EWU McNair Scholars Present at Murdock College Science Research Conference 2020

Despite COVID-19, EWU McNair Scholars have persisted through their virtual research internships during the summer of 2020 and continued to present their research throughout the year. This last fall, two EWU McNair Scholars presented at the Murdock College Science Research Conference. This Northwest specific undergraduate conference focuses on sharing and advancing new knowledge in the … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Aulane Mpouli Completes Summer Research Internship

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Aulane Mpouli for completing her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Aulane’s study is titled Molecular Docking Study of ITPA Protein Substrate Complex. The project is an extension of the work that mentor Dr. Yao Houndonougbo has been doing to apply computational chemistry methods to study protein–ligand interactions and the property structure … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Ashley Destin Completes Summer Research Internship

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Ashley Destin for completing her EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Ashley conducted her research on statistical evaluations of skull measurements within and between the three selected North American carnivore groups under the mentorship of Professor Dr. Judd Case in Department of Biology. She measured skulls and looked their size correlation with … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Alexis Guizar-Diaz Completes Summer Research Internship

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Alexis Guizar-Diaz for completing his 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! With the mentorship of Dr. Edwin Elias, Alexis researched the exponential increase of requested H-2A guestworkers in Washington State and how capital has structured labor conditions. He is currently researching why the rate of positive COVID-19 cases per capita was … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy Completes Second Summer of Research

Congratulations EWU McNair Scholar Darlene Gilroy for completing her second EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Darlene’s EWU McNair research has focused on the chemical weathering of volcanic sediments under the mentorship of Dr. Carmen Nezat. Darlene has presented on this project at the 2019 Murdock College Science Research Conference in Tacoma WA, the 2020 WE-STEM conference … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos Completes Summer Research Internship

Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Lizeth Bañuelos for completing her 2020 EWU McNair Summer Research Internship! Lizeth is researching roles of institutional and familial supports for first-generation Latinx college students during the COVID-19 pandemic under the mentorship of Dr. Aryn Ziehnert in the Department of Psychology. She is now conducting a survey as a continuation … Read more