Over the summer of 2023, Isabel Wojcik worked as a medical assistant at Christie Clinic in Champaign. She provides some thoughts on her experience.
Insider blogs related to undergrad research
MCB major Neha Arun shares her experiences working as an undergraduate researcher in Professor Collin Kieffer's lab in the Department of Microbiology, as well as a look at life outside the lab at the University of Illinois Urbana-...
UIUC’s Humanities Research Institute (HRI) fosters interdisciplinary study in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. LAS students can get involved with the institute in many ways, including as undergraduate interns.
Elena Vara (Spanish, global...
Alice Lee, Tom Ballard, and Alex Wellman are serving as interns for the HRI-Mellon Legal Humanities Research Group, where faculty, graduate students, and undergrads explore research at the intersection of humanities and the law.
I am currently working with Tricia Thrasher (a PhD candidate in French) to study how virtual reality technology can be integrated in second language learning classrooms to reduce foreign language anxiety.
Connor Barnes and Zackary Landers are history majors working on completing research on topics including U.S. perceptions of Latin America through film and urban space in Black Chicago. We met with them to discuss their recent participation in the first History Showcase.
Evan Dray is a junior in LAS pursuing majors in chemistry and molecular & cellular biology. Dray was recently awarded the prestigious Goldwater scholarship—we caught up with him to learn more about the scholarship and his journey at U of I.
The College of LAS provides many opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to engage in research that is not only groundbreaking but also transformative in their chosen fields. These opportunities empower students to explore their...
Matt Fanelli is a junior in history and media and cinema. He recently conducted research through the Humanities Research Institute (HRI). We caught up with him to learn more about his experience as an undergraduate researcher in the humanities.
LAS graduate Lauren Mazurkiewicz shares about her undergraduate experience in the College of LAS.