URC Showcases Research From More Than 1,500 Students

Undergraduate Research Conference celebrates its 24th year

Monday, May 1, 2023

Performers entertain a crowd in the Museum of Art at the Paul Creative Arts Center during a Naked Arts presentation, a three-part event focused on the creative process of artists in various disciplines.
Carolline LeBlanc '23 of Paul College delivers her presentation.
Zachary DiCicco '23 from the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences walks a guest through his work.
Carrie Hill '24 explains her team's project about transparent?exopolymer particle production. Mikayla Cote '23G and Elizabeth Harvey '25 wre other team members.
Onyeka Ariguzo '26, a bioengineering student, talks through a presentation during the?Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (ISE) Symposium.
A crowd listens to a presentation during the first act of the Naked Arts event in the Musuem of Art at the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Ashanti Maronie '23?focused his work on the role of race in missing persons cases.

More than 1,500 students made presentations during this year’s Undergraduate Research Conference (URC), one of the largest and most diverse events of its kind in the country and a signature annual showcase of student research and scholarly work at UNH.

The URC celebrated its 24th year this spring, with presentations running from April 19 to 22. The students making presentations were mentored by more than 300 faculty members and other research advisers and represented wide-ranging disciplines spanning the academic spectrum, with all schools and colleges and a deep roster of majors represented.

This slideshow offers a peek at some of the many engaging presentations and displays that highlighted the event this year.