Julie Furmick is a senior life sciences major in ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Under the tutelage of Assistant Professor Peter Jurutka, and through the university’s SOLUR program, she has seized the college’s undergraduate research opportunities and is successfully working on the alleviation of side effects particular to a secondary cancer medication, Bexarotene.
Jurutka, a member [...]
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New College faculty member Chad Johnson is no arachnophobe. In fact, he keeps thousands of black widow spiders in his lab in the CLCC building on ASU’s West campus. His work is not only helping us understand more about these creepy creatures, but it’s also providing valuable research experience to students who work in his [...]
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It was a summer full of new learning experiences for Jane Kruchowsky, who is double-majoring in life sciences and psychology through ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. Kruchowsky earned a coveted spot as a student intern with Banner Sun Health Research Institute.
While gaining exposure to the basics of laboratory research techniques, Kruchowsky contributed [...]
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Jane Kruchowsky, who is majoring in life sciences and psychology through ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences, is immersed in the field of medical research this summer. Kruchowsky is one of 16 students chosen from 150 applicants to serve as an intern with the Sun Health Research Institute in Sun City.
The summer internship experience [...]
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Conducting research with professors; hobnobbing with scientists from around the world - not activities that every undergraduate student can expect to participate in. But that’s what Anthony Witten and Joe Doggett are experiencing as they pursue their bachelor’s degrees through ASU’s New College of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences.
Witten and Doggett recently attended an international conference in New [...]
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