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ACES Family Academies Shows Youngsters: "It's Not Your Parents (or Your Grandparents') ACES Anymore!"
July 19, 2017
In its third summer, the Bioimaging Research Experience for Undergraduates allowed four under-graduate students to experience imaging research. Not only did they learn about the specific area they were researching; but they acquired new skills related to imaging; gained professional skills, such as how to present their research; plus learned what graduate school is like. For some, it confirmed that graduate school/ research was in their future.
Bioimaging REU Exposes Undergrads to Imaging Research, What Grad School is Like
July 18, 2017
Carolina Quiles, a 2017 Bioimaging REU participant
In its third summer, the Bioimaging Research Experience for Undergraduates allowed four under-graduate students to experience imaging research. Not only did they learn about the specific area they were researching; but they acquired new skills related to imaging; gained professional skills, such as how to present their research; plus learned what graduate school is like. For some, it confirmed that graduate school/ research was in their future.
