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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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UC Davis Graduate Student Recognized at SACNAS with Life Sciences Award

  • by Michelle Funes

At the end of October, SACNAS held its National Diversity in Stem Conference, where UC Davis Graduate student Jasmine Esparza won the SACNAS Life Sciences award for her poster presentation. 

With over 1,000 other poster presentations, Esparza won for her “MCAF2 directs meiosis-specific regulation of H3K9 methylation,” a research project she had worked on the past year. 

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UC Davis Represents at SACNAS in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Over 45 UC Davis students, faculty, and staff attended this year's 2022 SACNAS National Diversity in STEM (NDiSTEM) Conference held in San Juan, Puerto Rico (October 27-29, 2022).  NDiSTEM is the largest multidisciplinary and multicultural STEM diversity event in the country with the goals to equip, empower, and energize participants for their academic and professional paths in STEM.  The Undergraduate Research Center (URC), in partners

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