Eastern Connecticut State University

Eastern Environmental Earth Science students recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project with Professor Drew Hyatt.

Twelve students from Eastern Connecticut State University presented at the recent Northeast regional undergraduate research conference sponsored by the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC). The conference took place from Oct. 23-24 at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

Four psychology students from Eastern Connecticut State University presented research at the annual Berkshire Association for Behavior Analysis and Therapy conference this past October in Amherst, MA.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science students recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project with Professor Bryan Oakley.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science students recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project with Professor Bryan Oakley.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science students recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project with Professor Meredith Metcalf.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science student Kevin McCormick is one of two students who recently participated in an undergraduate research project with Professor Stephen Nathan.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science student Whitney Plourde of Ellington recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science student Alexander Fazzino is one of two students who recently participated in an undergraduate research project with Professor Stephen Nathan.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science student Trent Stevens of East Hampton recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project.

Eastern Environmental Earth Science student Rachel Mackewicz of Lebanon recently participated in a summer undergraduate research project.

Eastern history and English major, Emily Komornik '16 of Shelton, CT, is currently conducting an undergraduate research project related to her history major.

Every summer, a high achieving Eastern Connecticut State University student is selected for a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The 2015 summer research fellow was Zane Lombardo, a senior biochemistry major from Portland, CT. His research, "Biophysical Studies of Fluorescent Calcium-Binding Proteins," examines the concept of "cooperative binding" within the field of biochemistry.

A number of Eastern Students have been named as Student Orientation Counselors for this year's Student Orientation, Advising and Registration (SOAR) program.

CREATE (Celebrating Research Excellence and Artistic Talent at Eastern), the premier undergraduate research and art conference at Eastern Connecticut State University, held its inaugural event at the end of the 2014–15 academic year. By providing exemplary students of all majors an on-campus venue to present their research and creative work, CREATE was the culmination of the academic year, as well as the beginning of a new era.

Graduating senior Richard Magner and his mentor, Mathematics Professor Mizan Khan, presented at the prestigious Posters on the Hill conference in Washington, D.C., on April 22 and 23. Magner's research, titled "Geometric Questions in Number Theory," was one of 50 submissions selected from more than 500 applications. Eastern has a distinguished record of presenters at Posters on the Hill, which has a 10 percent acceptance rate. Of the years where a Connecticut institution was selected to present

Fourteen student researchers from Eastern Connecticut State University presented in Spokane, WA, this past April at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

When Superstorm Sandy made landfall in the Northeast on Oct. 29, 2012, it left in its wake extensive erosion along the coast of Block Island, RI. To document the erosion, environmental earth science students at Eastern Connecticut State University undertook an evolving research project that culminated in a presentation at a recent meeting of the Geological Society of America (GSA), Northeastern Section.

A group of Eastern students and faculty members recently presented research at a history conference at Southern Connecticut State University.