{"id":42,"date":"2024-05-16T19:40:33","date_gmt":"2024-05-16T19:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-05-16T13:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T20:54:28","slug":"education","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/education\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Experience for Undergraduates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"unityblocks-hero\" class=\"wp-block-unityblocks-hero hide-content\" data-herotype=\"heading-hero\" data-image=\"{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/globalfutures.asu.edu\/caplter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2024\/06\/People-walking-up-hill.jpg&quot;,&quot;altText&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;size&quot;:&quot;medium&quot;}\" data-subtitle=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;white&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[]}\" data-title=\"{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Research Experience for Undergraduates&quot;,&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;gold&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[]}\" data-contents=\"[{&quot;text&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;maxWidth&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;cssClass&quot;:[],&quot;highlightColor&quot;:&quot;white&quot;}]\" data-contentscolor=\"white\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-container container mb-2 my-6 my-xl-12\">\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-bootstrap-blocks-row row justify-content-between my-6\">\n\t\n\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 order-2 order-md-1\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mt-0\">CAP LTER provides opportunities for undergraduate students <span class=\"highlight-black\">to apply theories and principles learned in the classroom to field and laboratory research. <\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These opportunities include participation in the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates program, which connects students with faculty mentors to work on a research project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students in the REU program focus on a well-defined research problem that is typically part of a larger research effort. 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