News about Undergraduate Research

Brown University students updated a census of rare plants as part of a summer internship organized by the Brown University Herbarium and the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.

With support from the Joukowsky Fieldwork Fund and Brown archaeologist Candace Rice, rising senior Erin Finn collected and studied remains at a Roman-era excavation site on Turkey’s southern coast.

The staff members at Brown’s Multidisciplinary Teaching Laboratories support future scientists and doctors by helping them master laboratory techniques, creating a safe and exciting learning environment and nurturing their sense of discovery.

Driven to inspire future space enthusiasts, Brown University student Skye Rosario is designing and installing a new lunar science exhibit at the Museum of Natural History and Planetarium this summer.

The rising Brown University senior and biology concentrator is conducting hands-on research with snake specimens at natural history museums and in the lab at Brown to better understand biological diversity.

Through a self-designed public health research project, the rising Brown University junior is spending the summer on a solo cross-country cycling trip, volunteering with nonprofits across the South.

Working for months with staff members in the Department of Physics, a group of students and faculty from Brown and RISD learned the art and science of high-precision optics to make their own powerful telescopes by hand.

Current Brown students are recording memories from members of Brown’s Class of 1976 to glean insights on what the University, the country and the world were like 50 years ago.

Four Brown University undergraduates, a medical student and a Class of 2025 graduate were named among this year’s classes of Goldwater, Oxford-Cambridge and Knight-Hennessy scholars.

A $12 million gift from the Bravo Family Foundation, founded by Brown University alumnus Orlando Bravo, will bolster research, teaching in the Department of Economics and Watson School of International and Public Affairs.

Through a self-designed independent concentration, the Brown University senior has used art and design to expand agency, dignity and representation for people with disabilities.

The prestigious fellowships will support research by Ieva Jusionyte, a professor of international security and anthropology, and Matthew Kraft, a professor of education and economics.