{"id":2594,"date":"2023-02-27T13:54:14","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/?p=2594"},"modified":"2023-02-27T13:55:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T18:55:07","slug":"undergrad-research-benefits-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/undergrad-research-benefits-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergrad Research Advances Science and Benefits Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tN2Rsu1sDU4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>During a February 6, 2023 Across the Fence program, Plant and Soil Science Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uvm.edu\/cals\/pss\/profiles\/professor-deborah-neher\">Deb Neher<\/a> and Environmental Science Student Rachel Elliot (&#8217;23) explained how undergraduate research not only advances science, but teaches valuable life lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a February 6, 2023 Across the Fence program, Plant and Soil Science Professor Deb Neher and Environmental Science Student Rachel Elliot (&#8217;23) explained how undergraduate research not only advances science, but teaches valuable life lessons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7974,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13,28,53,14],"tags":[67,21,83],"class_list":["post-2594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cals","category-ext","category-faculty","category-programs","category-research","tag-across-the-fence","tag-pss","tag-students"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2455,"url":"https:\/\/site.uvm.edu\/cals-news\/cals-new-hires-january-2023\/","url_meta":{"origin":2594,"position":0},"title":"CALS New Hires-January 2023","author":"CALS Communications","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Rodrigo Soares, Plant and Soil Science Postdoctoral Associate Rodrigo Soares, PhD, is a postdoctoral associate in the UVM Plant and Soil Science Department. 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