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Find out what’s going on with the Office for Undergraduate Research, read features about OUR-sponsored research, and learn about other news and opportunities here.

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A student uses a hoe to plant in the Carolina Community Garden.

Planting a “Sense of Place”

11/24/2021

Undergraduates Mackenzie Collura Repp, Samara Airy Perez Labra, and Gabby Walton learned the meaning of hands-on research over the last year and a half  by getting their hands very, very dirty. From fall 2020 to summer 2021, they planted a garden inspired by their transcriptions of the diary of one of the twentieth century’s most influential American Indian writers and intellectuals.

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Summer 2022 Opportunity: Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP)

11/18/2021

The Moore Undergraduate Research Apprentice Program (MURAP) is a paid summer fellowship designed to foster the entrance of talented students from diverse backgrounds within the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts into PhD programs and faculty positions in U.S. colleges and universities.

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University Research Week: November 8-12, 2021

10/15/2021

University Research Week will be November 8-12, 2021. This week-long event is an annual celebration of Carolina’s research excellence and an effort to increase participation by students, of all levels, in research activity.

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Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium

10/15/2021

Carolina students are encouraged to apply for Johns Hopkins University’s Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium, which designed to offer students the chance to share their humanities and interdisciplinary research on a national scale.

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“Undergraduate Research Changed My Life” Meet OUR Director, Troy Blackburn

10/13/2021

Meet Dr. Troy Blackburn, a professor of exercise and sport science and associate dean of the Office for Undergraduate Research. He says becoming involved in research as an undergraduate at Carolina “literally changed my life.”

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October 2021 Newsletter

10/08/2021

The October 2021 Newsletter is here with lots of updates about workshops, OUR Ambassador Office Hours, grants for faculty, and many opportunities for students to present their research.

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De Luca Foundation Training Initiative for Undergrads

10/08/2021

The De Luca Foundation (DLF), in partnership with Delsys, Inc. (Natick, MA), is pleased to announce a training initiative for research-minded undergraduate and graduate students.

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State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium

09/15/2021

Have you worked with a faculty mentor on a research project or created a work of art under the direction of a faculty mentor? Have you written a research essay that you would like to publish? If you answered YES to any of these questions, consider submitting your work for the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research & Creativity Symposium.

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September 2021 Newsletter

09/07/2021

The September 2021 Newsletter is here with lots of updates about workshops, OUR Ambassador Office Hours, grants for faculty, and many opportunities for students to present their research.

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Health Humanities Journal: Call for Submissions

08/26/2021

The Health Humanities Journal of UNC-Chapel Hill is currently accepting submissions of health humanities work for its Fall 2021 issue. We are an interdisciplinary journal that works to inspire and facilitate work related to health, illness, caregiving, and medicine. Submission categories include (but are not limited to): narratives, fiction, poetry, academic research, and artwork.

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