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Forty-four ������ú students and an alumnus will display 30 research projects Wednesday, April 22, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in Winter Hall. The 19th annual ������ú Student Research Symposium celebrates the noteworthy accomplishments of students and their work from the divisions of the humanities, social sciences and the natural and behavioral sciences.

������ú professors encourage students to experience the life of a scholar by engaging in research, often including students in their own work.

Many of the projects represent technical work in biology, chemistry, biochemistry, physics, kinesiology, psychology, neuroscience and computer science.  This year’s projects include: “Virtual Water and State Sovereignty: How the U.S. Relationship with China and Mexico Show a Need for Change,” “Bacterial Communities and Chemical Environments of Coastal Marsh Halophyte Leaf Surfaces,” “Nuclear Physics: Isotope Separation of Exotic Neutron-Rich Nuclei,” “Testing Theories of Brain Fatigue and Ego Depletion: a physiological approach using EEG” and “Masculinity in the Christian Subculture: An Analysis of the Portrayal of Masculinity in Christian Romance Novels.”

Heidi Henes-Van Bergen, chemistry assistant, synthesized the research materials into booklets.