West Nyack Native Presents at College's Student Research Day

From SUNY Oneonta:

Colleen Parker, a graduate student from West Nyack, presented a project at SUNY Oneonta's annual Student Research and Creative Activity Day on April 20.

Parker developed an original project titled "Monitoring of Mercury in Catskill Region Fish" under the guidance of Kiyoko Yokota of the Biology Department/Biological Field Station. It was one of 134 poster presentations displayed at the college's Hunt Union during the daylong showcase.

Created to recognize and promote undergraduate scholarship and creative activity, Student Research and Creative Activity Day has become the premier on-campus event for scholarly student exhibition. A total of 180 students, supported by 66 faculty sponsors, participated in this year's event, which featured presentations on a wide variety of topics across academic disciplines.

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 ninth on the 2016 U.S. News and World Report list of the best public institutions in the region. SUNY Oneonta enrolls 6,000 students in its 70 undergraduate majors and 14 graduate programs.