More than 260 students presented 240 summer research projects to hundreds of attendees during the Summer Platform for Undergraduate Research (SPUR) symposium Aug. 2 at The University of Texas at Dallas. All were conducting research associated with UTD through one of a variety of initiatives, including the Clark Summer Research Program, which allows incoming first-year students to conduct research before starting their classes. Seeing students support each other by listening and asking questions about each other’s posters shows how much they care about research,” she said. The campus symposium featured keynote speaker Dr. Andre Samuel, founder, president and CEO of The Citizen Science Lab, which helps underserved students in Pittsburgh participate in science and research. Several summer research initiatives at UTD are funded by grants from the National Science Foundation’s Research Experiences for Undergraduates program.