For the eighth consecutive year, the Westminster College Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research has awarded Summer Research Fellowships to student-faculty research teams.
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Several Westminster College honors students will publicly defend their capstone research projects this spring, marking the end of nearly two years of high-level academic exploration.
Several biology and molecular biology majors from Westminster College presented their capstone research posters at a semester-end event on Friday, Dec. 1.
In these disciplines, the focus of the capstone project is the application of the scientific method through the design, execution, analysis and presentation of an experimental study.
Meet Emily Huff ’24, one of 10 students selected for a 2023 Summer Research Fellowship. Emily is a senior biochemistry major from New Wilmington, Pa. She and her faculty mentor, Dr. Marosh Furimsky, associate professor of biology, spent their summer months studying the effect of bisphenol F on development and gene expression in zebrafish. Outside of the classroom, Emily is a member of the Chemistry Club, Pre-Vet Society and Lambda Sigma.