- Biology
- Class of 2017
- Braintree, MA
Rachael Brazil Awarded Castleton University Institutional Research Grant
2016 Feb 23
Castleton student Rachael Brazil of Braintree, MA was recently awarded an institutional research grant for the 2015-2016 academic year. Nine different faculty-student groups earned a grant for the spring semester.
Awarded by Academic Dean Tony Peffer and reviewed by Dr. Ingrid Johnston-Robledo, Dean of Arts, Sciences, and Community Engagement, and a faculty committee, the grants range from $500-$2,000 each.
Several disciplines are represented by the various projects, which utilize many different methods for answering research questions and generating knowledge. In addition to presenting their work at the Castleton Scholarship Celebration in May, many groups will present their work at national conferences this spring and summer.
Below is a list of students and their respective projects.
Spring 2016
Rebecca Allen & Roseanna Kirk: South Champlain Historical Ecology Project
Faculty Advisors: Paul Derby & Matt Moriarity, Anthropology
Dustin Lewis & Joshua Lake: The Factors that Make a Candidate Electable to the American Presidency
Faculty Advisor: Rich Clark, Political Science
Rachael Brazil & Hannah Rose: Analyzing the Nutrient Production of Teosinte and Modern Maize Through the Use of Fluorescent Biosensors
Faculty Advisor: Preston Garcia, Biology
Taylor Smith: The Antimicrobial and Anti-quorum Sensing Properties of Inonotus obliquus
Faculty Advisor: Preston Garcia, Biology
Karsen Woods: Media Images of Sexual Identity
Faculty Advisor: Sanjukta Ghosh, Communication
Catherine Wielgasz: The Contribution of Nitrate in Agricultural Runoff to the Sensitized Photochemical Degradation of Atrazine
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Vermilyea, Chemistry