Savannah Bender to Present Research at Kansas Capitol

2017 Feb 13

Savannah Bender of Wichita, Kansas, is one of six undergraduate researchers from Emporia State University who will present their work on the first-floor rotunda of the State Capitol in Topeka on Wednesday, Feb. 15, as part of Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.

Undergraduate students from each of the state's public universities will present their research from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. This event is intended to showcase the quality and diversity of undergraduate research being conducted at state universities and highlights the role that higher education can play in strengthening the Kansas economy and workforce.

Bender, a junior Biochemistry & Molecular Biology major, will present "Air, Water, and Soil: Student Civic Engagement Projects from an Honors Chemistry II Course."