91黑料专区 Announces 2019 Eckley Scholars
June 6, 2019
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. 鈥� 91黑料专区 University has announced the 2019 recipients of the Robert S. and Nell B. Eckley Scholars and Artists Program fellowships. Established by President Emeritus and Mrs. Robert S. Eckley, the recognition provides a stipend of $4,000 for each scholar to spend the summer on campus conducting scholarly research or artistic activity under the mentorship of a faculty member. The program is designed to develop and deepen a student鈥檚 creative and research competencies.
Students selected for the fellowship, their projects, and their faculty sponsors are:
Student: Kayley Rettberg 鈥�20 (Carol Stream, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淐riminal Record Expungement Policy and its Consequences鈥�
Sponsor: Greg Shaw, Professor and Chair of Political Science
Student: Adam Cady 鈥�20 (Rock Island, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淩edressing the Tragedy: The Place of Otho the Great in John Keats鈥檚 Letters"
Sponsor: Michael Theune, Professor of English and Writing Program Director
Student: Leah Bieniak 鈥�21 (Saint Charles, Ill.)
Project: 鈥淒etermining Species Abundance and Habitat Preferences of Breeding Birds in Bloomington/Normal, Illinois鈥�
Sponsor: Given Harper, George C. and Ella Beach Lewis Endowed Professor of Biology
Student: Henryken (Minzhao) Liu 鈥�21 (Dalian, China)
Project: 鈥净耻补苍迟耻尘 State Separation and Demonstration of High-Dimensional Entanglement鈥�
Sponsor: Gabe Spalding, B. Charles and Joyce Eichhorn Ames Professor of Physics
Student: Julia Chen 鈥�21 (Ocala, Fl.)
Project: 鈥淯nlocking the Secrets of Two New Viruses With a Unique Type of Blueprints鈥�
Sponsor: Richard Alvey, Assistant Professor of Biology