At the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR), we seek to elevate the status of undergraduate research at UNLV. OUR strives to increase direct student participation in research at the undergraduate level and to enhance research education and overall learning experiences. OUR creates rich and ample opportunities for undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds and engages students with local, regional, and global research agendas.
We inspire, support, and nurture undergraduates in their efforts to discover, innovate, create, and experience research at UNLV. We help undergraduate students get research ready and connect them with faculty for successful and transformative research experiences. The research skills that students develop are transferable, ensuring continued success during the long journey of career development and professional life.
OUR Core Values & Principals
- Since undergraduate research (UGR) is a heterogeneous, high-impact, mentored activity that manifests itself in vastly different forms in a multitude of academic disciplines, we define research in the broadest and most inclusive sense to include all academic disciplines represented at UNLV.
- UGR is a student-centered, faculty-driven, and institutionally-supported enterprise. Hence, we promote a highly collaborative approach to connect UNLV students, faculty, and administration.
- At OUR, we subscribe to the ideal that UGR plays a key role in students’ personal and professional development; it is not co-curricular or optional. Thus, we aim to ensure that each UNLV student experiences experiential/active/discovery learning.
- As UGR is a process and a long journey, we place the emphasis on the process of undergraduate student research involvement rather than end-products or deliverables.
OUR Services
OUR Staff
Levent Atici, Ph.D.
Executive Director of Undergraduate Research & Professor of Anthropology
Email: levent.atici@unlv.edu
Rafael Oganesyan, Ph.D.
Program Manager
Email: rafael.oganesyan@unlv.edu
Susan Hall
Program Coordinator
Email: susan.hall@unlv.edu
Kira Tran
Research Advisor & Communications Specialist
Email: kira.tran@unlv.edu
What is a virtual research symposium?
In response to COVID-19, we have shifted the Fall 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium to a virtual symposium with student wellbeing, professional development, and research readiness in mind.
Similar to OUR’s triannual, live undergraduate research symposia, this semester’s virtual symposium will showcase UNLV’s undergraduate research as poster presentations, podium presentations, and lightning talks.
Student presentations will be available for public view starting Monday, November 15, 2021. For more information about each scheduled presentation, please visit our Academic Program page.
What are acceptable stages of research for the Fall 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposia?
We define undergraduate research in the broadest and most inclusive way. The following are considered acceptable forms and stages of research that can be presented at OUR’s symposia:
- Literature-based research (e.g. review of climate change research)
- Reviews of publicly available facts rather than subjective opinions
- Evaluation of previously published data from open access databases or previously published research
- Preliminary analysis, results, or findings from ongoing research
- Proposed methodologies, plans, questions, and goals
Contact Us
Mailing Address
Office of Undergraduate Research
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Box 455016
4505 S. Maryland Pkwy.
Las Vegas, NV 89154-5016
Phone
702-895-4771
Email
our@unlv.edu
Building Location
Central Desert Complex – Building 01 (CDC-01), Room 111
Office Hours
Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
