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 What Students Say
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Sammy Davis - Going deep for coral research in Moorea A student with a famous name and interests in French and aquatic biology decides to pursue scientific inquiry and teaching after an amazing research experience in Moorea. |
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Eileen Becker - A summer research cruise seals a future in the lab Testing ocean water samples in the Santa Barbara Channel leads one student to a career in forensics. |
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Jeffrey Danciger - One student’s path to math happiness A numbers person has some strategic approaches to school that every student can use. |
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Amanda Mummert - Paper trail to success
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Kyle Anixter - An English
major finds his future A favorite book, a year abroad, a faculty mentor, a big idea—these helped a senior discover his calling. |
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Charis Anton - Based her college career on wide-ranging personal
interests An unstoppable scholar and artist is adamant about the path to a great undergraduate education: "Pursue everything that truly matters to you--and if you discover something new, just combine it all!" |
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A senior switches from engineering to the social sciences and then lands a prestigious nanotechnology internship that bridges both. |
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When this recent alum was a biology major at UCSB, his curiosity led him to investigate insect behavior in Costa Rica, bacteria in San Diego, marine organisms at UCSB, and wasps, figs, and evolutionary ecology in Panama. At his commencement he received UCSB’s prestigious Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Research. What’s next? |
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Summer vacation for one undergraduate meant spending eight weeks in Nepal doing intensive research and then some. Working in the Himalayas, a week’s walk from the nearest road, she did independent research under the guidance of the director of UCSB’s Institute for Crustal Studies, assisted a graduate student. and helped make a documentary film. |
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Very cool by any measure, a four-week expedition to Antarctica gave five undergrads, two graduate students, and their faculty mentor a chance to explore new areas of the ocean floor. |
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Undergraduate research pays off in many ways—and a recent UCSB alum is proof of the concept. Her paid research in a molecular biology lab was scientifically important—a plus for her graduate-school applications. Admitted to the nation’s top Ph.D. programs, she is now at MIT. |
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Because his father suffers from a rare eye disease that often leads to blindness, a sophomore made up his mind to join the lab of a world-renowned neurobiologist. |
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