CONWAY,
Ark. (August 12, 2013) – Nineteen Hendrix students presented their research
this summer at the second annual Central Arkansas Undergraduate Research
Symposium at the William J. Clinton Presidential Center.
Each speaker presented their
research findings for 12 minutes followed by three minutes for questions. Topics
covered disciplines including biology, chemistry, physics, engineering and
computational sciences.
Student participants at the 2013 Central Arkansas Undergraduate Research
Symposium include:
- Ryan Banning ’14
from Lavaca, Ark.
- Matt Bell ’15 from
Rogers, Ark.
- Eden Benimana ’14
from Kigali, Rwanda
- Adam Bigott ’14 from
Naperville, Ill.
- Nicholle Cromwell
’15 from Sugar Land, Texas
- Nicholas Gill ’14
from Fort Smith, Ark.
- Dalton Hoose ’15
from Parsons, Kan.
- Zophia Knorek ’15
from Olivet, Mich.
- Anvesh Kompelli ’14
from Shreveport, La.
- Jessica LaVergne ’14
from Little Rock, Ark.
- Samia Nawaz ’16 from
Little Rock, Ark.
- Michael Occidental ’15
from Sherwood, Ark.
- Dakota Pouncey ’15
from Holiday Island, Ark.
- Robert Rurangwa ’14
from Kigali, Rwanda
- Stephen Shrum ’14
from Mountain Home, Ark.
- Joshua Smith ’14
from Conway, Ark.
- Kaleb Wolfe ‘14 from
Medina, Tenn.
- Austin Wofford ’15
from Alma, Ark.
- Chelsea Woods ’14
from Springdale, Ark.
- Grant Zurcher ’16
from San Antonio, Texas
The symposium was organized and
sponsored by the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, the
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Graduate School, and the Arkansas
INBRE Program.
Founded in 1876, Hendrix College is a national leader in
engaged liberal arts and sciences education. For the fifth consecutive year,
Hendrix was named one of the country’s “Up and Coming” liberal arts colleges by
U.S. News and World Report. Hendrix
is featured in the 2012 edition of the Princeton Review as one of the country’s
best 377 colleges, the latest edition of Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change
the Way You Think about Colleges, Forbes magazine's annual
list of America's Top 650 Colleges, and the 2013 edition of the
Fiske Guide to Colleges. Hendrix has been affiliated with the United Methodist
Church since 1884. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.