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“I started looking for opportunities during my freshman year and have been working with Dr. Furey ever since. My experience conducting undergraduate research has been full of cool discoveries, interesting challenges, and lots of time out in the field. [I remember] sitting on a little island in the middle of the Bellamy River on my first photo download day, nervous about not seeing anything on the cameras, and immediately opening to a photo of a great blue heron with a river herring in its beak. This was exactly what we were hoping to find!”

“I have been able to do archival research on art pieces as well as dive deeply into art provenance and how it impacts cultural heritage. As I’m looking toward the future, I hope to use my research skills and knowledge gained during this experience to break into the small field of art conservation in public art institutions. Being able to do under-graduate research also prepares me for master’s programs and better fills out my undergraduate resume of skills.”

“I am conducting interviews with candidates, visiting campaign events, studying political science literature, and conducting textual analyses of candidates’ policy statements. It has been an incredible privilege to be able to meet candidates in person and speak to them directly. This has been the best and most unique part of the project. It adds a human element to the other more technical and theoretical aspects of the project.”

“This experience has been much more broad than I was expecting because our lab is so collaborative. My favorite part of this experience was working with New Hampshire Fish and Game on its bag seine survey to collect fish samples for the prey energy density portion of my study. I enjoyed cruising around the bay, wading through varying levels of muddy substrate, and the excitement of seeing what cool fish we caught in the net. All of these hands-on experiences will definitely help me succeed in the future as I am now familiar with many different fisheries-related techniques.”

“A standout moment was when we first unboxed our pupillometer (the device for measuring pupil size) in my professor's lab. The whole team was there, and it was super exciting to see the device we had been discussing for months actually in the lab. It was also really exciting when we had our first participant in the lab and saw our program being used and heard their thoughts on the music after all of the work that built up to it.”

“I have always loved asking questions about the world around me. This experience gave me a look into what being a researcher means and how to problem-solve when conducting my own study.”

I have gained both technical knowledge and experience through my research, but most importantly I have seen how research affects people firsthand. Even before I had the true, numerical results, I could see how what I was doing was changing lives.”