Undergraduate Research Center Content / Undergraduate Research Center Content for 91¿´Æ¬ Davis en Students Prepare for Undergraduate Research Conference /news/students-prepare-undergraduate-research-conference <p>91¿´Æ¬ Davis student Natasha Bibbs of Sacramento has already gone places with academic research — and she hopes to go even further.</p><p>The fourth-year student travelled about 2,000 miles to Louisiana and more than 150 years back in time to discover how someone she believes is an ancestor — perhaps her great-great-grandfather — became one of the first Black doctors in his community and used his status to contribute to the African American community.</p> April 22, 2025 - 3:51pm Julia Ann Easley /news/students-prepare-undergraduate-research-conference TRANSITIONS: Annaliese Franz and ‘Jer’ Maher /news/transitions-annaliese-franz-and-jer-maher <p>Annaliese Franz, associate professor of chemistry, has been named the new faculty director of the Undergraduate Research Center.</p> February 14, 2017 - 9:51am Dave Jones /news/transitions-annaliese-franz-and-jer-maher