Undergraduate Research & Creativity
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UWL is dedicated to supporting research and other scholarly and creative activities by students in all academic disciplines.
Why do undergraduate research?
- Gain hands-on experience in your field
- Work directly with faculty mentors
- Build your resume for job, internship, medical school, and graduate school applications
- Increase your cultural competencies by working with diverse groups and/or conducting research internationally
Opportunities:
Here are some examples of real projects our students have worked on:
- Shadow professional sound engineers on Broadway
- Travel to Russia to work in a nuclear physics laboratory
- Investigate innovative renewable energy generators
- Travel to Serbia to study excavation sites from the Bronze Age
- Contribute to medical research on human gastrointestinal transplants
- Perform research projects for the United Way and other local non-profits
- Combine theater and psychology to influence dialogue about socially difficult and relevant topics