<p>The college is on spring break right now, so I’m not sure if you’ll get many student responses for awhile, but my DD is a first year student studying biology, so I am familiar with some recent research from the Wellesley biology department that involved students co-authoring papers. Here are some links to a very recent study in which two Wellesley undergrads were among the co-authors: </p>
<p><a href=“Honeybee Colonies Benefit From Queen’s Promiscuity - The New York Times”>Honeybee Colonies Benefit From Queen’s Promiscuity - The New York Times;
<p>[Wellesley</a> College - News - Why Do Promiscuous Queens Produce Healthier Honey Bee Colonies?](<a href=“http://web.wellesley.edu/web/News/honeybees.psml]Wellesley”>http://web.wellesley.edu/web/News/honeybees.psml)</p>
<p>Faculty in the neuroscience department received a total of $2.6 million in grants in 2011, which will provide even more research opportunities: </p>
<p>[Wellesley</a> College](<a href=“http://web.wellesley.edu/web/detailview.psml?rcFilePath=/content/departments/news/news/2012news/0201neuroscience.xml&fileIndex=null]Wellesley”>http://web.wellesley.edu/web/detailview.psml?rcFilePath=/content/departments/news/news/2012news/0201neuroscience.xml&fileIndex=null)</p>
<p>So, in answer to the OP question, there are definitely research opportunities available and those are for undergrads, since there aren’t any grad students.</p>