Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP)

A transmission electron microscope image of <i>Vibrio choleraethat</i>.

Weapon-wielding marine microbes may protect populations from foes

In some populations, natural antibiotics are produced by a few individuals whose closest relatives carry genes conferring resistance.

September 6, 2012

Incoming freshman Kaylee de Soto got a head start at MIT, arriving in June to help the Plasma Science and Fusion Center update its fusion video game.

Kaylee de Soto: A game changer

Incoming freshman refreshes Plasma Science and Fusion Center outreach tools.

September 6, 2012

Junior Alix de Monts, center, chair of the Undergraduate Association (UA) Sustainability Committee and undergraduate representative on the Campus Energy Task Force, provides an update on the UA's spring 2011 exchange of 1,000 compact-fluorescent light bulbs for incandescent bulbs in student dorms.

Five-year effort by Campus Energy Task Force saves MIT millions of dollars, kilowatt-hours

December 21, 2011

IROP students around the world

During the 2010-2011 academic year, International Research Opportunities Program students conducted research around the world in 18 different countries.

October 21, 2011

MIT senior Nicholas Dou, right, and his postdoctoral fellow advisor Ryan Enright discuss improvements to a cold plate that Dou has created to test condensation behavior and heat transfer properties of nanostructured surfaces. Using such novel surfaces, Dou aims to improve the performance of condensers, thereby increasing the efficiency of solar collectors.

Undergraduate energy research ‘fueled’ by team approach

September 8, 2011

This map indicates relative risk from ecoregions outside the northeastern United States, evenly weighting ballast water volume sourced from a region and number of ships from that region. Red represents the highest risk and yellow the lowest risk. Ecoregions in white did not source any ships with a destination in the northeast United States [Sources: Basemap: NOAA 2011; Ecoregions: Spalding 2007].

Undergraduate develops method to predict spread of marine invasive species

August 19, 2011

Recognizing outstanding undergraduate research

2011 UROP Awards and Eloranta Research Fellowship Recipients named

May 18, 2011

Kim Vandiver, dean for undergraduate research

Q&A with Kim Vandiver

Dean for undergraduate research discusses his role, UROPs and more.

November 9, 2010

Indian women and children wait at a clinic where J-PAL researchers investigate a better way to bring medical treatment to developing areas.

Data points of light

MIT’s undergraduates fight poverty one statistic at a time, thanks to coordination between the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program and the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab.

November 2, 2009

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