St. Norbert Collaborative - Connections


Issue 3 Spring Semester 2012
Contents A Note from the Collaborative Director Undergraduate Research: Adjusting to Life at a Liberal Arts College 2012-2013 McNair Scholars Louis Ayensu-Mensah Samantha Finnigan Rachel Ginter Tara Lovdahl Maira Rodriguez Crystal Skenandore Fall-Summer Collaborative Grants Convention Spotlight NCUR Field Notes from NCUR: Dr. Anindo Choudhury Eric Gale Steven Garza Sarah Lottes AACR Isabella Benassi Shanna Dennis Emily Goetz Nicole Nelson KateLyn White Sigma Tau Delta Kaela Gedda Jens Paasen Gretchen Panzer Hannah Schmitt Luanne Spence Sarah Titus Collaborative Research Stories "Functional Double Employment of the Submediant" by Nikki Schommer & Dr. Blake Henson "Controlling Laser Frequencies with Atomic Transitions" by Jon DesChane & Dr. Erik Brekke "Using Flames to Visualize Sound Waves" by Jeff LaJeunesse, Jon DesChane, & Dr. Erik Brekke Important Dates May 4, 2012 Student Academic Travel Grant and Attendee Grant applications due	A Note From the Collaborative Director "The Challenge of the Count" >>MORE Dr. John Pennington, Director of the Collaborative Undergraduate Research Adjusting to Life at a Liberal Arts College >>MORE Dr. Blake Henson, Assistant Professor of Music McNair Scholars for 2012-2013 St. Norbert College welcomes six new McNair Scholars >>MORE Undergraduate Research is the Breakfast of Champions These optical components guide a laser beam through a cell containing atomic vapor, allowing for the absorption of the beam to determine its frequency Fall-Summer Collaborative Grants The Collaborative: Center for Undergraduate Research is excited to award six collaborative research grants for the summer session and fall 2012 semester... >>MORE Convention Spotlight National Conference on Undergraduate Research Field Notes from NCUR: Dr. Anindo Choudhury Eric Gale Steven Garza Sarah Lottes American Association for Cancer Research “ The effect of resveratrol combined with DFMO or DenSpm on MCF-7 breast cancer cells and MCF-10a non-cancerous cells”—by Isabella Benassi, Riley M. Smith, KateLyn White, Shanna Dennis, Nicole Nelson, Emily Goetz, and Russ Feirer received third-place in the Life Technologies Poster Contest. The authors received $2000 worth of supplies for their lab. Isabella Benassi Shanna Dennis Emily Goetz Nicole Nelson KateLyn White Sigma Tau Delta Kaela Gedda Jens Paasen Gretchen Panzer Hannah Schmitt Luanna Spence Sarah Titus Collaborative Research Stories "Functional Double Employment of the Submediant" Nikki Schommer & Dr. Blake Henson "Controlling Laser Frequencies with Atomic Transitions" Jon Deschane & Dr. Erik Brekke "Using Flames to Visualize Sound Waves" Jeff LaJeunesse, Jon DesChane, & Dr. Erik Brekke