photo by Kim Johnson
A Conference that Changes Lives
Jacob Owens
MORE THAN 90 STUDENTS AND FACULTY from colleges and universities across the Midwest gathered at Wabash in September for the Fifth Annual Midwest/Great Lakes Undergraduate Research Symposium in Neuroscience. Citing studies that show these sorts of faculty/student collaborations are “high-impact teaching practices,” Dean of the College Gary Phillips welcomed participants. “When students attend a conference like this with a faculty member and share their collaborative research with others, things change in the brains of both students and faculty,” Phillips said. “You develop a greater consciousness of the world around you, and your experience of diverse persons and ideas expands.”
Chad Sorenson
Brad Wise
photos by Steve Charles
(above left) Jacob Owens ’14 describes his research during a poster session in Knowling Fieldhouse. Chad Sorenson ’10 talked with students about getting into medical school. Brad Wise ’14 explained his work with Professor Aubele-Futch to his fellow students and faculty. Professor Neil Schmitzer-Torbert listens to the presentations. Karen Gunther
“This conference is a statement about Wabash’s place in the neuroscience community. We have a foothold in this, and it’s on a quicker path than we expected.” —Dean of the College Gary Phillips
Neil Schmitzer-Torbert
(right) Associate Professor of Psychology Karen Gunther welcomes participants and lays out the day’s agenda.
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