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Magellan Scholars program pays up to $3,000 to support undergraduate student projects
December 12, 2008
Five Arnold School faculty members have been recognized for mentoring undergraduate student studies ranging from Russian orphan services to diabetes prevention among Columbia area Latinos.
The students and their mentors are part of the Spring 2009 Magellan Scholars program. The research effort is designed to enrich the academic experience of undergraduates through research opportunities in all disciplines.
The current Magellan Scholars, their Arnold School mentors and research topics are:
- Brianna Tracy, Third Year, Marine Science
Mentor: Dr. Christopher Hintz, Environmental Health Sciences
The Effects of pCO2 on Coccolithophore (Emiliania huxleyi) Calcite Shell Formation - Patricia Weed, Honors College, Second Year, Exercise Science
Mentor: Dr. Matthew Kostek, Exercise Science
A drug dosage trial in mdx (muscular dystrophy) mice - Kaitlyn Pruitt, Honors College, Fourth Year, Russian
Mentors: Dr. Kara Montgomery, Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior and Dr. Maia Solovieva, Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
An Analysis of Services for Orphaned Children in Yaroslavl Russia - Jessica Steele, Honors College, Third Year, Baccalaureus Artium et Scientiae
Mentor: Dr. Myriam Torres, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Diabetes Prevention among Latinos in Columbia SC - David Elliott, Honors College, Fourth Year, Biological Sciences
Mentor: Dr. Shawn Youngstedt, Exercise Science
The effects of eszopiclone on adenomatous polyposis development in APCMin +/- mice
A complete list of the current roster of 55 Magellan Scholors and their mentors is available at http://www.sc.edu/our/magellan_cohort.shtml.
The Magellan Scholar program pays students up to $3,000 for undergraduate research projects, said Julie Morris, program director in the Office of Undergraduate Research.
To apply students must prepare a two-page grant proposal detailing the proposed study. The researcher has to be performed under the direction of a USC faculty mentor. Most projects take about a year to complete.
