Congratulations to the Class of 2024! We want to recognize that research is vital to many undergraduate students' experiences at the University of Utah. With that said, a huge congratulations to the 140 students who earned an Undergraduate Research Scholar Designation for doing two semesters of research, presenting their findings, and publishing in the Range: Undergraduate Research Journal.

Congratulations to the 2024 Monson Prize Essay winner, Pablo Cruz-Ayala (pictured center). Every year, the Monson Essay Prize is awarded to an undergraduate who writes an outstanding paper on a subject having to do with social change. Pablo's paper, titled “Non-Objective and Subject Matter Dependent Visual Stimulus in Artwork: Investigating Accessible Art Therapies for Vulnerable Populations" aims to investigate "the impact of art-based interventions on heart rate variability (HRV) and emotional regulation among undocumented immigrant populations". Professor John Erickson (College of Fine Arts) served as Cruz-Ayala’s faculty mentor.

Thank you to our donors who have provided many years of funding for students across disciplines and allow us to provide awards like that of the Monson Essay Prize, and thank you to the Monson family for your continued support with this award. We are so grateful for your support of undergraduate research at the U. You can learn more about the Monson Essay Prize here.

For the Spring 2024 Symposium, students were invited to submit their poster to be considered for poster prizes. The poster prize winners were recognized at the symposium, received a monetary prize, and will have their poster displayed in the Marriott Library Level 1 classroom hallway, adjacent to the library café, either April 29-June 7 or June 7-July 19. This high-traffic location provides our diverse campus community the opportunity to explore the impactful work of the University of Utah’s top undergraduate scholars. Stop by the library to check them out or you can view them here.

Did you miss the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) presentation with OER on publication platforms such as Press Books for undergraduate research? Watch it now!

Full details on the OER Symposium can be found here.

The Office of Undergraduate Research partners every summer with campus-wide partners to organize robust research activities at the University of Utah with students at the U. We are grateful for our 2024 summer partners and want to highlight them here: 

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