#  URS Program Launches Academic Year with Facebook Talk 

 





September 18, 2015

 

 

 The IQSS Undergraduate Research Scholars have begun a new academic year, and the Harvard community is invited to join them for a guest speaker visit on September 25.

 A program under the direction of [Dustin Tingley](/%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.iq.harvard.edu/people/dustin-tingley%E2%80%9D) (Dept. of Government), the [Undergraduate Research Scholars (URS) program](/%E2%80%9Dhttp://urs.iq.harvard.edu/%E2%80%9D) connecting Harvard researchers with undergraduates interested in research experience. Faculty participants are provided with grant support for their research, while Harvard undergraduates have the unique opportunity to gain first-hand experience working on a faculty-led project. Students in the Undergraduate Research Scholars Program are paid, part-time research assistants and considered IQSS affiliates, with access to resources and guidance that would help them to develop valuable research and academic skills.

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 As part of the 2015-2016 calendar of events, the URS program will host a special talk this month. [Danny Ferrante, Director of Data Science at Facebook](/event/urs-talk?delta=0), will present "Research and the Hackers Way: Data Science at Facebook" in the Tsai Auditorium on September 25. This event is open to the Harvard community, and more details can be found in the [IQSS calendar](/%E2%80%9Dhttp://www.iq.harvard.edu/event/urs-talk?delta=0%E2%80%9D). For more information about URS and how faculty and students can apply to the program, please visit the Undergraduate Research Scholars website.

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