awards, accolades & exhibits
COLA's December newsletter features the research of IROP recipient Brett Gallo, a music theory major who studied drumming in Ghana during the summer of 2011.
John DeGennaro (REAP 2011) traveled to Belize this summer to conduct archaeological field research. Read about it in Campus Journal and The New Hampshire.
SURF 2011 awardee and music performance major Jolene Harju is featured in the September newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts.
Anthropology student Kendra Hanlon (SURF 2011) studied the Mardi Gras Indians in post-Katrina New Orleans and her research was recently featured on the UNH website.
The summer 2011 research of senior occupational therapy major and McNair scholar Amy Ma (SURF 2010, 2011) was recently featured on the UNH website. Read about Amy's 2010 research project in Inquiry.
Senior music performance major Ryan Sheehan (SURF 2010) will be performing with the UNH Opera Workshop in the role of Oberon in scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream on April 15 and 16 in the Bratton Recital Hall, PCAC, at 8:00 p.m. (Free and open to the public.) Read more about his research at: http://www.unh.edu/liberal-arts/thecollegeletter/2011/feb/tier1.html
UNH alumna Amanda Dibble ('10) has returned to Guatemala to work with a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called ProPetén. Amanda first traveled to Guatemala the year between her senior year in high school and freshman year at UNH, and conducted research there with a SURF Abroad grant in 2008. Read more at: www.unh.edu/liberalarts/thecollegeletter/2011/mar/tier1.html
Sasa Tang (IROP '10) recently received the 2011 University Women's Award, which is given to "that senior woman who shows the greatest promise through character, scholarship, leadership, and usefulness to humanity." She also was chosen by the Council On Undergraduate Research (CUR) to present her IROP research on nongovernmental organizations and their interactions with the Tanzanian government at Posters on the Hill, an annual event held on Capitol Hill. Read more about Sasa Tang >>
With the support of Research Presentation Grants, UNH students Gina Chaput (Genetics, '13), Kyle Charmanski (Mechanical Engineering, '12), and Brian McConnell (Chemical Engineering, '13) recently presented their research at the 14th annual Energy, Utility and Environment Conference (EUEC) in Phoenix, Arizona. All three students were mentored by Professor Ihab Farag in the chemical engineering department. Gina Chaput's research, "Utilization of Waste Water for Microalgae Oil Feedstock," was conducted during her participation in INCO 590 and with the support of an Undergraduate Research Award (URA). Presenting alongside Gina was Kyle Charmanski, who was her research partner for INCO 590. Brian McConnell's research, "Microalgae Growth and Oil Production in Freshwater vs. Wastewater," was funded by the Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP). Also presenting was Zlatan Zuka (Chemical Engineering, '12) , a McNair fellow who worked alongside Brian McConnell in the lab.
Jacob Goodwin, a history major who traveled to Hungary with a SURF Abroad grant, is featured in the November 2010 College of Liberal Arts newsletter. Read about his research experience >>
Three Hamel Center students were named "New Hampshire Superstars" in the 2010 UNH Annual Report: Abigail McNamara (Music Education, SURF Abroad 2009), Nicholas Bencivenga (Chemistry, several URAs), and Caryn MacDonald (SURF USA 2008, IROP 2009).
Former IROP student Caryn MacDonald ('10) received the 2010 Erskine Mason award for the senior who showed "most consistent progress and achievement." Caryn, a biochemistry majaor, was an IROPer in Sweden in 2009 doing research on the evolutionary development of the neuropeptide Y system in vertebrates. She is pictured with President Huddleston and Professor Sower to her left, and IROP Coordinator Georgeann Murphy to her right.
Kaitlyn Steele ('10), an environmental science major who conducted research on "The Effect of Carbon Dioxide Concentrations on Methane Production in Coastal Maine Sediment" with funding from the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research, will complete a Research and Discover internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center this summer. Kaitlyn will be working with Bryan Duncan on terrestrial ecosystems research. In fall 2010, she will continue her studies at the Goddard Center as a graduate fellow.
Emily Roberts ('08), a nursing and international affairs dual major who completed research in Uganda through the UNH International Research Opportunities Program (IROP), returns to the UNH campus this Wednesday, May 5, to discuss her academic preparation at UNH, medical work in Africa, and career path. Emily is an RN who returned to Africa to do volunteer work at a health center in Pallisa, Uganda. She was recently accepted by the University of California-San Francisco for their PhD in Nursing program through the Department of Family Studies in Health Education, Promotion and Program Development.
Samantha Townsend ('10), an occupational therapy major who completed an IROP project in Sweden last summer, recently received the England Student Achievement Award for demonstrating excellence and scholarship in collaborative research with her faculty mentor, Lou Ann Griswold.
Melody Chapin ('10), a voice performance major who last summer completed an IROP project in São Paulo, Brazil, where she studied Brazilian art song—and even gave a recital in Portuguese—will be singing her recital of Brazilian songs this Saturday, 6 February, at 2.00 pm in the Bratton Recital Room of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Former IROP student Ashley Barbour ('08) is working in the neonatal intensive care unit at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She has been accepted into a master's program at Northeastern University to become a pediatric nurse practitioner in primary and acute care.
Philosophy major and SURF recipient Laura LaPlante ('10) will present her research, "Exploring the Rightful Application of Wittgenstein's 'Forms of Life' and 'Family Resemblance' in Social Anthropology," on Friday, October 16 at 9 a.m. in the New England Center. Her presentation is part of the Northern New England Philosophy Association's annual conference.
Andrew McKernan ('09) has been awarded a Fulbright to return to Moscow next year to continue working with Professor Vladimir Sedov on contemporary architecture. In 2010 he will begin the Ph.D. program in Russian history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Read more >>
With the help of an International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) grant, Anna Bruning, a senior majoring in communication, spent last summer in Spain filming a documentary on Basque identity. See the film on Tuesday, April 28 at 7:00 pm in MUB Theater 1. This event is free and open to the public.
Learn more about Anna Bruning >>
Patrick Ryan ('09) will present his paper "Foucault's Archeology: Metaphysics or Pragmatics?" at the April 2009 undergraduate philosophy conference in Hanover, New Hampshire, a meeting sponsored by the Dartmouth philosophy department and the undergraduate philosophy journal Aporia. Mr. Ryan's paper is based his summer of 2008 research project, "Criticizing the Modern Age: the Work of Michel Foucault," funded by IROP.
Prof. David Hiley of the UNH philosophy department and Mr. Hervé Oulc'hen, a doctoral candidate at the University of Bordeaux, together mentored Mr. Ryan through his research conducted at both the University of Bordeaux and the Institut Memoires de L'Edition Contemporaine near Caen, France.
Bob Jones ('09), a fine arts student with a focus on sculpture, is showing his work at the Alcove Gallery in Paul Creative Arts Center through the end of February. With funding from a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), Mr. Jones researched mold making and figurative sculpture and produced three half-life-sized figures. He will talk about his experience on Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 12:40 p.m.
Luke Miller ('09) traveled to Australia last summer with funding from the International Research Opportunities Program (IROP) to research "Australian Aboriginal Music and the Social and Cultural Roles that it Plays.” He will present his findings in PCAC M223 from 4:15-5:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 12. This event is free and open to the public.
Andrew McKernan (’09), Russian and linguistics major, will present his paper, “As it Was in the Beginning, is Now, and Forever Shall Be: The Evolution of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior and the Palace of the Soviets” at the 23rd national Conference on Undergraduate Research in La Crosse, Wisconsin, April 16-18, 2009. Mr. McKernan’s paper is based on research funded by an IROP grant and conducted in Moscow during the summer of 2008, work overseen by Prof. Cathy Frierson of the UNH history department and Prof. Vladimir Sedov, professor of architectural history at Moscow State University.
