<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/blog/2025/surf-2025.php" dsn="blogs"><type>Internal</type><external_link/><featured/><category>The Charger Blog</category><pubDate>04/29/2025</pubDate><title>Group of Exemplary Undergrads Prepare for Summer of Intensive Research Projects</title><description>Nine Chargers were selected to participate in this year’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program. They will collaborate with faculty on research ranging from the impact of microplastics, the financial implications of ethical uses of AI, and potential discriminatory practices in the hiring of educators.</description><hide-description/><author>Judy Randi, Ed.D.</author><author-details/><hide-author/><date>April 29, 2025</date><image><img src="https://newhaven.edu/_resources/images/news/non-college-specific/blog/2025/melanie-bucknall-lg.jpg" alt="Achilles Beumel ’26"/></image><image-caption>Achilles Beumel ’26</image-caption><hide-image/><tags><tag>News</tag><tag>college-arts-sciences</tag><tag>college-business</tag><tag>college-engineering</tag><tag>college-lee-college</tag><tag>name-demissew-ejara</tag><tag>name-huan-gu</tag><tag>name-shue-wang</tag><tag>news-all</tag><tag>news-blog</tag><tag>program-surf</tag><tag>program-ug-accounting</tag><tag>program-ug-biology</tag><tag>program-ug-business-management</tag><tag>program-ug-chemical-engineering</tag><tag>program-ug-english</tag><tag>program-ug-forensic-science</tag><tag>program-ug-marine-environmental-sciences</tag><tag>program-ug-psychology</tag><tag>research</tag><tag>year-2025</tag></tags></item>