Get your Hands Dirty: How and Why to Pursue Undergraduate Research

Article / Adrian DiMarco

Have you ever considered getting involved in research? Maybe you want lab experience to give yourself a competitive edge when applying for internships or jobs, or you have some extra credits you want to fill. Perhaps you are just interested in learning more about your field of study, and think that joining a lab group would be a fulfilling and an effective way to do so. Whatever the reason, many students are interested in joining some form of research group, but feel like it would be too difficult to get in a lab with little to no experience or connections. Thankfully, that notion is not true.