel student research and future careers in academia.
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NSF-funded program welcomes undergraduates from across the nation to UNLV for hands-on experiences alongside top faculty.
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Edwin Oh uses genetics to improve health while Katherine Hertlein explores healthy relationships and the connection between sexuality and technology.
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Program helps get undergraduates back into UNLV's labs and centers and working alongside faculty mentors.
UNLV undergrad Mary Blankenship blends public policy, science, and economics into a cocktail for successful global change.
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"Spectra" will feature work of undergraduate students from wide variety of disciplines.
The Libraries’ undergraduate peer research coaches explore first-gen issues in a new podcast series.
Brookings Mountain West and The Lincy Institute student researchers embrace remote learning and engage in public policy research to benefit UNLV and the region.
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This Research & Creative Honors Program participant looked at learning theories to build a better school design.