Rachel Kwon

Rachel Kwon URAP Please provide a brief summary of your research.This year, I spent my time working as a research assistant at the Shirley Ryan Affective and Emotion Rehabilitation Lab. Throughout the duration of my URAP program, I engaged in qualitative research with...

Aimee Resnick

Aimee Resnick URAP Please provide a brief summary of your research.We will conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with a subset high school students at “Franklin High” (a pseudonym) who have missed more than 20% of school days about their personal experiences,...

Yao Xiao

Yao Xiao AYURG Please provide a brief summary of your research.My study explores the possibility of training students’ analogical ability to improve their STEM thinking. We created a type of scaffolding templates to help students become better at analyzing...

Regina Fernandez

Regina Fernandez Conference Travel Grant Please provide the tile and a brief summary of your research/conference presentation.Title: Development of a Cell-Free System for Producing Vaccines Against S. pneumoniae Summary: We developed a cell-free system for producing...

Mackenzie Lanning

Mackenzie Lanning URAP Please provide a brief summary of your research.Our lab is researching more sustainable alternatives to traditional plastic coating found on paper products. The current coating commonly found on these products contain PFAS, also known as...

Gaby Nyambura

Gaby Nyambura SURG Please provide a brief summary of your research.I spent the summer studying Chicago Catholics who attend Mass in Latin. Until the late 1960s, rituals in the Roman Catholic Church, including Sunday Mass, were largely in Latin. The 1960s brought a...