By Cole Hatcher
DELAWARE, OHIO – Ohio Wesleyan University students will complete projects in structural biology, data analytics, golden age Spanish theater, video game psychology, and more using $15,500 in newly awarded, university-funded Theory-to-Practice Grants.
The grants are part of Ohio Wesleyan’s signature program, The OWU Connection. The unique program is designed to help students think big (understand issues from multiple academic disciplines), go global (gain international perspective), and get real (translate classroom knowledge into real-world experience).
Those earning fall 2020 Ohio Wesleyan Theory-to-Practice Grants and their projects are:
“Structural Biology: A Tool for Studying Modern Medicinal Practices,” submitted by
Kaden Hubly, a junior from Kankakee, Illinois. During the summer, Hubly will study X-ray diffraction techniques using the Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SRL). “Recent studies using the SRL have helped aid in cancer chemotherapy dru