Dona Kirkes Attends Undergraduate Research Day at State Capitol

2017 Apr 18

Dona Kirkes of Haskell, TX is one of two different groups from McMurry University that attended the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The purpose of the event was to showcase the experiences of undergraduate students engaged in research for Texas legislators and the public through poster presentations. The program highlighted how research conducted by undergraduate students positively impacts Texas-and Texans-with the theme: Transforming Texas Through Undergraduate Research.

Dona L'Ne Kirkes, Rachel Thompson, Kelsey McKiernan, Heather Jimenez, Emily Garza, Dr. Malaney O'Connell presented their poster titled "Evaluating Collagen Dependent Metastatic Breast Cancer: Development of Novel Diagnostic/Prognostic Strategies".

Nathan Cole Baggett, presented his poster titled " Testing the Power of the Past: New Findings in Class Assortative Mating". This work is part of his Honor's thesis that was competed under the guidance of Dr. Robert Wallace.