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Summer Undergraduate Research Brings Undergraduates from Across the Nation

Sixty-seven students from New York to Southern California and Florida to Washington have arrived at WSU Pullman to participate in summer undergraduate research programs with mentoring faculty. “They represent 42 universities in 21 states and will take part in several projects focused on such topics as gerontology, crop resiliency, waves in the universe and technology, plant genomes, and race and policing,” said Jeremy Lessmann, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, which helps to coordinate the summer programs.

Participants of the 2024 Summer Undergraduate Research Program outside CUE building.

Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Event Set for Aug. 4

The faculty-mentored research of more than 80 students from 51 universities will be featured at Washington State University’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. Fri., Aug. 4 in the Smith CUE Atrium at WSU Pullman. The event is open to the public at no charge, with light refreshments served. A keynote presentation by Kristen Delevich, assistant professor in Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience, will be delivered at opening ceremonies starting at 9 a.m. in CUE 203.

WSU Research Symposium on July 29: Featuring More than 50 students’ Results

Wearable computing, crop resiliency, and atmospheric chemistry were some of the topics addressed in project posters at the 2022 Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium at Washington State University on Fri., July 29. This annual event highlights the work of more than 50 students from universities across the country such as The Ohio State University, Cornell University, Arizona State University, Heritage University, and others, including WSU.

An overhead shot of a previous Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium.