University of Utah Hosts Annual UROP Symposium

By Katelyn Collett

April 22, 2019

  This article was originally published in print on April 15. On April 9, the Office of Undergraduate Research held the Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Union building. The symposium highlighted the research of students in various majors across campus. Those who participated in the s...

Students Present Research at U Symposium

April 1, 2015

What do novels, air quality and biking apparel for paraplegics have in common? They were all part of the presentations at this year’s Undergraduate Research Symposium. More than 300 students stood in front of posters and sat on panels in the Union on Tuesday to present their research to hundreds of com...

U Student Shines in Science Research

September 22, 2014

As a little girl, Elisabeth Zachary wanted to grow up to be a germ expert, now she’s living her childhood dreams.Zachary, a junior in biology, is conducting research at the U to further this goal. “I’m doing it for the sake of the experience and they’re a lot of incentives to...

Student looks at effects of social factors on diabetes

April 10, 2013

Professors continually perform research, but there are usually names trailing behind the faculty member on those publications belonging to students. Karen Yu, a senior in psychology, has been a member of a research team studying social aspects behind type 1 diabetes. After working on the research for ...

U student researches impact of perspective

March 21, 2013

Annika Pecchia-Bekkum is anything but a traditional student. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in English before the age of 18, she is now completing her second degree in chemistry and is on the path to getting her doctorate in chemistry and doing research in literature. She took English pr...