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 will be hosting a Visiting Scientist seminar this spring (Dr. Aaron Straight). Visiting mentors will meet with all our scholars and present their work.
Applications for the new cohort will open around April 2026. Watch this space.
U-RISE Events: Seminars and Workshops
The Visiting Scientist seminar for Spring 2026 will be held on 15 April (Wed) at 4 PM in MH-513. Dr. Aaron Straight from Stanford University will meet with scholars and talk about his work on human centromeres. Click here for more information.
The Visiting Scientist seminar for Fall 2025 will be held on 5 November (Wed) at 4 PM in CPAC-146. Dr. Rui Zhao from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus will meet with scholars and talk 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.
Professional development for faculty mentors were held in 2025 and 2024 (Click here for details).
