Presenters:

• Thomas Mote, Distinguished Research Professor of Geography, Franklin College; Associate Vice President for Instruction, Office of Instruction
• Art Edison, GRA Eminent Scholar, Complex Carbohydrate Research Center; Professor of Genetics and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Franklin College
• Chloe Crump, undergraduate student & biology major

UGA’s Vertically Integrated Projects-Research (VIPR) program is built on a time-tested national model for engaging both undergraduates and graduate students in ambitious, long-term, large-scale, multidisciplinary research projects led by faculty. In this webinar, VIPR leadership and participating faculty and students will talk about the significant benefits of VIPR for participants at all levels, as well as discuss the wide-ranging opportunities at UGA for establishing VIPs in research environments across a variety of disciplines.