College Credits: Arlington Heights Student Part Of Research Project

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Mason Receives Stipend For Fall Research Project At Nebraska

Clarissa Mason, of Arlington Heights, is among 202 Husker undergraduates who have been awarded stipends by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to participate in research with a faculty mentor this summer. Mason, a senior chemistry major, will participate in the project "Evaluation of the Chemistry Teaching Assistant Mentor Program" as part of Nebraska's Undergraduate Creative Activities and Research Experience (UCARE) Program, which supports undergraduates to work with faculty mentors in research or creative activities. Students receive stipends of $2,400 to engage in intensive research or creative activity for 20 hours per week. The students' projects span academic disciplines including engineering, chemistry, modern languages and literatures, psychology, art and art history, architecture, special education, and fisheries and wildlife.

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