Undergraduate Research

Undergraduate Research News

  • Southwestern’s Largest Research and Creative Works Symposium in Years is Set to Showcase Student Success at its Best

    Among the nearly 300 Southwestern students presenting at this year’s annual celebration of undergraduate research and creativity, the back-to-back King Creativity Fund winners will be sharing their most recent success project.

  • Southwestern University Provides Gateway to Opportunity Amid Evolving Higher Education Landscape

    As perspectives surrounding higher education shift, Southwestern University is doubling down on the impact and value of a liberal arts education.

  • Supercharging Your Spinach: Biochemistry Majors Apply Scientific Method through Spinach Research

    A pair of first-year biochemistry majors designed their own experiment aimed at increasing certain chemical compounds produced by spinach plants using different types of fertilizers.

  • Two Centuries of Future-Proofing

    Southwestern University prepares students for tomorrow’s careers.

  • Southwestern Student Earns National Recognition for Art History Research

    Natalie Davis ’26 awarded with runner-up honors in ASIANetwork’s nationwide essay contest.

  • Student Imagination and Ingenuity Shine at 2024 King Creativity Symposium

    Nineteen students participate in seven thought-provoking projects funded by King Creativity Fund grants.

  • Innovation Takes Center Stage

    Student bridges theater and technology to create an automatic spotlight tracker.

  • Southwestern Senior Receives the 2023-2024 Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award

    Alejandro Medina ’24 demonstrates outstanding potential in computing research by the Computing Research Association.

  • Capstone Project Explores Conspiracy Theories

    Student’s study unveils the connections between education, gender, and belief in conspiracy theories.

  • Inquiring Minds Innovative Research

    Student researchers explore interests, prep for the future

  • Southwestern Student Conducts Insect Biodiversity Research in Gunnison, Colorado

    Learn more about Cooper Philips’ research on insect biodiversity.

  • Video: Training AI in Minecraft

    Learn more about this collaborative student-faculty SCOPE project.

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  • Video: Southwestern Student Interns in Cutting-Edge Cancer Research Lab

    Natasha Ndele ’24 spent her summer researching bladder cancer at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.  

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  • Video: Student-Faculty Research in Copper Mountain, CO

    A student-faculty summer research project focuses on ski slope restoration.

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  • Video: Bioprinting Student-Faculty Research

    Assistant Professor of Physics Cody Crosby and a group of students collaborated on an innovative research project.

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  • Video: SCOPE Students Evaluate Climate Change Mitigation Efforts in South Texas

    Assistant Professor of Biology Jennie DeMarco and students measure the effectiveness of a nature-based method of addressing climate change in the Tamaulipan thornscrub ecosystem of southern Texas.

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  • Video: ASMR U Tingly Yet?

    Associate Professor of Psychology Carin Perilloux and students collaborate on a SCOPE project studying the psychological phenomenon of ASMR.

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  • Discovering Southwestern’s Untold History

    SCOPE project shines a light on two stories of minority athletes.

  • Video: Have You Walked a Mile in Their Boots?

    This King Creativity Fund project explores the psychology of color and represents experiences with mental illness in a large-scale fiber art installation.

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  • Empowering Students Through Research Opportunities

    SCOPE program fosters student-faculty collaboration across disciplines.

  • Video: I Am What I Am

    A King Creativity Fund project showcases queer protest through music and drag.

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  • Video: High-Powered Rocket

    A King Creativity Fund high-powered rocket project launches a student’s interest in aerospace engineering.

  • Southwestern Professor of Psychology Dr. Fay Guarraci Led Students in Groundbreaking Research Regarding the Effects of Ketamine on Sexual Behavior in Female Rats

    This particular project provided a great experience for students to work in a lab setting, conducting research side-by-side with an expert in the field. What an amazing opportunity for undergraduate students.

  • Photo Gallery & Video: King Creativity Fund Winner

    Check out the video and photos from Oliver Johnson’s ’23 Product Design: Revisiting Poul Henningsen’s Artichoke Lamp 2023 King Creativity project.

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  • G.H.O.S.T. Unit Takes Theater to New Dimensions at Southwestern

    What happens when you start a devised theater project with three Southwestern University students and the Anton Checkov play, The Cherry Orchard? You end up with a nationally recognized production called G.H.O.S.T. Unit: The Live Event.

  • Southwestern’s First Fully Tenured Black Faculty Member Reggie Byron Will Leave a Legacy of Change and Passion for Research

    His experience at Southwestern has been one of a dedicated scholar and faculty member but also of a Southwestern community member who has changed the university in ways that prepare it for a more diverse future.

  • Assistant Professor of Physics Cody Crosby featured on KXAN

    Undergraduates in Assistant Professor of Physics Cody Crosby’s labs are learning how to “print” viable human tissues and organs.

  • A Weighty Experience

    Corban Ruiz ’22 strengthens his skills—and his résumé—through SCOPE.

  • Measuring the Light of the Universe

    Undergraduates engage in astrophysical research at Southwestern’s Fountainwood Observatory.

  • 3-D Printing Human Tissue

    Undergraduates in Assistant Professor of Physics Cody Crosby’s labs are learning how to “print” viable human tissues and organs.