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Undergraduate researchers learn valuable lessons from remote research

During campus closures due to COVID-19, Senior Professional Development Advisor Katherine McConnell contacted Director of Active Learning Sharon Anderson, who leads a summer program for undergraduate research , to see if they could work together to provide an opportunity for students seeking to gain research experience. Undergraduate researchers share their...

Jaret Anderson

Lightbulb Moment videographer Jaret Anderson on making the most of opportunities

While Anderson intended to pursue an aerospace engineering career, an opportunity to work on a software engineering project has changed his focus. Anderson was working on a student project with the Colorado Space Grant Consortium (COSGC) as a systems engineer when he also had an opportunity to work on software...

Tina Boville

CU Boulder Alum is named one of MIT’s Innovators Under 35 for her work with amino acids

LEGO blocks and dragons might not be the first things you think about when it comes to biochemistry, but for Tina Boville (PhDBiochem’17) that line of thinking sprouted productive seeds after an internship during and after her undergraduate experience at the University of Colorado Boulder.

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Join the Sko Together Challenge to Help Recreate Campus Life at CU Boulder

It’s no secret CU will look much different this year, and we want your help to recreate campus life! The College of Arts and Sciences Support of Education Through Technology (ASSETT) has teamed up with CU Boulder’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative to bring together three student interns to create a...

Nicholas Turco

Nicholas Turco 2020 UROP Savit Scholar studying the experiences of LGBTQ+ students in CU Boulder Athletics

CU Boulder’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is pleased to announce Nicholas Turco , undergraduate Political Science major, as this year’s Savit Scholar. Under the mentorship of Dr. Nancy Billica, Political Science, Nicholas is conducting a “Case Study on the Policy and Culture of LGBTQ+ Athletes at CU Boulder.” With...

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New opportunity for undergraduates to get hands-on with stem cell research

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is excited to announce a new opportunity for undergraduates in the Stem cells for Undergraduate Research Engagement (SURE) Fellowship Program . The SURE Fellowship Program is a UROP-funded initiative that aims to enable undergraduates to undertake a research project utilizing human pluripotent stem cells...

Alana Faller

Undergraduate Unpacks Academic Language in the Jargon Analysis Project

Frustrated by the challenging jargon (specialized language) used in publicly-funded scientific research, Ally Faller, undergraduate English and TAM major, set out to design a set of tools to give academics valuable insight into their articles before publishing. “My research,” Ally recalls, “was born out of the critical need to ease...

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Undergraduate Goes in Search of Looted Art

With the help of UROP funding, Darby Linn, Art History and Strategic Communications (Media Design) major, spent last summer in search of paintings believed to have been confiscated by Nazis in the Second World War. “I was able to put my passions to practice and make a difference in a...

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Funded UROP Opportunities for Undergraduates this Summer and Next Year

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Summer Reading: CU Boulder Undergraduate Journals Published Online

The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) is pleased to announce the publication of the 2020 editions of Journal 2020 and the Honors Journal, which highlight the research, scholarly and creative work of a talented and expansive community of undergraduates at the University of Colorado Boulder. Journal 2020 Journal 2020 is...

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