9 Gatton Academy Students to Participate in Annual Posters-at-the-Capitol Event

Twenty-four WKU students, including nine from the Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, will participate in the ninth annual Posters-at-the-Capitol event on Jan. 28 in Frankfort.

Posters-at-the-Capitol, an event hosted collaboratively by WKU, Eastern Kentucky University, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Kentucky State University, Morehead State University, Murray State University, Northern Kentucky University, University of Kentucky and University of Louisville, is intended to help members of Kentucky’s legislature and the governor better understand the importance of involving undergraduates in research, scholarly and creative work.

Gatton Academy students and their poster projects include (more information on the projects is available on the Posters-at-the-Capitol booklet):

Thomas Choate (Warren ’10) Using Sustainability Indicators to Guide Local City Growth

Clarice Esch (Pulaski ’11):  Is Collema sp., a Gelatinous Lichen, a Sustainable Source of Nitrogen for Greenhouse and Nursery Crop Production?

Victoria Gilkison (Anderson ’11)  and Justine Missik (Boyle ’11): Ecology of American Ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) at Mammoth Cave National Park and Microbial Networks Create Pathway Proliferation in Marine Food Webs

Alexander Hare (Rowan ’10), Ben Neal (Estill ’11), Jae Lee (Christian ’11) and Paul “P. J.” Kasinski (Boone ’11): Genomic Comparison of C. scatologenes to M. thermoacetica

Katherine Rush (Franklin ’10): Landfill Contaminant and Fluorescent Dye Interference Project

For more information, contact Derick Strode at 270-745-6565.

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