Category: research

  • Highlighting Gustavus Students Research Experience Across the World

    Within the last couple of months, Gustavus students Alli Joerger ‘24, Izabela Taylor ‘24, and Erin Coleman ‘25 each traveled around the states to present pieces of research they have been working on at well-known conferences. Joreger (Psychological Science Major) presented her research study at the “Society for Neuroscience Conference” back in November of 2023…

  • Gustie Summer Research Students Hosting Weekly FIKA Fridays To Share Their Work

    This summer, there are many Gustie students who are staying on campus to conduct research through many different departments. While these students are often busy with their research, there is a weekly event on Fridays held at the STEAMery on campus that helps bring together the summer researchers to share what everybody is working on.…

  • Gabby Stoudt ‘26 Recieves the Johnson-Peterson Research Grant Helping Conduct Summer Research

    Gustavus student Gabby Stoudt ‘26 double majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) and studio art received the Johnson-Peterson Research Grant that is helping with her current summer research project.  This summer Gabby is looking at the chemical composition of essential oils in three saliva plants, also known as sage plants. With this knowledge, she…

  • Students Present Year-Long Research at Celebration of Creative Inquiry 2023

    Gustavus Adolphus College students and professors gather to recognize and highlight Gustie’s research throughout this academic year. On Friday, May 5th, Gustavus Adolphus College students across many disciplines gathered to present their research from throughout the year at the Celebration of Creative Inquiry. Students presented research from biology, chemistry, psychological science, art history, environmental/geography/earth sciences,…

  • Research Students Present at the Undergraduate Research Symposium for Physical Sciences, Math, and Computer Science

      This November, a group of Gustavus students presented their research at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Sciences. The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium focused on Physical Sciences, Math, and Computer Science and was hosted by Washington University in St. Louis. Founded in 1988, the Midstates Consortium for Mathematics and Science was created by the…

  • Students Present at the Fall Research Symposium

    Students Present at the Fall Research Symposium

    This year’s Fall Research Symposium was held on September 16, 2022, and students from across campus were given the opportunity to share their work. Research, scholarship, and creativity is a valued part of the Gustavus experience, and the symposium is one way in which it can be represented and shared with other members of the…

  • Gustavus Students Present at the 2022 Midstates Consortium for Math and Sciences

    This November, a group of Gustavus students presented their research at the Midstates Consortium for Math and Sciences. The 2022 Undergraduate Research Symposium focused on Biological Sciences and Psychology. Founded in 1988, the Midstates Consortium for Mathematics and Science was created by the Pew Charitable Trusts. The Consortium looks to improve undergraduate science and mathematics…

  • Coleman ‘25 and Monroe ‘25 Track Jupiter’s Storm Activity

    Erin Coleman ‘25 (Physics and Mathematics) and Anne Monroe ‘25 (Physics and Mathematics) have been studying one of Jupiter’s storm activities using radio wave technology right here at Gustavus. This is their first research experience here on the Hill, and they have been busy collaborating all summer conducting astronomy research.   Coleman and Monroe knew they…

  • Emma Nelson ’22: Bringing Gustavus Research To Denmark

    Gustavus Alumni Emma Nelson ‘22 graduated last Spring achieving majors in both Spanish and Political Science with a Minor in Public Health. Her research experience at Gustavus began later in her college career. “I had been interested in doing research at Gustavus but I had always incorrectly assumed that research opportunities were generally only available within…

  • Guest Post: In Response to June 24th, 2022

    In response to the U.S. Supreme Court Decision on Roe vs. Wade Gustavus graduates and members of the Digital Humanities Lab  Austin Witt ‘22 and Kelly Carlson ‘22 wrote the following guest post on the research blog reflecting on to the revolutionary works of writer Adrienne Rich: poet, feminist, activist. “The demand for legalized abortion,…