Photo Gallery: Students Conduct Cutting-Edge Summer Research on Campus



After the academic year ended, over 100 students returned to spend their summers on campus where they participated in leading research spanning a range of  disciplines: 67 students engaged in research in the sciences; 31 in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts; and six in economics.

Daniel Bitran, professor of psychology and coordinator of the summer science research on campus, says the summer research program overall is “a defining feature of a liberal arts education.”

The myriad of research projects offer students the opportunity to pursue topics of interest through intensive, focused projects while simultaneously working closely with faculty members who act as both advisors and research partners. Research projects varied from protein splicing to glass blowing, and took place in labs and libraries on campus, as well as onsite both locally and internationally.

“I am genuinely surprised and impressed every year with the projects that students come up with,” says Daniel Klinghard, associate professor of political science and director of the Summer Research in the Humanities, Social Sciences, and Fine Arts. “Students and faculty work together to develop their own topics. They pursue their hearts, their interests, their unique talents and experiences.”

The student researchers will showcase their work at this year’s 22nd Annual Summer Research Symposium on Friday, Sept. 11 from 1 – 4 p.m. in the Hogan Campus Center Ballroom.

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