Category: Research Stories
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships: Applications Open Nov. 15
SURF recipients are paid a $4,000 stipend to engage in undergraduate research for at least 9 weeks, with a minimum of 20 hours/week during the summer.
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Studying the Resilience of Carbon-Accumulating Seagrass: Olivia Key’s SURF Story
Olivia Key conducted research at the Institute of Marine Sciences on the resilience of seagrass beds in North Carolina.
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Finding His Research Rhythm: Hector Aizpurua’s SURF Story
Héctor Aizpurúa, Jr. recounts his journey from remedial English classes to writing his honors thesis on the musical traditions of the displaced people of the Panama Canal.
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SURF Stories 2023
From peanut allergies to the death penalty, Carolina’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows (SURFs) are gaining hands-on research experience in the lab and the field. Read more about six of this year’s recipients and their research via our partners over at Endeavors.
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Report from the 2023 Celebration of Undergraduate Research
More than 1200 attendees participated in the 24h annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research on April 26, 2023, making this year the largest Celebration in the event’s history.
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Knowing Neutrinos: Sarah Vickers’ Hunt for One of Physics’ Most Sought-After Discoveries
In advance of the April 26 Celebration of Undergraduate Research,we caught up with junior Sarah Vickers who, will be presenting her work as part of the Gruszko lab in the department of physics and astronomy.
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Wild Things Make Their Hearts Sing
The following excerpt is from an article on undergraduate research in Endeavors magazine.
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The Search for Elusive Zines
The UNC senior’s research took him to libraries and archives in Chicago and North Carolina to find transgender representation in queercore publications from the ’80s to the early 2000s.
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UNC Junior Studies How Climate Change Might Disrupt Butterfly Life Cycles
Madison Milotte used a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship to study how increasing temperatures affect the pupation of cabbage white butterflies.
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