Southwestern University HHMI Inquiry Initiative

Southwestern welcomed its second EQUIP (Embracing Quantitative Understanding and the Inquiry Process) cohort to campus earlier this month. These students will be first-years in the fall and plan to major in STEM fields. We can't wait to see all of the great things they do!

37 students and 13 faculty are conducting research this summer through SCOPE, Southwestern's multidisciplinary and collaborative summer research program, in the areas of biology, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, kinesiology, math, physics, and psychology.

Wow! We're so grateful for the support SCOPE has received so far. If 20 more donations are made toward SCOPE (any dollar amount counts!), another $3500 will be gifted to the program which will fund an additional research student next summer. We're also very fortunate that an anonymous donor is matching every dollar gifted to our research program 😊
https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SouthwesternUniversity/choose-your-southwestern-challenge/?a=419839

SCOPE gives our science and math students the unique and important opportunity to engage in collaborative, authentic research with faculty every summer.

This week's "Choose Your Southwestern Challenge" will enhance the research experience for our students. Help us meet our goal! Find out how you can make a difference: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SouthwesternUniversity/choose-your-southwestern-challenge/?a=419839

SCOPE gives our science and math students the unique and important opportunity to engage in collaborative, authentic research with faculty every summer.

This week's "Choose Your Southwestern Challenge" will enhance the research experience for our students. Help us meet our goal! Find out how you can make a difference: https://www.givecampus.com/schools/SouthwesternUniversity/choose-your-southwestern-challenge/?a=419839

Shoutout to these accomplished SCOPErs!

Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Dr. Schrum, has had two publications co-authored with students accepted to the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference taking place this summer. Both publications are based on research done last summer as part of SCOPE.

"Comparing Direct and Indirect Encodings Using Both Raw and Hand-Designed Features in Tetris," a full paper written with Lauren Gillespie and alumna Gabriela Gonzalez, will be presented as a talk at the conference. "Balancing Selection Pressures, Multiple Objectives, and Neural Modularity to Coevolve Cooperative Agent Behavior," an extended abstract written with Alex Rollins will be presented as a poster.

Our SCOPE students are amazing! 22 SU students attended the Texas Academy of Science (TAS) meeting earlier this month, where they gave 4 oral presentations and presented 12 posters in areas including Conservation Biology, Chemistry/Biochemistry, Cell/Molecular Biology, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Systematics and Evolution, Freshwater Science, and Science Education. Several students and alumni received awards. Link for details: http://bit.ly/2nanoxI

Are you applying for SCOPE? Still have questions about the program and about the research you could be doing? Come and meet this year's SCOPE mentors at our Mentor Meet & Greet!

Wednesday, March 8th, 12:30-1:30pm, FJS 151

Applications and program details:
http://www.southwestern.edu/departments/hhmi/student_success.php

Applications are due this Friday, March 10th, by 5pm!

SCOPE Summer Research Program - Inquiry Initiative | Southwestern In this student-faculty collaborative summer research experience for Southwestern students, SCOPE Scholars spend eight weeks conducting full-time research alongside Southwestern faculty mentors.

We are now accepting applications for SCOPE 2017! Apply here: http://bit.ly/2mLlVe4

Visit our website for more information about the program:
http://www.southwestern.edu/departments/hhmi/student_success.php

SCOPE Scholar Application - Summer 2017

SMArT Presentations TODAY!!!
5-6pm, Bishops Lounge

3rd-5th grade students involved in SMArTeams work one-on-one with an SU student for 10 weeks on an inquiry-based project, and today they are presenting their posters. Stop by and hear about their creative work!