Marlborough Native Recognized for Outstanding Research and Creative Activity

From SUNY Oneonta: Margaret Doolin, of Marlboro, MA, was one of 12 SUNY Oneonta students recognized for outstanding research at the 2017 Student Research & Creative Activity Day.

Doolin received the graduate student award for a project titled "Bringing Neoechinorhynchus into the 21st Century: A Two-pronged Systematic Investigation." Doolin, who is majoring in Biology-M.S. program, developed the project under the guidance of Florian Reyda of the Biology.

Students were nominated for the awards by their faculty sponsors, and finalists were ranked and selected by a group of faculty and staff reviewers during the college's annual Student Research & Creativity Day on April 12. Student honorees were recognized at a reception on April 26 and will receive monetary prizes funded by the college foundation.

Created to recognize and promote undergraduate scholarship and creative activity, Student Research & Creative Activity Day has become the premier on-campus event for scholarly student exhibition. This year's event featured 115 student presentations on a wide variety of topics across academic disciplines.

Many of the projects were supported through SUNY Oneonta's Student Grant Program for Research and Creative Activity, which is funded by the college foundation and the Oneonta Alumni Association through the generosity of alumni and friends of the college.

A liberal arts institution with a strong focus on undergraduate research and service learning, SUNY Oneonta consistently gains recognition for delivering excellence and value. The college has been named to Kiplinger's list of "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" for 10 years running and sits at No. 12 on the 2017 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 60 undergraduate and 14 graduate programs.

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