Ten Receive Prestigious McDevitt Fellowship in Natural Science Award

The McDevitt Center would like to congratulate the following ten students selected as McDevitt Undergraduate Fellows in Natural Science for the 2015-16 academic year.  Each McDevitt Fellow will work closely with a Le Moyne College faculty mentor while conducting hands on research in one of Le Moyne’s labs or in the field.  In addition, the Fellows and their mentors will participate in a monthly research seminar led by Father George Coyne, McDevitt Chair in Physics, at which they will present their research and discuss its progress. This prestigious fellowship includes a $4,000 stipend.

Daniel Bolster ‘16 (mentor: Dr. Donald McCrimmon)
Anna Curtin ‘17 (mentor: Dr. Hilary McManus)
Ronald Lowe ’16 (mentor: Dr. Devon Keeney)
Nicholas Macoretta ’16 (mentor: Dr. Hilary McManus)
Tiffany Meador ‘16 (mentor: Dr. Hilary McManus)
Xavier Schafer ’16 (mentor: Dr. Michael Masingale)
Joseph Shupperd ‘16 (mentor: Dr. Christopher Bass)
Andrew Tynon ‘16 (mentor: Dr. Patrick Yurco)
Anna Valentine ’16 (mentor: Dr. Donald McCrimmon)
Brian Wilson ’17 (mentor: Dr. Anna O’Brien)

This year’s award recipients will be researching a myriad of topics ranging from fish hybridization, green algae, electronic thin films, environmental pollution, and bird migration patterns as it correlates to climate change.

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