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What is undergraduate research (UGR)?
Research is to see what everybody else has seen, and to think what nobody else has thought. - Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
Research is about passion and exploring the unknown.
- Research is the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
- This knowledge can come in different varieties such as:
- new facts that were previously unknown
- theories about how facts are connected
- improving current methods or techniques
- uncovering new questions that have yet to be answered
- The research can happen in any discipline:
- the natural sciences and mathematics,
- the social sciences and
- arts and humanities
- Research can happen anywhere:
- on a cluttered bench in a scientific laboratory
- in the dirt of the great outdoors
- in the dusty archives of a library
- on a computer screen in your home
- in your neighboring communities
- in lands abroad.
- This knowledge can come in different varieties such as:
Undergraduate research (UGR) is scholarly study in any discipline in which inquiry, discovery, and creativity culminate advancements in science, technology, the arts or humanities.
***Any undergraduate chosen by a mentor may participate in UGR. Students from all disciplines - from anthropology, history, design, english to physics, microbiology and business management - can engage in the excitement of scholarly research.
Why should I get involved with UGR?