Northern Michigan University Honors Program students and their faculty mentors will present their research projects from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, in the Lydia Olson Library atrium. Admission is free and open to the public.
Earlier this year, seven students were awarded one of three scholarships: the Anna and Rich Lundin Summer Research Fellowship; the Dr. James Hendricks Summer Research Fellowship; or the Honors Program Summer Research Fellowship. Students used their scholarships to accompany a faculty member as a research fellow over the summer. Student presenters, their faculty mentors and research titles are:
Kaitlynn Bortz and Neil Cumberlidge, “African Freshwater Crab Systematics”
Riley Jepkema and Jane Wankmiller, “Investigating the Postmortem Gut Biome”
Elise Longley and Michael Broadway, “What can Location tell us about the Availability and ‘Fairness' of Fair Trade Coffee?”
Eric Pitz and Marek Haltof, “The Legacy of Charlie Chaplin's 'The Great Dictator'”
Natalie Strand and Josh Carlson, "Sex Differences in Error-related Electrocortical Activity and Anxiety-related Symptoms”
Molly Cormier and Josh Sharp, “Rapid Identification of Pathogenic Escherichia coli via LAMP Amplification”
Tyler Penrod and Diana Lafferty, “Lake Superior Coastal Restoration and Resiliency: Relocation of Lakeshore Boulevard”