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Every year, Dominican hosts an undergraduate research expo

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where students can present the research

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that they did over the summer.

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And so what I was able to do

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during this research expo was present

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the research I did with a professor in microbiology.

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And so you really get to work very closely with them.

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Already being a small school, you kind

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of already know your professor that you're working with.

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This summer program really allowed me

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to ask further questions about like, life

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after undergrad and grad programs, medical school.

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So it really helps you develop

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that like mentorship relationship with them.

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Alongside with that too, you have other students working

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with you that are in the same field as you,

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and so it helps you kind of like build ideas on

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where you both want to go or even just like in the lab.

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It, the collaboration with other students was really nice.

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One thing I really enjoyed about

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doing undergraduate research at Dominican University was

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that if you have an idea, if you have an interest, a topic

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that you wanna explore

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and do research on, you could just pitch it and do it.

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You have the time to develop your research

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and to develop it into coherent and cohesive presentation,

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however you desire it to be.

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And then you present it to all these people

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and now they know your niche too.

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As a biology major

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and a minor in chemistry, I had the opportunity to work

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with a professor here at Dominican

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where I engaged in organic chemistry research.

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I got the chance to present at the undergraduate research

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expo in the spring, and that was a great opportunity to talk

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to friends, family, and faculty.

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It was a great experience

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and I enjoyed so much that I even went

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to a different conference at Omaha, Nebraska

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with the same professor.

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He encouraged me to apply

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and, you know, present at other institutions.

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Research isn't just, you know, go to a lecture and sit

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and learn from a textbook.

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It's that you are applying yourself, you are venturing

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and you are trying to create new understanding in science.

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And that's why I have enjoyed so much of the work

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that I do at other institutions and here at Dominican,

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because we're continuously expanding the knowledge on

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science.