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Undergrad Research Rising Trend At UConn
Freesia Singngam
Issue date: 2/9/07 Section: News
"I wanted to get lab experience and see what it's actually like to work in a lab,"
Frank said. She also wanted to get ideas for writing her honors thesis later on.
Last semester, Frank took measurements and photos of live-bearing fish to help with her professor's research. This semester, she will get different work, she said.
Jason Corbo, a 6th-semester pharmacy major, is in the process of starting undergraduate research.
"I'm doing it as part of my thesis, but also, it's something I'm interested in," Corbo said.
Corbo approached one of his professors on the subject of health behavior aspects associated with prescription drugs, and he started reading articles about it.
Some students are on a waiting list to be paired with a faculty member to do research. However, the only area where there is a waiting list in the office is in biological sciences, Lease Butts said. These students are sometimes able to find research in other disciplines such as chemistry.
"More often than not, we've got good placement," Lease Butts said.
If faculty members have openings for research, they are able to post on the Office of Undergraduate Research Web site.
Frank said. She also wanted to get ideas for writing her honors thesis later on.
Last semester, Frank took measurements and photos of live-bearing fish to help with her professor's research. This semester, she will get different work, she said.
Jason Corbo, a 6th-semester pharmacy major, is in the process of starting undergraduate research.
"I'm doing it as part of my thesis, but also, it's something I'm interested in," Corbo said.
Corbo approached one of his professors on the subject of health behavior aspects associated with prescription drugs, and he started reading articles about it.
Some students are on a waiting list to be paired with a faculty member to do research. However, the only area where there is a waiting list in the office is in biological sciences, Lease Butts said. These students are sometimes able to find research in other disciplines such as chemistry.
"More often than not, we've got good placement," Lease Butts said.
If faculty members have openings for research, they are able to post on the Office of Undergraduate Research Web site.
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