Although they’re still getting all of the details of their
project worked out, Sarah Fanning and Virgil Morrison both enjoy what they’re
doing in the Botany department, and they love collecting ecological data.
“We went out to the field last week to measure trees,” says
Sarah Fanning, a senior from Colorado. “That was really fun.”
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| From left to right: Virgil Morrison, Dr. Brent Ewers, Sarah Fanning |
“I’ve learned a lot in the lab, but I definitely like to be
outside,” says Virgil, a recent high school graduate from Riverton, WY.
Sarah and Virgil are working in Dr. Brent Ewers Botany lab
this summer, studying the effects of pine beetles for their Summer Research
Apprentice Program research project.
Sarah and Virgil have different passions, but both of them
greatly enjoy science.
Sarah enjoys Paleontology, and plans to make a career out of
it.
“I’ve never done Botany before, I’ve never worked with
anything that hasn’t been dead for 50 million years,” she says. “I’m excited
to see how living things are right now, in their purest form instead of their
fossilized form.”
Like Sarah, Virgil enjoys science, specifically Biology.
“I like seeing and learning about what’s going on where I
go,” he says. “I just really enjoy it, I have a really good teacher, so that
made it fun for me.”
Both Sarah and Virgil look forward to a summer filled with
research and exciting new opportunities.
SRAP is a six-week, intensive research program for high school students. It is based at the University of Wyoming and is sponsored by Wyoming EPSCoR. To learn more about the program, click here, or search "SRAP" in the archives.
By Robin Rasmussen
Photo by Robert Waggener
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