HIGH POINT, N.C., Dec. 2, 2009 – Four students at High Point University recently presented their hard work and research at the State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium (SNCURCS), held on Nov. 21 at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
The students, Michelle Hardy, Chelsea Betts, Keith Brinsfield and Sydney Clark, presented their research, and five other HPU students ? Colin McGuire, Benson Solomon, Chrissie Pizzano, Megan Perry and Libby Messina ? attended the event as well. Dr. Chris Fowler, assistant professor of chemistry, and Dr. Gray Bowman, professor of chemistry, accompanied the students.
Chelsea Betts, a senior chemistry major, presented “Preparation of Porous Cross-linked Copolymer Matrices with Sulonic Acid Substituent Groups”; Keith Brinsfield, a senior chemistry major, presented ?Modeled Physiological Iron Extraction Measured by CE?; and Michelle Hardy, a senior chemistry major, presented ?Separation and Quantification of Coumarin in Cinnamon by Capillary Electrophoresis.?
Faculty mentors included Bowman (working with Betts), Fowler (working with Brinsfield) and Dr. Elizabeth McCorquodale, assistant professor of chemistry (working with Hardy).
Betts, Brinsfield and Hardy all completed their work in the Department of Chemistry and Physics at HPU. Their work was funded by the university, and is part of the requirements of a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry.
Sydney Clark, along with Wake Forest University student Jason Graves, presented “Microsomal Triglyceride Transfer Protein Participates in the Initiation of Hepatic Atherogenic Lipoprotein Formation.” Clark, a junior biochemistry major, completed the work during the summer of 2009 as part of the Excellence in Cardiovascular Sciences Research Program at WFU. Dr. Gregory Shelness, professor at WFU, served as faculty mentor with Clark.
The conference helps to cultivate the next generation of research and artistic mentors within colleges, universities, industry and government agencies, and encourages undergraduate research and creativity as a way of learning. More than 700 people attended this event, with more than 40 North Carolina colleges and universities represented.
At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in a fun environment with caring people. HPU, located in the Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, is a liberal arts institution with 3,700 undergraduate and graduate students from 50 countries and 44 states at campuses in High Point and Winston-Salem. It is ranked by US News and World Report No. 5 among comprehensive universities in the South and No. 1 in its category among up-and-coming schools. Forbes.com ranks HPU in the top 6 percent among “America’s Best Colleges.” HPU was included in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” 2009 listings. The university offers 68 undergraduate majors, 40 undergraduate minors and seven graduate degree programs. It is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and is a member of the NCAA, Division I and the Big South Conference. Visit High Point University on the Web at www.highpoint.edu.
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