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A Valparaiso University biochemistry student has helped make a key discovery in a class of proteins that could play a critical role in designing better treatments for diseases associated with disrupted circadian rhythm "鈥� the roughly 24-hour cycle a person's body goes through.

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Recently-published research by a Valparaiso University business professor and undergraduate student indicates that stewardship, community-building and other traits associated with servant leadership may give a boost to the effectiveness of leaders.

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While swimmers and boaters along any shore consider the slimy green film that coats everything from rocks to docks as a nuisance, University of New Haven (UNH) chemical engineering student Nicole Reardon and Assistant Professor Shannon Ciston, Ph.D. think otherwise. They view the slime, or biofilm, as a complex community that may hold the key to informing humanity of the true environmental impact of the chemical nanoparticles that find their way from area kitchens, baths and garages into Long Island Sound.

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University of New Haven forensic botanist sets Up national databank For marijuana DNA.

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The invasive sea squirt, Styela clava, has now been discovered along the Eastern Seaboard as far south as Bridgeport Harbor and poses a significant danger to Connecticut鈥檚 $30 million shellfish business, according to field research conducted by Carmela Cuomo, head of the marine biology program at the University of New Haven, and several of her students.

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Research conducted by Duquesne University biology student Shelby Boord, with faculty advisor Dr. Sarah Woodley, associate professor of biological sciences, supports the hypothesis that environmental stressors increase salamanders鈥� susceptibility to infection, based on chronic exposure to corticosterone, a stress hormone.

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New report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine calls for more systematic collection of data on undergraduate research experiences in STEM

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Spring 2018 Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research seeks to provide evidence for undergraduate research's impact on student success in academe and beyond

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ForagerOne is a web platform that helps colleges and universities build a centralized marketplace for their students and faculty to connect for research and creative activity.

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The winter 2020 issue of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR), the academic journal of the Council on Undergraduate Research, focuses on unusual approaches to undergraduate research such as research for chefs and a video game for biology majors.