Nisbet Honors student Chiara Mattamira ’20 is a recipient of the 2018-2019 James G. Stemler Study Abroad Scholarship. This scholarship is awarded to Alpha Lambda Delta members who exemplify academic …
Veronica Obregon Perko ‘12 accepted a postdoctoral position at the Emory School of Medicine. She will be assessing antiretroviral therapy in treating pediatric HIV infection using a macaque model. The research will …
Kandace Griffin ’14 received the highly competitive Postgraduate Taught Global Excellence Scholarship from the University of Exeter in England, where she is pursuing an MSc in Animal Behaviour. While she …
Funded by an SCICU grant, Sheila Allenbach ’18 studied the Rosaceae flora of Spartanburg County using specimens she collected, as well as specimens in the Converse herbarium, and in herbaria …
Anyah Preston ’19 headed to Michigan for her summer internship at the South West Michigan Land Conservancy. She researched native and invasive species in Michigan, while also learning how to …
Marlee Marsh ’02 was the first student at Converse to participate in SCICU-funded independent research under the mentorship of Dr. Edna Steele. Now Associate Professor of Biology at Columbia College …
Cristal Carreno ’17 and Nisbet Honors student Grace Frazor ’17 spent last summer digitizing the herbarium as part of the project funded by a $2.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Dr. Doug …
A new biosensor to help detect a genetic disease. The potentially carcinogenic effects of Round Up. This sort of research may sound like the domain of large biomedical research labs, but it’s being conducted right here on the Converse campus. And some of the researchers aren’t old enough to drive.
Converse College is a partial recipient of two grants totaling $2.5 million. One grant is from the National Science Foundation (NSF) while the remaining allotment is from the National Endowment …