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Show Message from Steven Roens G reetlngs snd welcome to 1 he 2CO6 Undergraduate Resea rch Abstracts Jounal IwantTDCDn-gratularie eveiy one of Ihe students who have published their cuti ing edge reE^earch In chl-s s«"l edrtk-n As this publication will anlesi. undergraduate research Is a growing concern at the University of ¦ ¦ ash is across rhe nation. Eac h year sees am me rease k> (tie n jmber of abstracts we- pHjbJhh descrlH ng 1 he researc h ard creal rve Efo|ects being done uncfer faculty supervision by our rnosi lalenied undergraduates This Issue cF the Abstracts Journal reccgnizes many student who received assiscanishlps From 1 he Ur>dergradu-arte Researc h Opportunities Prcg ianHUFFJiraJ. Uft^F3 provries ur>dergrad uates wtrh oppcf 1 u n rl les to work one-on-^ne wrch Tacurcy rnenicf s en resea rch a nd c reaclve pro|ects. To find cut he* to become I nvarved I n UflOft pleaise viEjeour web trte ac hccp/Mww.ugsjJcaih-eduAjrop I would also like tc recognize che students In che Honors ^rograni whose abstracts appear In thls)ojrrul as well as all other students an ro^s 1 he campus who have worked ^n researcfVcreari rve projects with faculty rnemorSr ar>d whMe abs-1 racts are Included herein order for undergraduate researchftreatlue prajKts to lake place, facurty rnemcfs are mdispen^ble_ I want ti acknowledge 1 hese accomplished p#ofesskHials wto with fu II teac h mg k^ds ard ertensve commh rnents tc Ihelr own research^ generously give 0F1 heir time to mentor studenH In reseaire h ard creari rve pioiectt I woud like to 1 hank Tom Rkhmond, Astf* ate & letter of the Honors F'rogram. for recruning Honors students' abstract rbr the Journal I wou d also like 1o an know^dge the _J H students who ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ i In this yeai t "Re-¦=- 'i F'otierson the HilPeueni at 1 he Utah Slate Offae Build ing Auditorium, whose abstracts are published In anpecbl secilan orthe>iurnaLasvHellat Ftotsrt McDerrnott frc-rn the "Lenter for H Kph Perfcf mance ¦LcmiFJtlng, who w» Instrumental In producing the posters and In organizing lhe session, and Elizabeth Marriott, assrstami. amd Kirn Wlrihlia Vice President of the University s Offee of Government Flections. aim mc^t grateful to Senior Vce Presdent fc-r Aademic Affal rs Ctevd Pershlng, Vce Pretdent foi Research flay uestebnd.and Senior Vhie Pretdent for Heahh ^lencet. C?ean of lhe School of Medklne amd CEO c-f University Health Systems Lc-i i ra fceizfon heir generous support of UFftP Without their help we would nc< ts able tc pro-vde students wHh the rkh experiences in lesearch amd creative work 1 hat they c urrently receive. finally, lam especially grateFul 1o UftOP ftdmlnlsiratlue Program "LCHordmatCir JIN flaeder. wrl hc-ui whom none of this would fcs possltHenWho Is unquestionably l he face^ndihe ^slrrt of UROfi and to Senior Associate-Inke dent For feademlc tffalrs >ohn Francis for his support, enccm nKjement, and unending ffcjw of gewd Steve Roens UROPDInctoi |
