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Undergraduate Research :

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.

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Undergraduate Research :

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  1. Undergraduate Research: The opportunity to learn and discover side-by-side with first-class faculty

  2. Some Ways to Enhance your Education Outside the Classroom • Student Activities • Internships • Study Abroad • Community Service • Undergraduate Research

  3. Types of Undergraduate Research Opportunities • Research experiences in the classroom • Work study • Grant-funded research • Research courses • Summer research opportunities • Volunteering

  4. 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

  5. HIS 290: History Hands On Studying history from those who lived it: Home front Letters of WWII

  6. Hands-on History: Student Designed Museum Exhibit HIS 345: Museums & Public History

  7. Environmental Studies students collect elevation data in wetland.

  8. Environmental Studies students setting up nets to catch fish that use a UNE salt marsh.

  9. Biology students conducting research at the Marine Science Center use a seine to sample fish at Freddy Beach

  10. Students collecting water samples from the Marine Science Center’s R/V Llyr

  11. Student researcher in the Environmental Studies program determines sediment loads in estuarine waters.

  12. Stevenson Lab

  13. Megyn – Medical Biology/Pre PA

  14. Cristina – Psychology

  15. Jim – Medical Biology

  16. Alexa - Psychobiology

  17. Winners of Outstanding Poster Award at UNE Symposium

  18. UNE student and faculty researchers at the Maine Biological and Medical Sciences Symposium in Bar Harbor

  19. Psychology Students at UNE Undergraduate Symposium

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. Questions?

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