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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 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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Several UC Davis students garner awards at statewide research symposium

  • by Ginger M Welsh

UC Davis students earned two awards and multiple special merit and honorable mentions at the National Science Foundation California Alliance for Maximizing Potential’s 2026 CAMP Symposium at UC Irvine on Feb. 20 and 21. 

The symposium was a two-part presentation experience. In January, students provided virtual video presentations and also met with a panel of UC faculty judges. Awards in Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, Computer and Information Sciences, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences were announced at the symposium’s poster session.

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