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2013 Midwest/Great Lakes Undergrad Neuroscience Symposium

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Dean of the College Gary Phillips welcomes participants from colleges and universities across the Midwest to the 5th Annual Midwest/Great Lakes Undergraduate Research Symposium in Neuroscience at Wabash.  'When students attend a conference like this with a faculty member and share their collaborative research with others, things change in the brains of both students and faculty,' Phillips said. 'You learn to think critically, develop a greater consciousness of the world around you, and your experience of diverse persons and ideas expands.'

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Dean Phillips talks with Associate Professor of Psychology Neil Schmitzer-Torbert and Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, Director of the Center for Implantable Devices at Purdue University, who presented the keynote address later in the day.

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Associate Professor of Psychology Karen Gunther welcomes participants and lays out the day's agenda.

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Professor Schmitzer-Torbert and Aubele-Futch listen to Dean Phillips' message.

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Dr. Pedro Irazoqui, Director of the Center for Implantable Devices at Purdue University, presented the symposium's keynote address.

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Wabash President Greg Hess talks with Professor Schmitzer-Torbert during the symposium's poster session in Knowling Fieldhouse.

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Bradley Wise ’14 asks University of Evansville student Morgan Brown about her poster and research…

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…and was able to glean important information for his own work. Later in the session, Wise spoke with two presenters from Oberlin College who are working with the same behavioral task that he is planning to do for his capstone project at Wabash, Assistant Professor Teresa Aubele-Futch said. 'They had some tips for him on the timing he’ll need to use for the task and some ideas on their struggles and successes, and they ended up exchanging contact information and spoke again before the conference ended. So there was some networking going on!'

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Oberlin Professor and Director of the University's Neuroscience Program Janice Thornton attended the conference with students. Professor Thornton was also Wabash Professor Karen Gunther's teacher at Oberlin.

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Josh Stowers ’14 explains his research to a fellow undergraduate researcher.

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Jacob Owens ’14 describes his research.

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Jacob Owens ’14

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Professor Schmitzer-Torbert listens to a student discuss her research.

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Professor Aubele-Futch asks a question about a student's work.

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Baldwin Wallace University student Logan Sirline discusses her research with Professor Gunther.

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Sean Anderson of Baldwin Wallace presents his research to the symposium.

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Students and faculty take in the presentations.

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Brad Wise ’14 explained his research with Professor Aubele-Futch to his fellow students and their teachers.

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Wise talks about his presentation with his mentor.

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Professor Aubele-Futch had encouraging words for Wise after his talk.

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University of Cincinnati Professor Jim Eliassen was part of a panel answering students' questions about graduate school and medical school.

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Third-year medical student Samar Kawak ’11 returned to campus to share with students his experiences at IU Medical School.

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Chad Sorenson ’10 talks with students about getting into medical school.

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Indiana University Professor Stephen Burns spoke to students about programs at IU's School of Optometry.

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