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Internships/Research

In recent years, biology students have obtained internships at Sedgwick County Zoo, Wichita; Children’s Hospital, Kansas City, Mo.; Colon Cancer Research Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence; The Nature Conservancy, California; and the Harvard University Forest in Massachusetts. Students have also done medical research at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md.

Undergraduate research is a major emphasis for Bethel College natural sciences, including biology. As a biology major, you will design and complete a year-long research project in your senior year to complete the degree. Some examples of student senior seminars from recent years are:

• “Colon Cancer Risk in High BMI Patients”
• “Population Genetics of Eastern Moles (Scalopus aquaticus) in North Newton”
• “Physiological and Cognitive Effects of Active Cooling on Heat Stress in Firefighters: Forearm and Hand Immersion and Cold Towels”
• “Macroinvertebrate Biotic Index (MBI) Assessment: A Comparison of Sites Upstream, Within, and Downstream of Towns Along Three Central Kansas Waterways”
• “A Cure for Paralysis: The Zebrafish Study”