Welcome to the Spring 2023 Miami University Undergraduate Research Forum!
One of the hallmarks of Miami University is our commitment to making research opportunities available to undergraduate students. We are consistently nationally recognized for the large number of undergraduates who engage in research with their faculty. Our numbers indicate that nearly 3000 Miami students are engaged in research with faculty, and over 14,000 are learning about various aspects of the research process in research-based courses. These research experiences deepen students’ understanding of their content areas, provide innovation in the fields in which they study, and prepare many of our students for graduate school and rewarding careers in research fields. Our faculty commitment to providing these unique experiences is unparalleled in public universities. These efforts reflect our faculty’s commitment to undergraduate education and the teacher-scholar approach to their work.
This year’s forum highlights research projects across Miami University’s academic divisions: Arts & Science, Business, Creative Arts, Education, Health, & Society, Engineering & Computing. We are pleased this year to be thinking about how communicating our research stories can broaden the impact of our research in making real change and improvements to society, climate, mental health, and many other human experiences. Congratulations to the over 300 students from across the University who are presenting their work this year, many of whom are first-year students. And, a most sincere thank you to the 98 faculty mentors and 52 graduate students who have devoted time and energy to mentoring these students. Finally, thank you to the Office of Research for Undergraduates for their tireless effort to ensure that these opportunities are available to students, and that they are celebrated in this amazing forum, which we are so happy is back to an in-person format. I am excited to learn with you as I explore the three poster sessions and two concurrent talk sessions that are part of this forum.
Love and Honor,
Amy Aldous Bergerson, PhD
Associate Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education