The 2021 ProHealth REU kicked off this week with a new cohort of undergraduate researchers. Keeping with tradition: our Friday tea session included students presenting their elevator pitches to each other and to the judges. However, with a remote REU this summer—tea was in our Gather Town and the judges were hidden “among us.

To visit the Facebook page of the REU program this summer, click here.

Eleven avatars linger in a shared virtual space. The ProHealth Logo is visible at the bottom of the screen, and the virtual space looks like an office setting with wooden floors and bookshelves.

Ten avatars hang out in a private area with a blue rug and couches. Two avatars are in a meeting room to the north.

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