Undergraduates In The News
![Emily Cox and Sahil Chawla](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/cox_chawla.jpg?itok=3gJv2eQy)
Research is a cornerstone of the undergraduate student experience at the University of Virginia, with about 54 percent of graduating fourth-year students indicating that they had completed a significant research, design or creative project as part of their undergraduate program of study.
![Students DeAnza Cook and Jack Brake](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/harrisons_header1.jpg?itok=0Zv4g6YP)
Research is a cornerstone of the undergraduate student experience at the University of Virginia, with about 54 percent of graduating fourth-year students indicating that they had completed a significant research, design or creative project as part of their undergraduate program of study.
![Kenan Fellowshop recipients Baxter Craven, Thomas Howard and Owen Gallogly](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/kenan_fellowships.jpg?itok=aoNjkAD_)
Four University of Virginia scholars will spend the summer focusing on the Lawn, conducting three separate research projects involving the Academical Village.
![Sudents drawing in art studio](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/drawing_studio_art_class.jpg?itok=K3f7ToGs)
Five University of Virginia students have received grants from the University Award for Projects in the Arts program, allowing them to follow their artistic muses this summer.
![Corridor lined with bookshelves](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/double_hoo_bookshelves.jpg?itok=JhYMiEXz)
This summer, pairs of University of Virginia student researchers will receive funding to examine local mentoring programs, women’s health and ion channels in immune cells, among other projects.
![Students Orion Williams and Sarah Koch](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/sarah_koch_orion_williams.jpg?itok=xL-y8lLD)
Research has emerged as a cornerstone of the undergraduate student experience at the University of Virginia, with increasing numbers of students pursuing extracurricular explorations in science and the humanities.
![Engineer student Alex Berr](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/alex_berr.jpg?itok=xXkhSE1S)
Fourth-year biomedical engineering student Alex Berr is studying different subtypes of one of the most deadly forms of cancer in hopes of developing more effective treatments.
![Two students discuss art installation](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/art_installation.jpg?itok=a1KWG_5F)
Five University of Virginia students have received grants from the University Award for Projects in the Arts program, allowing them to follow their muses this summer.
![Illustration of human brain](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/brain_illuatration.jpg?itok=bb4DDmxv)
This summer, pairs of University of Virginia student researchers will examine exoplanets, experiment with repairing brain and spine tissue and look at the history of Southern agriculture.
!["We did it" graduation collage](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/graduation_collage.jpg?itok=tceYU5h-)
The University of Virginia’s Class of 2015 has distinguished itself in many ways, earning dozens of prestigious national and University-wide honors and scholarships.
![Student researcher Catharine Henry](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/Catherine_Henry.jpg?itok=DrC3VUMB)
After her first week as a University of Virginia student, Catherine Henry knew she wanted to be a researcher.
![Student Rebecca Wlaker](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/Rebecca_Walker.jpg?itok=FeRsST-h)
For many people, trees serve a limited function: shade from the sun, a scenic view during a walk, perhaps wood for the fireplace.
![Third-year student Wade Oakley and religious teacher Swamiji](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/yoga.jpg?itok=i_09AXg5)
“Is this his first time here?” an elderly Indian man sitting in a hilltop cave asked, motioning toward third-year University of Virginia student Wade Oakley last summer
![Sarah Ward learning pottery making in Turkey](https://undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/sites/undergraduateresearch.virginia.edu/files/styles/article_small_image/public/Ward_makes_pottery.jpg?itok=1r62rmhF)
What do you do when you’ve traveled halfway around the world, only to find that the people who speak a language you’re trying to study won’t talk to you?