Fighting Antibiotic Resistance
Beloit faculty and students are contributing to much needed research aimed at fighting antibiotic resistance.
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Traveling the world and our own backyard
They conducted archaeological research on Neanderthal stone tools in North Macedonia and swam with sea lions in the Galapagos, trained as an EMT with the South Beloit Fire Department and studied environmental policy in Finland.
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Blazing her own (hiking) trail
Environmental geology and biology double major Emmalynn May’23 worked with the Montana Conservation Corps this past summer, mentoring students, maintaining hiking trails, and paving her own way for a career of protecting state and national parks.
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Skeletons and Tuberculosis: analyzing bioarcheological remains for element marker IS6110
Biochemistry major and religious studies minor, Ian Jacobs ’22, worked with Helen Werner this summer as part of the Pakula Biomedical Fellowship Summer Research program. His research pertained to osteological lesions and mycobacterium tuberculosis in archaeological remains in relation to their burial conditions.
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Amphibians and Herbicides: Examining links between agriculture and declining frog populations
Biochemistry major Grace Scott’22 worked with Tawnya Cary and Rongping Deng as part of the Paukula Biomedical Fellowship Summer Research program. Her research involved detecting Atrazine in surface water of native frog habitats of southern Wisconsin.
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From Forest to Sea: examining the relationships between open ocean and terrestrial biomass
This summer, Anna Weldon ’22, geology and anthropology double-major, worked with geology professor Jay Zambito to understand how forest evolution impacted ancient climate.
moreCan computer science improve how physicians diagnose Coronary Artery Disease?
Computer Science major Prince John’22 and Mathematics major Bipin Gc’22 worked with Professor Eyad Haj Said in summer 2020 as part of the Pakula Biomedical Fellowship. Their research explored whether data mining and machine learning models could offer a non-invasive method of early detection for Coronary Artery Disease.
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