Research Opportunities
Students Explore Our Natural World Through Summer Research
Over the summer, Stonehill student researchers advanced science by studying nature for clues that can help us be better stewards of the planet.
Stonehill students participate in highly competitive and prestigious summer research programs, working in university and industry labs across the U.S. and around the world. On campus, students utilize directed studies and independent research opportunities with faculty members to investigate topics ranging from the circulation patterns in the Gulf of Maine to the reproductive morphology and genetics of the invasive wetland plant, purple loosestrife.
Stonehill Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE)
SURE is an opportunity for students who have completed their first year at Stonehill to perform significant, publishable, full-time research under the guidance of and in collaboration with an experienced faculty researcher.
Recent examples
- Cassie Calabro ’22 worked with Professor Burkholder to investigate changes in the transport of oceanic drifters that were carried by the Maine Coastal from 1988-2019.
- Meredith Kime ’22 worked with Professor Burkholder to better understand the drivers of variability in the spring bloom in the Gulf of Maine.