FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2015
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Glenville, WVâThe 12th annual Undergraduate Research Day was held in the West Virginia State Capitol rotunda on Wednesday, March 4th. Undergraduate Research Day is sponsored by the Higher Education Policy Commission Division of Science and Research and the West Virginia Department of Education and the Arts.
Four GSC students, Samuel Canfield, Emily Ramezan, Jonathan Rhodes, and Randy Smith, were among the approximately one-hundred students from fifteen colleges and universities throughout West Virginia who were selected to present seventy-five undergraduate research projects to members of the state legislature and other visitors. The event helps state lawmakers understand the importance of undergraduate research by talking directly with the students whom these programs impact.
Canfield presented his research on the behavioral variation of pocket gophers in different habitats. Ramezan presented her research on the effect of temperature-induced coral bleaching on genes in sea anemones. Rhodesâ research related to the assessment of carbon storage among different forest succession stages. Finally, Smithâs research explored the regulation of cancer cell multiplication by a specific hydrocarbon receptor.
The research that these students presented was a combination of studies that were completed on campus and in other lab environments. All four researchers were aided by an academic advisor at GSC. For more information about these research projects and programs of study in the Department Science and Mathematics at Glenville State College, call (304) 462-4126.
