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The Lab Rats: Undergraduate Research

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Enrollment: Selection for Lab Rats is based on an interview.

Great Choice For You If:

  • You have a high school GPA of 3.0 or better
  • You’re considering graduate, medical, or professional school
  • You’re highly motivated and interested in taking your education into a research setting

Purpose:LabRats

The purpose of the Lab Rats LLC is to introduce a community of incoming first-year students to the culture of research at UW-Milwaukee,
and to help those students transition into a hands-on role in a faculty-led research project in a field of their interest.

 

Picture yourself…

  • Visiting labs across campus
  • Attending a research talk
  • Becoming part of a research team

Required Course:

  • L&S SS 291: Undergraduate Research Seminar (1 credit)

Lab Rats LLCIn Their Own Words:

Samantha Bilkey, LLC RA:

“People join because they realize how important it is to get involved in undergraduate research, and the Lab Rats is a great transition into university research.”

Kyla Esguerra, LLC Instructor:

“I’ve seen students make tremendous gains to- wards their career goals simply by working with a faculty member, side-by-side, on a project.“


Course/Program contact:

Kyla Esguerra
kylam@uwm.edu
(414) 229-2641

Last Updated: 11/16/2012