UR2PhD programm acceptance

About UR2PHD:

UR2PhD (Undergraduate Research to PhD) is a three-month, national virtual program run by the Computing Research Association that pairs undergraduate researchers with graduate student mentors in computing. As part of this, there is a structured mentorship course for graduate students. The course helps graduate mentors learn how to support undergraduate researchers effectively, with a focus on inclusive, research-based mentoring practices. Topics include how people learn in research settings, aligning expectations, articulating a mentoring philosophy, giving effective feedback, and helping mentees feel that they belong in the computing research community.

Orobosa Ekhator and Anadi Shakya got accepted into the Graduate Student Mentor Training Course for Fall 2025. The goal of the course is to provide mentors of undergraduate researchers with the essential skills necessary to build robust research settings.

“As a PhD student, this is helping me build skills I’ll need to eventually lead my own research projects and create a lab culture where undergraduates feel welcomed, supported, and able to see themselves as future researchers.” – Anadi