{"id":392,"date":"2026-01-27T11:17:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/?p=392"},"modified":"2026-01-27T11:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T16:17:37","slug":"utc-students-to-present-at-ncur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/2026\/01\/27\/utc-students-to-present-at-ncur\/","title":{"rendered":"UTC Students to Present at NCUR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Office for URaCE is excited to announce that a record eight UTC undergraduates have had abstracts accepted to present at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cur.org\/events-services\/ncur\/\">National Conference on Undergraduate Research<\/a> (NCUR). 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