Mount Saint Mary College kicked off is yearly Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) on Tuesday, May 20. Before delving into their research, SURE mentors and students had fun working together with during field games and building bird houses.
Mount Saint Mary College kicked off its annual Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) on Tuesday, May 20.
Before reviewing this summer’s SURE projects, the students and their faculty mentors enjoyed outdoor games with water balloons and pool noodles. They also fostered teamwork by building birdhouses together.
Coordinated by James Moran, associate Biology professor at the Mount, and Rebecca Berry, assistant professor of Psychology, SURE is an opportunity for students to work alongside Mount professors as they explore a research topic of interest to them. SURE students enjoy getting out of the classroom and experiencing scholarly work in their discipline, one-on-one with their professors.
SURE students present their research to the Mount campus over the course of two summer sessions. These presentations are not limited to the Natural Sciences, and also feature research projects in areas such as Education, Information Technology, the Humanities, and more.
This year’s projects include “Mathematical Strategies for Board Games and Card Games,”
“Adolescents Understanding of Themselves and Morality,” “Income inequality: Causes and Consequences,” and “Analysis of Microplastics in the Environment.”