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Two HCC alumni present STEM research at Harvard

Feb 17, 2015

Houston Community College students are actively participating in STEM research at HCC.

For the past four years, eight cohorts composed of HCC faculty and students have been participating in undergraduate STEM research in partnership with the University of St. Thomas. Students work on research topics in professional research settings at UST and HCC. They also get the experience of presenting their work at local and national symposia and conferences.

Two HCC alumni, Chinasa Anokwuru and Erisa Hysi, who were part of the research project during 2013-2014 school year, presented their research poster at the National Collegiate Research Conference. The conference was held Jan. 22-24 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Their poster was titled "A Metgenomic Study of the Viral Population Carried by Mosquitoes in Houston." Both students were part of the Honors Program at HCC. They are currently pursuing biochemistry at the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, respectively.

The UST-HCC Undergraduate STEM Research Program is sponsored by the Department of Education grant. For more information on the program, go to hccs.edu/stemresearch.