Last Christmas, I was visiting my family in Connecticut. Despite hoping for a white Christmas, there was not a single snowflake- just slightly damp grass and twigs. But instead of snow, when I checked my email, I found a different…

Article reposted from the Arizona Daily Wildcat (https://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2020/01/n-annual-ubrp). Over 100 University of Arizona undergraduate researchers presented their work at the 31st annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference in the Environmental and Natural Resources 2 building on Saturday, Jan. 25. This…

As a senior studying Wildlife Conservation and Management within the School of Natural Resources and the Environment (SNRE), I can name many events in college that left a lasting impression and made me reflect on my future. Perhaps one of…

The 31st Annual Undergraduate Biology Research Program Conference will take place on Saturday, January 25, 2020 from 10:00am to 3:00pm in the Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building (1064 E. Lowell Street) on the University of Arizona main campus. This…

From Saddlebag Notes (https://tucson.com/saddlebag/health-and-fitness/ua-researchers-design-new-drug-to-improve-opioid-therapy-and/article_6bcff672-d2b1-11e9-90f1-d3f0705beeeb.html), posted September 27, 2019 According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) “Over 130 Americans die per day from an opioid overdose.” This staggering number only increases as the opioid epidemic continues. In response, scientists…

From the Arizona Daily Wildcat (http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2019/09/o-packrats), posted September 16, 2019. When most people think of packrats, they likely can’t help but think of the animal responsible for chewing through their car cables, causing the engine light to turn on. However,…

University of Arizona national Beckman Scholars Amanda Warner and Randall Eck presented the cumulation of a year of scientific research at the annual Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation symposium. IRVINE, CALIFORNIA — University of Arizona students Amanda Warner and Randall…

It has been a busy summer! UBRP participants are conducting research, participating in activities, workshops, and seminars, going on field trips, serving the community, and more.

Approximately one hundred students from the University of Arizona’s Undergraduate Biology Research Program attended a seminar on writing effective press releases led by Chandler native and National Beckman Scholar Randall Eck. When researchers ask children to draw a scientist, their…