http://www.syndicatemizzou.org Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:39:28 GMT en-us 40 Center for eResearch Connecting you with the University of Missouri’s innovative research and creative activity http://www.syndicatemizzou.org/images/logo.png 384 80 http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/wells/ipod/Wells7.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/wells/ipod/Wells7.m4v Wells majored in chemistry at the University of Kansas, assuming she would eventually become a physician. She eventually realized, however, that what she liked most about chemistry was the theory part of problem-solving. After taking some humanities courses, she found herself drawn to law, and when she took a constitutional law course Wells simply “fell in love,” finding multiple connections between chemistry and law in terms of problem-solving, philosophy, and the testing of hypotheses. 3 Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:43:46 GMT http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/urmforum07/ipod/blockus2.m4v Education http://syndicatemizzou.org/resources/urmforum07/ipod/blockus2.m4v Even though the student researchers are usually not going to get their studies published in an academic journal, these researchers have an opportunity to make a difference with their findings. For example, every summer approximately twenty researchers go to Jefferson City to <a href="http://undergradresearch.missouri.edu/forums-conferences/capitol/index.php">present their finding to lawmakers</a>. “We work with the students to take their posters, turn those posters into something that very accessible to the public and elected officials,” Blockus explains. “This is our way of reminding the state officials of some of the things we do, and the special ways we are adding value to student experiences here at MU.” 3 Thu, 10 Jan 2008 17:36:23 GMT