UROP

Below is a sampling of projects that undergraduates have done in STS. Please contact individual faculty members directly if you have a project idea (e-mail is usually the best first point of contact). The STS faculty directory is available here.

• So Random: A Stochastic History of the Last Century
• Women’s Histories in the Boston Biotechnology Industry
• Archiving East Side History at MIT
• Greater Boston African Diaspora Project
• Developing an Exhibition on East Campus History and Traditions
• Tiny Garden Everywhere
• The Afrika Club of Greater Boston
• Close encounters of the primordial kind: a new observable for primordial black holes as dark matter
• Innovating on Schedule: R&D in the U.S. Military
• Food Industrialization
• The Effects of Journalism on Public Discourse
• The Changing Pedagogy of Quantum Mechanics
• BeanSalt: A Web-based News Forum for Boston-area College Students
• Discriminating Weapons of Mass Destruction
• The Early History of MIT, 1848-1870
• NOVA/ WGBH Science Unit Internship
• Specialization in Modern Physics

Applying for a UROP

Once you find a faculty supervisor and UROP project, fill out a UROP application online and submit it for review by your faculty supervisor. The online application can be found here, under the “For Students” link. The deadlines for submitting UROP applications are  posted here. Even if you are continuing the same UROP project from the previous semester, you need to submit a new proposal by the stated deadlines each semester. The UROP Office will send you an e-mail to let you know when your UROP is approved. STS can only pay you once we know your UROP has been approved.

Questions?

If you have any questions about doing a UROP at STS, please contact UROP coordinator, Stephanie Brandão Carvalho.