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During this appointment, you'll meet with an advisor who will help you narrow down your research interests and find a faculty mentor.
What is research advising?
This building is located near FDH and is where future U-STAR meetings will be held!
What is the student union?
this process involves experts evaluating manuscripts quality and validity before publication
What is peer review?
This lab in the department of psychology is run by Dr. Copeland and studies reasoning and memory.
What is the reasoning and memory lab?
This upcoming event will help you evaluate research topics you may be interested in.
What is Identifying Feasible Research Topics That Can Make an Impact?
Students in the office of undergraduate research who provide support and feedback throughout your research journey
What is a peer mentor?
This fine arts building is located near the library and became a museum in 2012
What is the Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art?
variable manipulated by researcher to observe effect on other variable
What is a dependent variable?
This lab investigates both endogenous and exogenous cannabinoids and their effects on interneurons and glial cells.
What is the HINES lab?
This event is generally held at the end of the summer and is a boot camp for students interested in learning more about research.
What is the research boot camp?
UNLV's official undergraduate research journal
What is SPECTRA?
Our newest UNLV photo-op location, In between two green fields
What is the new UNLV sign?
Statement predicting outcome of study
What is a hypothesis?
This lab utilizes in vivo electrophysiological recording techniques along with genetic, metabolic, and behavioral manipulations to understand how information about contexts, memory, and reward are computed in and between different brain areas.
What is the HIVE lab?
This conference-style event allows student to present their original research as a digital poster, lightning talk, or podium presentation.
What is the undergraduate research symposium?
This repository serves as an online database of undergraduate student research and relevant materials.
DUREP
Tallest building on campus with administrative offices
What is FDH?
Participants are required to give this before participating in a study
What is informed consent?
This UNLV lab in the Department of Brain health investigates Alzheimer’s disease and traumatic brain injury using transgenic mouse models and biomarker discovery.
What is the Kinney lab?
This upcoming event will discuss strategies for evaluating potential publishers.
What is Fake Journals & Real Consequences: Identifying and Avoiding Predatory Publishers?
Students who participate in this summer program receive a stipend and work with a faculty mentor in a research field of their interest.
What is SURF?
Performance venue that gets a lot of sun
What is the alumni ampitheater?
in linear regression models this statistic indicates proportion of variance in a dependent variable that is predictable from independent variables/values
What is a R^2 value?
This Boyd law center provides a forum for the advanced study of the nature of conflict.
What is the Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution?
These presentations are usually held remotely and provide an overview for specific skills, like writing a research abstract
What is an RSA?