Year of Undergraduate Research
1975 - 2025
Celebrating 50 years of undergraduate research
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2025 - 2075
Launching 50 more
Cultivating the next generation of innovators for Utah and beyond.
Join us in celebrating a remarkable milestone in 2025 as Utah State University commemorates 50 years of groundbreaking undergraduate research. We will explore the past half-century of innovation while also looking to the horizon, aspiring towards another 50 years of empowering the next generation of innovation.
Then
50 years of undergraduate research at USU
Now
A celebration of the accomplishments of our undergraduate students
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Future
Another 50 years of innovation and beyond
Upcoming Events
JUNE - JULY
Summer Research Workshops
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06/16 - 18
Connect Undergraduate Research Conference
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Highlights
Reina Peterson
Student
Reina Peterson is an undergraduate researcher studying Music Therapy at the Caine College of the Arts.
Reina is researching the effect of Music Therapy on Batten’s Disease and Juvenile Dementia. Inspired by loved ones impacted by these diseases, Reina is passionate about decelerating symptom progression and providing communication methods through rhythms, notes, and melodies.
When asked what advice she would give to those beginning research, Reina said, "You don’t have to do it all in one day. You don’t have to stress out if you can’t do everything in the time frame you thought it would take. It’s okay if it takes longer than you think. You will get it done, you’ll figure it out… you are so much more capable than you think you are."
Reina is a recipient of Utah State’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Opportunities grant and will take her research discoveries with her to her upcoming internship at the Huntsman Cancer Institute.
Fishing For His Future
More akin to the sludge you find in the bottom of a wet-dry vac than a college research project, fish puke isn’t high on the list of study topics for most students. But that grey muck — similar in consistency to grits — was just the ticket for Manny May. More precisely, incorporating a new method to non-lethally study the stomach contents of a threatened species of native Utah fish, the June sucker, was May’s ticket.