The Colby Undergraduate

Summer Research Retreat

CUSRR 2009 ... another remarkable event!

CUSRR 2009 Statistics:    participating students = 70

                                          student presentations = 57                            CUSRR 2009 pictures!!

                                          participating faculty = 17

                                          total symposium attendance = 115


The CUSRR 2009 program and abstract book is available for download.



                    Check out the insideColby vodcast on CUSRR 2009!



Many thanks to the CUSRR Planning Committee and to our financial benefactors, Colby College, Colby’s HHMI steering committee, Idexx Laboratories, and Artel Inc..

We must also thank Crab Apple Whitewater for their terrific hospitality and to our Keynote Speaker Dr. Scott Murchie ’81 from Johns Hopkins University, who presented a lecture entitled, “New Views of Mercury and Mars:  Fire and Ice in the Inner Solar System”.

The most sincere thanks must go to the 70 students who participated in CUSRR 2009.  The quality of the scholarship and of the presentations themselves were inspiring!

For the past twenty years, summer research on the Colby College campus has been an excellent experience for many students and faculty.  In an effort to strengthen this successful program, the faculty and administration have organized the Colby Undergraduate Summer Research Retreat.  All Colby summer research assistants are invited to participate in CUSRR.  The first day of the event is dedicated to student research - a symposium featuring student talks and posters followed by a Keynote lecture by an esteemed Colby alum.  The second day features recreational activities - predominantly whitewater rafting.  CUSRR is hosted by Crab Apple Whitewater, in The Forks, ME.

Oral Presentation Award:  Ellen Baker, Psychology

                        Runner-up:  Alec Oot, Bogumil Giertler, &

                                             Irina Cazan, Computer Science

         Honorable mention:  Jenn Corriveau, Psychology

         Honorable mention:  Sharonda Bradley, Biology

Poster Presentation Award:  Dana Breakstone, Psychology

                            Runner-up:  Ben Rooney, Biology

             Honorable mention:  Bridget Reichelderfer, Chemistry

             Honorable mention:  Catarina Ruksznis & Jessica

                                                 Acker, Biology