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2022 Awards for Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research

Are you aware of a WVU faculty member or a graduate student who demonstrates excellence in mentoring undergraduates in research and creative endeavors? 

Nominations for the 2022 Awards for Distinction in Mentoring Undergraduates in Research are now open and will be accepted through Feb. 13, 2022. For 2022, we have introduced a new award for Graduate Student Mentors.  

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ORISE to host Experience ORISE Virtual Career Fair

On Wednesday, Jan. 19, from 12 to 3 p.m. ET, the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) is hosting a virtual career fair to highlight the variety of paid internships, fellowships, and research opportunities available within our Research Participation Program across the following agencies: 

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Office of Undergraduate Research Student Workers Wanted

The Office of Undergraduate Research is seeking to fill  two communications student worker positions for Spring 2022: the Office of Undergraduate Research Website, and Undergrad Research Newsletters. These students will work with office administrators to tell the stories of students conducting research.

The positions will be up to approximately 10 hours a week during the academic year and are paid positions at a rate of $10.00 per hour. These are ideal positions for students majoring in journalism, communications, strategic communications or English who desire to build a professional portfolio of work, however students of all majors will be considered.

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2021 Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium-Winners and Runners-Up

On Saturday, December 4, the Office of Undergraduate Research hosted our Fourth Annual Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium in the Mountainlair on the WVU Downtown Campus--our first in-person symposium since fall 2019. A huge congratulations to our category winners and runners-up below, and an enormous thanks to all our presenters, mentors, judges, and attendees who made our first in-person symposium in two years such a success!

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Summer Research Opportunities at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The Oak Ridge Institute at The University of Tennessee is seeking applications from undergraduate students currently enrolled in colleges and universities across the US who are interested in participating in its Science Alliance Student Mentoring and Research Training (SMaRT) Program.  Students who will be rising sophomores, juniors and seniors in fall of 2021 are eligible to apply.   

This prominent program will select 30 qualified candidates to participate in this 10-week summer program scheduled for May 24 until July 30, 2021. As a selected intern, you will receive a funded internship, including stipends, housing and an allowance for travel to and from Knoxville, TN.  This program will focus on four interdisciplinary areas: 

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