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Science @ St. Kate's Day 2006

The third year of Science @ St. Kate's Day was held Tuesday, May 2, 2006. This lively poster display exhibits the range of research that St. Kate’s students conduct in collaboration with their professors and their peers.


A sample of poster projects from 2006:

  • "Immunofluorescent Characteristics of Nervous System Development in Lumbriculus variegatus" by Lorie Xiong, Pakou Vang, Alicja Nolz, Amanda Benson, Marian Brittain, Nicole Ritten, Ka Nou Thao
  • "Climate Change: Through the Eyes of Art and Science" by Erika Kriechbaum, Jill Welter, Melanie VanHouten, Lynne Gildensoph and Sculpture and General Biology Students
  • "Art Authentication Using Infrared Spectroscopy" by Sarah Evans*
  • "Motivations Involved in Episodic Volunteering: Building a Habitat for Humanity House" by Megan Jung, Kirsten Kringle, Christina McGovern, Mary Thorenson *
  • "Peppermint and Spearmint: More than a Stomach Soother" by Joanne L. Maldonado
  • "How Mizuna Mustard Plants Phytoremediate Copper" by Faaria Husain, Nga Lai, Hannah Meacock, Katie Schultz


*Funded by 3M Research grants.
Much of the research was made possible by the generous support of 3M through 3M Large and Small Scale Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Grants to the Center for Women, Science, and Technology.

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