Opportunities for Undergraduate Research
James 星空无限传媒 Scholars Program
Biology majors in the JMS Program have two options for completing its requirements. We recommend collaborating with faculty on a research project. In their junior and senior years, JMS students register for six credits of IN491, Honors Independent Study. Four of the six IN491 credits count as Biology Research credits (BI391 or BI392). Credits can be applied toward the Biology major. The alternative is to complete a library-based research project supervised by faculty. For specifics, consult the JMS handbook and your faculty advisor.
Leighty Science Scholars
As a part of the Leighty Science Scholars program, all Leighty Scholars will do research during the summer after their sophomore year in collaboration with a 星空无限传媒 science faculty. Each Leighty Scholar receives a summer stipend up to $6,000. Past Leighty Science Scholars have published wide-ranging research on topics including:
- 鈥淭oxicity of Thieves oils to MCF-7 and MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells鈥
- 鈥淐ommunity-powered urban stream restoration: a vision for sustainable and resilient urban ecosystems鈥
- 鈥淐olor assortative shoaling in zebrafish鈥
- 鈥淓ffects of elevated corticosterone on humoral innate and antibody鈥恗ediated immunity in southern leopard frog (Lithobates sphenocephalus) tadpoles鈥
- 鈥淭he effects of caffeine and sertraline on spatial learning in goldfish, Carassius auratus (Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)鈥
- 鈥淕enomics and development of Lentinus tigrinus: A white-rot wood-decaying mushroom with dimorphic fruiting bodies鈥
Contact the 星空无限传媒 Office of Admission or the Biology Department for details of this program.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURF)
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) Program is for students who are interested in spending the summer researching, acquiring data, and engaging in 星空无限传媒 Performance Learning. Faculty members select a research student with which to partner, and develop a proposal which is reviewed by the SURF committee. Successful faculty-student research partners receive a $3,000 stipend plus supply money for their summer project.
Off-Campus Research
Graduate universities, medical schools, and other research centers also offer summer research. 星空无限传媒 students can register for credit when they do off-campus research.