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Examples of Undergraduate Research Projects

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Celebrating Research, Creativity and Scholarship

Learning these days is much more than what you can get out of a textbook. Just ask the than 200 undergraduate and graduate student researchers who will be showcasing their research and creative projects during Virginia Commonwealth University’s second Student Research Week.

VCU Celebrates 2nd Annual Student Research Week

The second annual Research Week was held to help spark creativity and celebrate research and scholarship of undergraduate and graduate student researchers.

Overcoming Barriers

Yeimarie Lopez examines the needs of non-English speaking cancer patients.

Becoming the Researcher

MARC research training program offers Nisan Hubbard intensive research experience.

Mark Making Techniques in Indigenous Peoples

Art, indigenous peoples and their cultures have always held a strong interest for Tobias Wilbur.

Smile, Pass it On

Laura Peters is conducting a two-part, cross-cultural study on the facial feedback hypothesis.

Sharing the Joy of Art

Victoria Hribar creates a device to give the visually-impaired a more personal experience of art.

VCU's First Student Research Week a Success

VCU's inaugural student Research Week was an opportunity for students to learn the research process, receive valuable advice from professors and present their findings to their peers and the VCU community. Research Week was sponsored by the VCU Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, VCU Graduate Student Association, the VCU Office of Research and the VCU Office of the Provost.

VCU to Host Inaugural Research Week: Profiling Student Research

Students to celebrate research and creativity campus-wide

Bringing Communities Together Through Art

As long as she's teaching art in some fashion or another, Virginia "Ginnie" Driggers says she'll be extremely satisfied with wherever her career takes her.

English Major Creates 'Zine Honoring Richmond's Poetry Past and Present

Addison Herron-Wheeler thought combining a verse miscellany with a 'zine would create a compelling product

Jazz Studies Major Alters his Perspective after Research Project

When Samuel Sherman traveled to Brazil last summer to experience that country's music, he was surprised to discover that Brazilian music was more varied and less rigid than he had imagined.

Manipulating Mold

"The best thing about research," said Krystina Cocco, "is that you're going to get an answer either way. Maybe you're not doing well as far as your hypothesis is concerned, but you're still going to get answers."

Solving Complex Problems Using Math

Undergraduate Student Researcher: Garrett Howe

VCU's Second "Poster Symposium for Undergraduate Research & Creativity" Illustrates Student Research Efforts

Undergraduate Research and Creative Scholarship Summer Fellowship named

Inaugural 'Poster Symposium for Undergraduate Research & Creativity' is a success

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VCU 5th Annual Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Abstract Book

VCU 4th Annual Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Abstract Book

VCU 3rd Annual Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Abstract Book

VCU 2nd Annual Symposium for Undergraduate Research and Creativity – Abstract Book

Examples of Research Posters

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