The Magellan Scholar program was created by the UofSC to enrich the academic experience of our undergraduates through research opportunities in all disciplines from science, technology, and medicine, to theatre, music, and art. By providing access to faculty mentoring relationships and a professional research experience, UofSC enables students to creatively explore their interests at a more in-depth level than can be attained in the classroom. Each Magellan Scholar receives up to $3,000 to help fund the research project, competing for this award with the submission of a research, scholarship, or creative project proposal developed in collaboration with the Scholar’s faculty mentor.

Congrats to ou undergraduate researchers who were were announced as Magellan Scholar Award winners:

• Anna Bazell with conduct a "Functional Analysis of STN1 Winged Helix Domains" under the mentorship fo Dr. Jason Stewart.
• William Caspino will study the "Germination Success Following Chronic Radiation Exposure" with Dr. Tim Mousseau.
• Dylan Davis will be "Exploring the plasticity of mixotrophy: Molecular and ecological responses in Cryptomonas ovata" with Dr. Jeff Dudycha.
• Kaitlyn Dirr will conduct a tudy on the "Seasonal Use of Gopher Tortoise Burrows in Coastal Beach Dunes" under the supervision of Dr. Josh Stone.
• Kirsten Fisher will analyze the "Perception of Green Leaf Volatiles by Plant Cells" with Dr. Johannes Stratmann.
• Megan Glover will be "Assessing the Effects of High-Fat Diets on Adipose tissue and Immune Response" with Dr. Alissa Armstrong
• Benjamin Hurley will be "Using DNA Barcoding to Assess Dietary Composition of Highly Migratory Species in the Northwest Atlantic" uder the guidance of Dr. Joe Quattro.