Makenna Tressler, a horticulture major from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, and participant in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, is one of nearly 200 student researchers presenting during WVU’s Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium on July 28. Tressler is working alongside Michael Gutensohn, assistant professor of horticulture, on analyzing flavor compounds in table, crab and cider apples used to make hard cider. (WVU Photo/Lindsay Willey)
WHAT: The Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium is an in-person, judged poster session featuring students engaged in summer research programming at West Virginia University.
WHERE: Erickson Alumni Center, 1 Alumni Drive, Morgantown
WHEN: Thursday (July 28) from 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHO: Nearly 200 undergraduate student researchers from course, capstones and the following WVU programs:
- Beckman Scholars Program
- Biomedical Sciences Summer Research Experience for Underrepresented Students
- Immunology and Medical Microbiology Undergraduate Research Internship Program
- Neuroscience Undergraduate Research Opportunity
- Research Apprenticeship Program
- Research Experience for Undergraduates in Chemistry, Behavioral Science, Robotics and Physics and Astronomy
- Summer Undergraduate Research Experience
- Summer Undergraduate Vision Research Fellowship Program
- WVU Cancer Institute Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship
NOTES: The symposium is free and open to the public. Student researchers will present from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during a public poster session. An awards ceremony will be held from 1:30 to 2 p.m.
More information and research abstracts can be found on the symposium website.
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