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Banner with text Undergraduate Research Fair, :00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., October 14, 2025, ARC Ballroom. The banner features vibrant, colorful abstract artwork, blending a mix of blue, yellow, green, and red hues. In the foreground, there are visuals representing a person with sensor headset, researcher with plants, and a researcher looking through a microscope.

Undergraduate Research Conference

The annual Undergraduate Research Conference takes place April 24-25. 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

History of a little-known Black community in Woodland

Combing through archives they find family histories, a singing club.

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A person wearing a white mask and black T-shirt stands outdoors on a sunny day, holding up both hands covered in black dirt or grease toward the camera. The person has light-colored hair pulled back and is standing in a gravel lot with metal buildings and trees in the background.

Research conference shares innovative undergraduate-led projects

  • by Ginger M Welsh

Over 1,000 student researchers presented projects on topics ranging from accelerating jalapeno growth to studying links between Alzheimer's disease and Type 2 diabetes at the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference on April 25 and 26.

 

Undergraduate researchers recognized with awards

Several research-related awards honor UC Davis undergraduate students.  The Undergraduate Research Center manages three awards:

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Students Prepare for Undergraduate Research Conference

  • by Julia Ann Easley

UC Davis student Natasha Bibbs of Sacramento has already gone places with academic research — and she hopes to go even further.

The fourth-year student travelled about 2,000 miles to Louisiana and more than 150 years back in time to discover how someone she believes is an ancestor — perhaps her great-great-grandfather — became one of the first Black doctors in his community and used his status to contribute to the African American community.

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