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Slideshow: Science students conduct summer research

July 06, 2009

In mid-May, most Connecticut College students pulled the poster putty from their dorm room walls and moved home. But a few stayed, walking the contents of their rooms a few yards north or east into summer housing in Hamilton or Abbey House.

These students are doing a variety of things, from paid internships through the College's career office (every student here is eligible for $3,000 for a summer internship between junior and senior year) to aiding professors in book transcriptions or working jobs in the library, Admission office or in downtown New London coffee shops.

But the biggest gang are the self-described "science kids," averaging about 20 in all. These students receive free housing and a $3,000 stipend to complete research projects with their individual professors. Don't know what "preparation of manganese oxide nanoparticles" means? Sometimes a picture really is worth a thousand words. Check out the slideshow below and follow students through four different labs on a random summer day at Connecticut College.

Click here to view the slideshow, "Summer Science Research"

For media inquiries contact: Amy Martin (860) 439-2526; a.martin@conncoll.edu