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Augsburg Student Research Program Grows to 65 Participants

A distinctive feature of an Augsburg education is our focus on linking classroom theory with off-campus learning experiences. Augsburg College is one of the few colleges or universities in the United States that intentionally includes an experiential element in our general education program required of all students.

For example, Austin Wagner is  a self described “nerdy” student researcher excited about  finding the beauty in mathematics.


This summer 51 student researchers will be gaining hands-on experience while working side-by-side with faculty on-campus this summer.  In addition, 14 students will be conducting research off-campus this summer including:

Katherine Aleman, Psychology, Research Intern at the Mayo Clinic

Elianna Bier, Physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Eric Bowman (McNair Scholar), Biology & Chemistry, University of Nebraska

Emma Capman, Physics, University of Maryland Robotics Center

Haley Diem, Environmental Studies, Field Research in Tanzania on Sustainable Agriculture

Kirubel Gezehegn, Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University and MIT

Ben Grant, Physics, Colorado School of Mines National Renewable Energy Lab

Anna Herauf, Biology & Chemistry, NDSU Program for Research on the Prairies

Dan Kornbaum, Physics, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Geospace Sciences REU at the University of Michigan.

Marie-Aimee Ntawkulityayo, International Relations, Research in Belgium on Ethnic Identity and Conflict in the Kivu Region of Eastern Congo

Promise Okeke, Biology, Johns Hopkins University, Malaria Research

Casey Powell, Biology, University of Minnesota Plant Pathology Lab

Ryan Sullivan, Computational Philosophy, Carnegie-Mellon University Summer Workshop on Cognitive Science and Epistemology

Ashley Waters (McNair), Chemistry, Chemistry Research Fellow at the University of Minnesota