Lawrence County residents were among the graduates when Westminster College awarded diplomas to 232 students during its 170th commencement ceremony May 11 in the college’s Will W. Orr Auditorium.
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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.
Westminster College neuroscience major Taylor Harman earned a Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research grant to analyze amphetamine and nicotine use and examine how those stimulants influence anxiety in male rats.
Harman, a senior honors student from Edinburg, Pa., used the grant to fund her research project “Does Stimulus History Affect the Anxiety-Like Response to Nicotine in Male Rats?”
Harman examined how the history of amphetamine exposure can influence the anxiety-like response to nicotine in male rats.
“I was interested in studying these effects and how they relate to an ADHD model. The results of this study could be used to evaluate why individuals who have ADHD, and use amphetamine, are more likely to use nicotine and how the use of amphetamine and/or nicotine could cause anxiety-like behavior,” said Harman.
The grant enabled Harman to conduct personal research and further her education through hands-on experiences and investigation.
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Hi-Plains, Flagler, and Stratton FFA chapters were among the high school agriculture students from across Colorado that competed this fall in six Range Judging and Plant Identification contests. The events were held Sept. 13 in Cortez, Sept. 20 in Hamilton, Sept. 26 in New Raymer, Sept. 27 in Hugo, Oct. 4 in Monte Vista, and […]