Undergraduate research, which may someday translate
into the products and technology we'll see in the
future was on display earlier this year at Ohio
State's annual Denman Undergraduate Research Forum. It
was a first-hand look at some of the bold research
being conducted by undergraduates on campus. 

Well, it's one of the great benefits that we can offer
that many other universities can't offer and it's one
that's gotten bigger and bigger and more and more
important at this university over the years. All you
really have to do is walk around this forum and see
what the benefits are. First of all, you've got
students very engaged, engaged with our faculty,
engaged in discovery and seeing the excitement of
doing some real research, of presenting things
absolutely beautifully. The work in there is just as
professional as anybody could possibly be.

I think that this is what we're striving to do,
obviously, is to get as many students involved in
undergraduates research, the awareness of it, so that
they can go on to graduate school, they can go into
the professional schools, and more importantly, they
can make a contribution to society.

It really adds a dimension to learning that one can't
possibly do in a classroom and the connection between
faculty, the connection among students, the networks
that are developed as a result of it, just the skills
that really sets them up for the rest of their lives.
It's a wonderful experience.

It's exploration without limits. An opportunity only
available at a comprehensive research institution like
Ohio State.