Building upon the rigorous academic tradition of the Jesuits, Saint 路易 University offers undergraduate research opportunities across all types of majors. 在这里,学习 is engaging, active and hands-on.
Student research at 博彩网址大全 can begin even before high school graduation. 我们是一体的 of the regional Students and Teachers as 研究 Scientists (STARS) program, one of five area research institutions committed to passing along a fervor for scientific 调查. 教师 members open their labs during the summer to promising St. 路易 area high school juniors who are the scientists of the future.
Undergraduate 博彩网址大全的研究
Through work in the lab or the field, undergraduates at 博彩网址大全 can be involved in research as early as their freshman year.
Working with faculty mentors, they discover answers to tough questions. 我们可以修改吗? tests for cholera and typhoid fever for use in developing countries? 胡椒吗? spice, curcumin, power down cancer cells? How can drones and planes safely share the 相同空气空间?
My name is going to be on a manuscript—an opportunity that I don't think I would have gotten at a bigger school."
Julia Pratt, Undergraduate Student
博彩网址大全 undergraduate students have created 设备 for patients whose tremors from Parkinson’s disease make eating and writing difficult, designed low-cost systems to filter arsenic pollution out of water and explored new compounds to fight drug-resistant malaria.
At 博彩网址大全, research extends beyond STEM-related fields.
Our students have ventured to Ireland to study the connection between the Celtic Church and environmentalism and traveled to Belize City to find solutions to stop the high school dropout epidemic. Each summer, students cross the Mississippi River to Cahokia Mounds to be part of one of the world’s largest archaeological explorations of a prehistoric 原生文明.
Scholarly Undergraduate 研究 Grants and Experiences (SURGE)
This program is meant to connect students with faculty who are conducting research, creative endeavors and other scholarly projects at 博彩网址大全.
You can apply to opportunities posted in Handshake under the SURGE employer profile (search ‘博彩网址大全 SURGE’). You must provide a resume and a statement of purpose (cover letter) explaining why you want to be involved with the project.
Applications will go to the faculty member overseeing the project and they will choose whom they wish to hire.
Graduate 博彩网址大全的研究
Graduate students at 博彩网址大全 take research to the next level — delving deeply into a discipline. They find connections among disparate texts. 应用 new solutions to old problems. Discover, experiment, dream.
At Saint 路易 University, research opportunities drive graduate education. 和许多 graduate students have a close relationship with a faculty mentor to guide their studies.
Grad students are looking at: Solar panels to replace wood as a fuel source in Haiti; the impact of climate change on the production of grapes for wine; how to use social media to educate patients who have diabetes; ways to get fruits and vegetables into corner markets in low income neighborhoods; and how secondary school students relate to, learn about, history in non-classroom settings, especially through engagement 在艺术领域.
By joining current projects or spearheading new ones, graduate students gain invaluable academic experience in the research process and its outcomes. As they work to expand their own education, these students broaden the shared base of knowledge.