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April 28, 2004 Students showcase research at Capitol By John Dipko, Press-Gazette Madison bureau, Or Nathaniel Fillipan of Green Bay, whose research could help advance
a way to analyze metals in water.
Both were among 14 UW-Green Bay students and dozens of other undergraduates
in the UW System whose faculty-supervised research projects took center
stage Tuesday at the State Capitol in Madison.
The event, "Posters in the Rotunda: A Celebration of Undergraduate Research,"
brought together an "impressive group" of learners with a quest for knowledge,
said Cora Marrett, the UW System's senior vice president for academic
affairs and one of several speakers during the event.
"But we are also in debt to your mentors, the faculty who have encouraged
that quest," Marrett said.
Gov. Jim Doyle has proclaimed this week "Undergraduate Research Week."
For about three hours Tuesday afternoon, visual representations of the
105 highlighted projects were posted on large bulletin boards spaced around
the Capitol Rotunda.
Fillipan, 22, a senior chemistry major, spent two semesters on his project,
which studied metals in water. He said Tuesday's event was a good chance
to review work being done at other campuses.
"It's interesting to see what they're doing, share research and meet
people you normally wouldn't because they're so far away," he said.
Powell, 22, a senior majoring in environmental science and biology,
has been part of ongoing research into plant species at Toft Point, a
natural area north of Egg Harbor with rare plants such as the yellow lady's
slipper orchid, and Mahon Woods at UW-Green Bay's arboretum, where exotic
species such as garlic mustard are creeping in.
The ultimate goal of the study, which Powell is undertaking with another
student, is to devise ways to preserve as much biodiversity of native
plants as possible, Powell said.
But highlighted research wasn't limited to the hard sciences.
UW-Green Bay education students featured an ongoing study showing the
link between growth in literary skills and self-esteem for at-risk, pre-kindergarten
youngsters.
"It makes us proud to think we're equal to all these other people who've
done all this great scientific research," said education senior Lori Duval,
34, of Green Bay.
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