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Southwestern Offers Students Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunities
Discover the thrill of exploration through the Outdoor Adventure Program.
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Southwestern Offers Students Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunities
Discover the thrill of exploration through the Outdoor Adventure Program.
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Community Engaged Learning with Annie Purl Elementary School
Follow along as local elementary school students enjoy a campus tour and conduct science experiments with the Chemistry Department.
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Video: Explore the Austin Opera
A group of students traveled to Austin, TX, to attend an opera performance.
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Video: Why Internships Matter
Karim Clarke ’26 shares his eye-opening Houston Methodist Research Institute internship journey.
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Southwestern Student Conducts Insect Biodiversity Research in Gunnison, Colorado
Learn more about Cooper Philips’ research on insect biodiversity.
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Video: Training AI in Minecraft
Learn more about this collaborative student-faculty SCOPE project.
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Video: Southwestern Student Interns in Cutting-Edge Cancer Research Lab
Natasha Ndele ’24 spent her summer researching bladder cancer at the Houston Methodist Research Institute.
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A Transformative Summer Internship
Two students excel at Grupo Salinas and secure promising future opportunities.
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Video: Student-Faculty Research in Copper Mountain, CO
A student-faculty summer research project focuses on ski slope restoration.
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Video: Magnolia Musical Theatre Internship
Two students traded textbooks for paintbrushes this summer while interning as scenic builders and painters for a theatre production.
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Video: TradeCraft Internship
An ambitious student showcased her talents in marketing during a summer internship in San Antonio, Texas.
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From Stage to Screen: A Student’s Journey into Filmmaking
Theater student juggles the rigors of school and a job on set.
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Video: SCOPE Students Evaluate Climate Change Mitigation Efforts in South Texas
Assistant Professor of Biology Jennie DeMarco and students measure the effectiveness of a nature-based method of addressing climate change in the Tamaulipan thornscrub ecosystem of southern Texas.
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Empowering Students Through Research Opportunities
SCOPE program fosters student-faculty collaboration across disciplines.
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Southwestern Professor of Psychology Dr. Fay Guarraci Led Students in Groundbreaking Research Regarding the Effects of Ketamine on Sexual Behavior in Female Rats
This particular project provided a great experience for students to work in a lab setting, conducting research side-by-side with an expert in the field. What an amazing opportunity for undergraduate students.
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23rd Annual Research and Creative Works Symposium
Southwestern Showcases Undergraduate Research and Creativity
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Southwestern Receives $1 Million Commitment
The anonymous donation will go to creating more opportunities for first-generation students and securing further donations for the university’s future.
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Rare Moments
Transfer student and Sumners Scholar Emily Gilby ’21 shares her experiences working on political campaigns and as a legislative aide.
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Computers and Creativity
Anna Krolikowski ’20 sees creativity and story as the common denominators of her English and computer science majors.
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Holding Her Ground
Sumners Scholar Breely Peterson’s first job out of college? Working as a deputy press secretary for a congressman in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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A World Traveler
Fulbright Scholar Brielle Read ’20 has been traveling the world and making a difference since the tender age of 14.
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Capstone in the Time of COVID
A Southwestern senior shares their experience tackling the biggest project of their college career in the midst of a global pandemic.
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Southwestern Undergraduate Recognized as 2021–2022 Newman Civic Fellow
Antonio Esparza ’22 is being honored for his commitment to solving public problems.
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Southwestern University Again Earns Voter-Friendly Campus Designation
SU has been recognized for the third time for supporting civic education and voter participation.
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Of Whales in Research
Physics major Hayden Smith ’20 is studying ocean engineering in hopes of pursuing a career in renewable energy.