At Pitt-Bradford, you won't be limited to learning just in a classroom. You'll also have many opportunities to conduct research. You'll work side by side with your professor in many of our academic majors, including biology, criminal justice, mathematics, sociology, chemistry and psychology.
You'll also have opportunities to present your research. Many of our students presented at the annual Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Fair, which is held on campus each spring. Students are also selected each year to present at the annual Penn-York Undergraduate Research Conference.
Our students have researched
- Impacts of diet and sleep on overall health
- Invasive lilac trees
- Law enforcement deaths and assaults
- Human trafficking
- Antimicrobial properties of natural oils
- Cleaning pollution from acid mine drainage to benefit trout
- Misinformation from online communities
- Plant sterols on fruit flies
- Marketing issues in terms of diversity
- Molecular mechanism of heat stress response
- Forensic Genealogy
- Ethnotourism in Himalayan India
- Mindfulness in Virtual Reality
- Invasive plants on UPB campus
- Research into reactions to witness or being targeted by prejudice
- Tumor development in fruit flies
- Effect of timbering on streams in ANF
- Anti-inflammatory properties of garlic
- Gendered mental health stigma
- Medicinal properties in putka honey
And that's just the beginning. You may even get it published in an academic journal. Other students have. Your research opportunities are limited only by your imagination.
Student Research Grant Form and guidelines
Contact Dr. Warren Fass, Director of Undergraduate Research