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For the third year in a row, St. �������� students’ acceptance rate to the National Conference on Undergraduate Research is 100 percent. Fifteen Katies will be presenting at the conference in Memphis in early April.

Over the five years St. Kate’s has submitted abstracts, the University’s average acceptance rate has been 98.14 percent. NCUR reports that “typically 80-90 percent of the abstracts submitted are accepted each year."

This year’s student scholars represent seven disciplines and 14 are from 2016 Summer Scholars Undergraduate Research teams. Other Summer Scholars teams have or will present at national conferences in their discipline including the American Chemical Society, PhysCon (physics) and the Population Association of America conference (economics).

The achievement for students in the College for Women is a testament to the strength of the program and exceptional mentoring by faculty who also serve on the Collaborative Research Advisory Council.

“Undergraduate research develops students’ critical thinking and communication skills,” said Lynda Szymanski, psychology professor and program director. “The St. Kate’s Summer Scholar Undergraduate Research program also includes a faculty development component – something that makes our program unique.”

Szymanski’s leadership has brought the quality of student and faculty collaborations to the next level over the past five years. Student-faculty research projects have expanded beyond science departments to encompass 27 disciplines and St. Kate’s teams have presented at over 58 discipline-specific conferences.

Learn more about St. Kate's Collaborative Undergraduate Research.

2017 NCUR Teams

(Faculty mentors in parentheses)

Biology

"Genetics of Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Populations at the Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve"
Danielle Meyer ‘17 (Martha Phillips)

"Can practice make perfect? A novel gait training device improves gait patterns"
Chi Na Moua ‘17, Nicole Szyszka ‘17, and Courtney Kirkeide ‘17 (Marcella Myers)

"The expression of Marchantia polymorpha AMT genes in a mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae"
Livianna Myklebust '17 (Tami McDonald)

Chemistry

"Derivatization of Secondary Alcohols for the Purpose of Molecular Characterization"
Odilia Mentari ’17 (Annalisa Jordan)

Exercise and Sports Science

Mathematics

"Homology of Permutation Complexes"
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Public Health

Theology

Theology and Art

By Julie Michener