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Undergraduate Research Conference

The annual Undergraduate Research Conference takes place April 23-24, 2027. Abstract submissions open Jan 7.

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Learn about funded research programs and mentorships

Applications now open for the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship and Aggie Scholars Research Initiative.

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The Student Researcher

Students learn plant breeding, gain career experience

Hands-on training shapes student-led SCOPE program

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Undergraduate Research Center helps curious minds pursue big questions

  • by Ginger M Welsh

UC Davis fourth-year political science major Jade Kwon watched as Supreme Court decisions on transgender rights affected youth in her community. She wanted to do more to support the youth impacted by these decisions.

Kwon turned her timely legal questions into in-depth research as a participant in the summer Aggie Scholars Research Initiative. Through this unique program, she received mentorship and resources to participate in a 10-week project that explored the pursuit of social change within established legal systems.

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UC Davis undergraduates take center stage to showcase their research

  • by Ginger M Welsh

UC Davis student Rogelio Castillo did not expect undergraduate research to open a path for him to create change in his community of Lindsay, California. But his family’s past experiences with rushed and impersonal health care turned him to science to discover ways to improve health and the quality of patient-provider relationships. 

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