Iona College Presents First Annual Undergraduate Research Day, April 16

April 28, 2010 - PRLog -- Iona College presented its first Undergraduate Research Day, Friday, April 16 at Spellman Hall at the New Rochelle campus. The all-day program provided over 80 students with the opportunity to highlight their research accomplishments and share their work with other students.

Brian J. Nickerson, PhD, Dean of Iona College’s School of Arts and Science, said that Undergraduate Research Day is an extension of a program that has been in effect for the past few years whereby most majors require substantive independent research as part of the degree requirement. “We wanted to provide a forum similar to an academic conference that would encourage the students to voluntarily present their research to the faculty and their colleagues.”

The program comprised oral presentations, round table discussions and poster presentations highlighting the students’ research projects. Most of the students are seniors but there was also a strong representation from juniors and sophomores as well. Research topics ranged from advances in the education of students with autism and techniques to being an effective healthcare communicator, to mapping the atmosphere of the planet Mars and investigating the onset of multiple sclerosis.

With the recent increase in number of students involved in research on the Iona campus, Undergraduate Research Day has been established and will become a landmark annual event in the School of Arts and Sciences.

Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education.  Iona - currently listed in the top tier of US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges 2010; The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2010 edition and Business Week's Top 25 Undergraduate Business Schools in the Northeast - offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.

For more information about Iona College, visit http://www.iona.edu

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Founded in 1940 by the Congregation of Edmund Rice Christian Brothers, Iona College is a private, coeducational institution of learning in the tradition of American Catholic higher education. Iona - currently listed in the top tier of US News and World Report's annual "America's Best Colleges 2010; The Princeton Review's Best Northeastern Colleges 2010 edition and Business Week's Top 25 Undergraduate Business Schools in the Northeast - offers undergraduate degrees in liberal arts, science, and business administration, as well as Master of Arts, Master of Science and master of business administration degrees and numerous post-graduate certificate programs.

For more information about Iona College, visit http://www.iona.edu