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Office of Undergraduate Research & Creative Works

The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) provides support and recognition for undergraduate student research and creative endeavors for all Colleges at the University of Northern Colorado, furthering the University's goals for active learning, creativity, and original research.

The Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Provides the following Opportunities and support services:

Undergraduate Research Mentorship Program

The Office of Undergraduate Research in collaboration with the Office of Research and the Graduate School has created a new undergraduate research mentorship program that will provide funding and support for graduate students to mentor undergraduates in research and creative endeavors. 

To learn more about this program click here

Abigail Hayes, Audiology & Speech-Language Sciences: "Accents Matter: Behavioral Responses to Local and Nonlocal Dialects in Four Colorado Wren Species"

NCUR 2019

Abigail Hayes, Audiology & Speech-Language Sciences: "Accents Matter: Behavioral Responses to Local and Nonlocal Dialects in Four Colorado Wren Species"

UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

NCUR 2019

UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

Cameron Kennedy, Evolutionary Biology & Ecology: "The Effect of Urban Landscapes on Grassland Bird Species Diversity and Richness in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area"

NCUR 2019

Cameron Kennedy, Evolutionary Biology & Ecology: "The Effect of Urban Landscapes on Grassland Bird Species Diversity and Richness in a Rapidly Urbanizing Area"

The whole UNC group at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2019!

NCUR 2019

The whole UNC group at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2019!

Jessica Bachman, Cello Performance: "Claude Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano: Historical Context of Wartime France"

NCUR 2019

Jessica Bachman, Cello Performance: "Claude Debussy's Sonata for Cello and Piano: Historical Context of Wartime France"

UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

NCUR 2019

UNC at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

Jessie Sutton, Psychology/Gender Studies/Applied Statistics: "Learning Ana-Whatics?: A Qualitative Analysis of What Students and Faculty Know About Learning Analytics"

NCUR 2019

Jessie Sutton, Psychology/Gender Studies/Applied Statistics: "Learning Ana-Whatics?: A Qualitative Analysis of What Students and Faculty Know About Learning Analytics"

National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

NCUR 2019

National Conference on Undergraduate Research, 2019

UNC 2022 Fall Symposium

Congratulations to the winners of 2022 UNC's Fall Symposium!

BRIDGER MENLOVE

First Place Oral Presentation: Therapeutic Effects of Cannabigerol on Innate Immune Cells in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Faculty Mentor: Yuyan Han

MADISON BACZUK

Second Place Oral Presentation: Neuroimaging and Free Will: A Partial Test of Devine's "Director's Cut" Theory of Jury Decision Making, Faculty Mentor: Mark Thomas

CRYSTAL OUBKEO

FIrst Place Poster: Examining Evidence of Agricultural Runoff in Waterways in Weld County, Faculty Mentor: Aaron Apawu

HANNAH LELOUP

Second Place Poster:Optimizing HPLC-UV Method for Measurement of Monoamine Neurotransmitters in the Hub of the Central Auditory System, Faculty Mentor: Aaron Apawu

See full list of finalists and semi-finalists

Research Day

Research Day is a day-long celebration of undergraduate and graduate research.  Student presenters will share a wide variety of original research and creative endeavors.  

Research Day 2023 Thursday April 6

 

Learn more about Research Day

UNC Engage - Dearfield Project

The Dearfield Project offers student volunteer, undergraduate research, internships, and directed study course opportunities to directly participate in scientific research and efforts to physically preserve, protect, restore, and study the Dearfield historic town-site are being dramatically expanded. UNC and CSU faculty, student, and community volunteer activities will include: 1) several individual volunteer work days for historic building clean-up, structure stabilization, and installation of anti-vandal security measures 2) a two-week archaeological field project tentatively scheduled during 3) the Dearfield Conference to be held at UNC, outside the ground-floor entrance to Michener Library Archives and 4) a Dearfield Day university and community engagement work day for historic building clean-up, repair, and protective measure tasks.

Undergraduate Research Journal

The Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) is published electronically, available via the web and is a fully open access journal. All works published in the URJ are published under an attribution, non-commercial, and share-alike Creative Commons license. Copyright is retained by the author.

View the newest journal issue 

Call for Papers

The Office of Undergraduate Research is issuing an ongoing call for papers for the next issue of the Undergraduate Research Journal.  Authors must be undergraduates at UNC or must have conducted research considered for publication while an undergraduate at UNC.  It is expected that all submissions will have been thoroughly edited by both the student author and the faculty advisor/mentor before submission.  Research in all areas is welcome.

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Submission Deadline

The URJ can accept submissions at any time for the next full issue.