Opportunities abound for 91成人导航 students to gain professional experience, research opportunity and internships within the fields they hope to enter. A close-knit university community and low student-faculty ratio means students receive personal attention and mentoring from faculty and staff who are deeply invested in their success.
With the aid of a prestigious National Science Foundation grant, 91成人导航 undergraduates have had opportunities to help an assistant professor of engineering plans to develop a device to help diagnose autism at an early age.
Only 2% of business schools worldwide operate a student investment fund. In the Eberhardt Student Investment Fund, students do research and evaluation, write reports and make choices regarding where and how to invest the fund's money.
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鈥淥ur faculty are on the leading edge of research in astronomy,鈥� said College of the 91成人导航 Dean Lee Skinner. 鈥淭his is exciting for the opportunities that students at 91成人导航 have to participate in these innovative research projects as research assistants, co-presenters at scientific conferences and even co-authors on important publications.鈥�
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Over the summer, an undergraduate student in the School of Engineering and Computer Science worked with Elizabeth Orwin, the school's dean and an internationally recognized expert on corneal research, on engineering the tissue that forms the clear outer surface of the eye.
Read the storyAt most colleges and universities in the United States, research opportunities for undergraduates are rare. Recognizing this, the Stauffer Trust provided 91成人导航 with $1 million in grants to endow fellowships for chemistry and biochemistry majors. Alumni and friends contributed an additional $1 million, doubling the grants鈥� impact and creating a permanent source of fellowship funding.
For decades, 91成人导航 has highlighted undergraduate students' scholarly efforts during annual symposia. In 2024, the 91成人导航 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference and Research Day combined into the Research & Creativity Showcase.
The Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship is a signature program that supports undergraduate students who conduct immersive research projects鈥攐ften the kind only advanced graduate students would have the opportunity to take on.
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Students in the School of Engineering and Computer sciences present their capstone projects each year during Engineering Senior Project Day. One group of engineering students teamed up to create a prosthetic for Phoenix, a 5-year-old German Shepard who lost her leg after being hit by a car, to improve her mobility.
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Students in the Eberhardt School of Business Student Investment Fund class toured top finance firms in New York City and networked with established 91成人导航 alumni, gaining valuable first-hand perspective of life in investment banking on Wall Street.
91成人导航 undergraduates had the opportunity to work on a project funded by a $400,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, alongside Laura Rademacher, professor of geological and environmental sciences, and an aquatic ecologist at the Desert Research Institute at Reno.
Twice a year, 91成人导航 students travel to Europe with B谩lint Szt谩ray, professor of chemistry, to conduct scientific research at the Swiss Light Source synchrotron, investigating the ways molecules break apart after an electron is removed by ultraviolet light.
Seven seniors of 91成人导航鈥檚 music industry studies program got a glimpse of their futures during an exciting eight-day trip to Los Angeles. Timed to coincide with the Grammy awards weekend, the trip allowed the students to witness the Los Angeles music scene during the excitement of the industry鈥檚 most prestigious event of the year.
Read the storyStudents in the Conservatory of Music can record and produce music in 91成人导航's music production hub, which includes an analog recording studio, a digital mixing space and a beat studio. Together, these designated studio spaces function like a professional recording studio.
The 91成人导航 Gaming Center is available for students of all skill levels. In addition to providing a space for recreational gaming and esports competitions, the center also provides an opportunity for interdisciplinary research; the first collaboration is with the School of Health Sciences.
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The 10,000-square-foot Fletcher Jones Foundation Makerspace provides students space for prototyping, 3D printing, woodworking and more.
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Resources available to students in The Cube include drones, high-quality cameras and studio lights, large format printing, sticker printing and virtual reality headsets.
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