Thank you for your interest in the MARC program. After 45 years, and hundreds of undergraduates trained and launched into amazing scientific careers as doctoral level scientists, the MARC program has ended. We celebrate our students and their accomplishments and will continue to seek out ways to support the highly talented and dedicated future scientists.
2025 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Andrew Natera — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Andrew Natera
2024 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Mariah Antopia — #AwesomeAlum: Mariah Antopia
- Seth Fremin — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Seth Fremin
2023 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Emily Perez — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Emily Perez
- Ernesto Flores — UTSA Today: Three UTSA science students win prestigious Goldwater Scholarship
- Yohannes Akiel and Tristan Pepper — UTSA Today: UTSA team takes first place in first Draper data science competition
- Ernesto Flores, Luis Flores, Itzel Galan, Gabriel Garibaldi, Diana Herrera-Diaz, and Angelica Ramos — UTSA Today: Undergrads present research at local and international showcases
2022 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Tanya Cruz and Zina Helal — UTSA Today: Students awarded funding to advance their STEM research
2021 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Phuong Cao — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Phuong Cao
- Liz Cervantes — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Liz Cervantes
- Isaiah Goertz — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Isaiah Goertz
- Naomi Alyafei, Claudia Collier, Favour Obuseh, and Sean Tritley — UTSA Today: UTSA program builds a new future for San Antonio
- Paola Montufar Soria — UTSA Today: Decorated UTSA graduate continuing bilingualism and math research at NYU
- Favour Obuseh and Kaitlyn Varela — UTSA Today: Three students honored with Ford Foundation fellowship
- Amanda Gomez — UTSA Today: Students win Tech Venture with therapeutic breathing device
- Naomi Alyafei, Favour Obuseh, Cynthia Perez, and Kaitlyn Varela — UTSA Today: Students earn coveted National Science Foundation fellowships to pursue research
2020 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Isaiah Goertz — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Isaiah Goertz
- Kaitlyn Varela — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Kaitlyn Varela
- Naomi Alyafei — UTSA Student Spotlight: Naomi Alyafei
- Carmen Varela — UTSA Today: Five Roadrunner scholars honored with NSF fellowships
- Kaitlyn Varela — UTSA Today: Future biochemist fosters love for research at UTSA
- Naomi Alyafei — UTSA Today: Two Honors College juniors receive prestigious Goldwater scholarship
2019 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Naomi Alyafei — Honors College News
- Aleya Shedd — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Aleya Shedd
- Favour Obuseh — UTSA Today: Undergrad tested his research skills at MIT
- Favour Obuseh — UTSA Today: Two UTSA Honors College students strike gold as 2019 Goldwater scholars
- Jessica O'Berry — #ThisIsWhatAScientistLooksLike: Jessica O'Berry
2018 MARC/RISE UG Student News
2017 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- Miguel Gonzalez — UTSA Today: Commencement Spotlight: Miguel Gonzalez fell in love with cognitive psychology research at UTSA
- Madeline Cortez, Jason Giuliani, and Jasmine King — UTSA Today: Record number of UTSA students earn NSF fellowships
2016 MARC/RISE UG Student News
- America Ruiz — Honors College News
- Alejandro Morales Betancourt — Meet a Roadrunner: Alejandro Morales Betancourt is earning his degree for his son
- Jennifer Watts — Meet a Roadrunner: Jennifer Watts honors her cancer surviving mother with groundbreaking research
