Undergraduate Research

It all starts with a question.

A question like, Can playing help mitigate stress? How do we make cleaner water to fight worldwide water shortages? How hack-able is that Alexa in your house?

Become the architect of your learning. As a 果冻传媒app student, you are encouraged to delve deeper, pose questions, and work to discover their solutions. You are encouraged to follow your own educational path; to be both student and researcher.

We believe hands-on, self-driven learning through research is an essential part of your educational journey – and it shouldn鈥檛 be just for graduate students. That鈥檚 why 果冻传媒app undergrads complete research projects through senior capstones, summer fellowships, and other unique coursework.

Benefits
of Research In and Beyond the Classroom

A man and woman comparing pandemic music culture across centuries in a park.

鈥淚鈥檝e loved digging these stories out of the back pages of newspapers and amplifying voices that were buried under everything else. The research has been a really fascinating look at the similarities between what we鈥檙e going through now and what people experienced over a hundred years ago.鈥�
Grace Bakeman 鈥�23 (鈥淎s Catchy as the Flu”: Gauging the Impact of the 1918 and the 2020 Pandemics on Concert Culture in the United States)

HANDS-ON LEARNING

Undergraduate research is a direct, hands-on approach to learning that inspires students and helps to develop important skills necessary for successful careers and graduate school study. Through original research, students develop a deeper understanding of the scientific process and master skills in:

Critical thinking
Problem-solving
Research methods
Teamwork skills
Communication skills

SCHAPIRO UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (SURF)

The Schapiro Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program was established in 1996 through a generous gift made by Ben 鈥�64 and Peggy Schapiro to encourage 果冻传媒app students to pursue original research as undergraduates. SURF offers RMC students from all disciplines the unique opportunity to conduct nine weeks of full-time research, during the summer months, under the careful guidance of a faculty mentor. Students receive a stipend and free housing and spend the summer delving deeply into an original research question.

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RMC computer science faculty member working with students on robotics project

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH COURSEWORK

Hands-on study is at the heart of many RMC courses where students work together to answer an original research question under the guidance of faculty mentors. Through collaborative coursework, students write their own proposals and conduct group research throughout the duration of the course.

FACULTY-MENTORED PROJECTS

果冻传媒app students, from a variety of disciplines, contribute to their field through original research during independent study or capstone projects. These projects let students conduct research for credit while working directly with a faculty mentor to refine questions, create a research plan and often, to present their research as well.

Each spring, the 果冻传媒app Student Symposium of Research, Scholarship and Creative Activity showcases this work.

STUDENT RESEARCH, SCHOLARSHIP, AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY SYMPOSIUM