Undergraduate Research & Creativity (UGRC)

WHY Undergraduate Research and Creativity? (UGRC)

Quotation Mark

"Undergraduate research has given me the opportunity to connect classic literature to a relevant issue today. Presenting at conferences has given me additional confidence."

Noel Fedeli, Secondary Education German
Beau deForest digitizing and cataloguing slides on the computer at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center as part of the 2025 KU BEARS program.

KU BEARS 2025

Beau deForest digitizing and cataloguing slides on the computer at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center as part of the 2025 KU BEARS program.

Researchers in crops using radar processing technology

Regenerative Agriculture

Kutztown University researchers looking over agriculture and how the regenerative organic crops are impacted.

Students looking at posters in the Rohrbach Library

KU Inspires 2024

Students and faculty enjoyed the posters and artwork presented at the KU Inspires event 2024.

Two female students smiling in front of a piece in the eckhaus gallery

Students Exhibit Original Work at the Eckhaus

Eckhaus is a student-run art gallery. Students work with the Kutztown community to present, local, regional, international, faculty, alumni, and student work in all mediums.

Male student wearing gloves and working with genetic analysis equipment

Analyzing DNA by gel electrophoresis

A student loads DNA samples on an agarose gel as part of a project to create modified apoptosis (programmed cell death) proteins.

female student standing in front of pink poster

"Period Poverty: Its Notable Implications on Menstruating College Students"

Sage Dunkleberger presenting at the KU Inspires event, April 2024.

Two female students taking notes on samples in outdoor class

Kutztown University Archaeology Field School

Tabitha Martinez (l) and Dani Cannon (r) identify an artifact discovered while excavating in the Stoddart Mansion at Stoddartsville, a 19th-century milling village in northeast Pennsylvania that is the current site of the Kutztown University Archaeology Field School.

KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder setting up imaging equipment on the bank of West Creek

Resistivity Survey of West Creek in Schuylkill Watershed

KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder set up a resistivity survey line in West Creek of the Schuylkill Watershed to pinpoint zones of seepage that will be targeted by local watershed groups for remediation efforts against the large scale abandoned mine drainage problems that exist in that area.

Student and Teacher standing by a Social Work Sign

National Association of Social Work Conference

Dr. Yoon and student Alay Patel at a Social Work conference learning the benefits of being apart of NASW.

Student Leslie Ponce watering plants

Global Warming

Student researcher Leslie Ponce studying the effects of drought tolerance in beetroots.

Female staff member and female student sitting on a desk while a male student stands to the side, all of them smiling at each other

Researching Gender Bias in the Middle School Classroom

James Durham and Jenna Plump, Middle-Level Education, discuss their research with their faculty mentor, Carol Watson. The team is investigating gender bias in the middle school classroom with an emphasis on student voices.

Student holding a microphone filming in what appears to be a wedding venue

Student Film

A behind the scenes look at students creating their very own short film.

Two professors stand on either side of a student, all of them analyzing a browned page

Student Researches PA German Cartoon

Erica Cohen Hamilton, Anthropology, is conducting original research on a Pennsylvania German cartoon, Pumpernickel Bill, that ran in the Morning Call newspaper.

Male standing in front of poster holding coffee

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY

KU Inspires April 2024.

Notebook of drawings and research including a yellow bird, a dark blue bird on a branch and a KU logo

Field Notebook

Junior Biology major, A.J. Dalkner, shows their research notebook that describes and keeps track of songbird's body composition.

Emily Cantor in front of her research presentation.

2018 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF GEOGRAPHERS MIDDLE STATES DIVISION

Emily Cantor presents at the American Association of Geographers Middle States Division Annual Meeting in 2018.

Beau deForest digitizing and cataloguing slides on the computer at the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center as part of the 2025 KU BEARS program.
Researchers in crops using radar processing technology
Students looking at posters in the Rohrbach Library
Two female students smiling in front of a piece in the eckhaus gallery
Male student wearing gloves and working with genetic analysis equipment
female student standing in front of pink poster
Two female students taking notes on samples in outdoor class
KU undergraduate students Sebastien Treciak, Alexandra Racosky, and Emily Snyder setting up imaging equipment on the bank of West Creek
Student and Teacher standing by a Social Work Sign
Student Leslie Ponce watering plants
Female staff member and female student sitting on a desk while a male student stands to the side, all of them smiling at each other
Student holding a microphone filming in what appears to be a wedding venue
Two professors stand on either side of a student, all of them analyzing a browned page
Male standing in front of poster holding coffee
Notebook of drawings and research including a yellow bird, a dark blue bird on a branch and a KU logo
Emily Cantor in front of her research presentation.