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

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Page 1: Undergraduate Research :

Undergraduate Research:The opportunity to learn and

discover side-by-side with first-class faculty

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Some Ways to Enhance your Education Outside the Classroom

• Student Activities• Internships• Study Abroad• Community Service• Undergraduate Research

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Types of Undergraduate Research Opportunities

• Research experiences in the classroom• Work study• Grant-funded research• Research courses• Summer research opportunities• Volunteering

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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

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HIS 290: History Hands On

Studying history from those who lived it:

Home front Letters of WWII

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Hands-on History:Student Designed Museum

Exhibit

HIS 345: Museums & Public History

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Environmental Studies students collect elevation data in wetland.

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

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

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

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

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Stevenson Lab

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Megyn – Medical Biology/Pre PA

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Cristina – Psychology

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Jim – Medical Biology

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Alexa - Psychobiology

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Winners of Outstanding Poster Award at UNE Symposium

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

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Psychology Students at UNE Undergraduate Symposium

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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

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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

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Questions?