Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement (U-RISE)
Mission
The U-RISE Program at Cal State Fullerton aims to recruit, retain, and prepare promising undergraduate students with various lived-experiences to successfully pursue a career in Biomedical Science research.
Announcements
The U-RISE Program has recruited the new cohort (2026-2028).
This summer, the junior cohort is participating at various institutions for their summer research experience (SRE) programs.
This fall, the senior cohort will be attending the SACNAS conference in Long Beach, CA.
We will have another Visiting Scientist come to CSUF to talk with scholars and to present their work this fall.
U-RISE Events: Seminars and Workshops
The Visiting Scientist seminar for Spring 2026 was held on 18 March (Wed) at 4 PM in MH-513. Dr. Aaron Straight from Stanford University met with scholars and talked about his work on human centromeres. Click here for more information.
The Visiting Scientist seminar for Fall 2025 was held on 5 November (Wed) at 4 PM in CPAC-146. Dr. Rui Zhao from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus met with scholars and talked about her work on RNA splicing. Click here for details.
Previous Visiting Scientist seminar events were held during the academic year 2023-24 and 2024-25. Click here for details.
