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Three women will do their part to expand B-W’s living learning program when they move into the Research House this fall.  Natalie Hogan, a junior neuroscience major from Pittsburgh, Sarah Frischman, a senior biology major from Lakewood, and Ellen Mackall, a junior psychology major from Copley, will be the first residents of the house, the goal of which is to enhance scholarship and encourage individual research.

Professors Robert Ebert, economics, who directs the Carmel Living Learning Center, and Andrew Mickley, neuroscience, director of Faculty-Student Collaborative, have been instrumental in getting the project off the ground. Like the Summer Scholars’ House, the Research House will provide the opportunity for students involved in collaborative research with faculty to share their ideas, to brainstorm and to experience enrichment activities.

“We’re starting off small this year given the tight campus housing situation,” Mickley said, but he expects the program to grow. Hogan said that the women already have met and have developed some guidelines for the experience.

“We decided that we would meet with our faculty collaborators to discuss our projects once a month,” she said. Although their research projects vary widely, Hogan said it would be very helpful to discuss their work with others who might help to solve a particular problem, or suggest a new procedure. Scholarly discussions such as this have been a valuable part of the Summer Scholars’ experience for the past few years. The students also have decided to add a volunteer component to their experience. Currently, they plan to work with another student, senior biology major Amy Manzo, who goes to Cleveland schools to assist in high school science classes.

The campus focus on research is evident not only in development of the Research House, but also in a course called Faculty Student Collaboration (FSC). Mickley said the experimental course, going into its second year, provides students with academic credit for their work and also credits faculty for their work with the students. The FSC website lists current research projects which include the sciences as well as psychology, exercise physiology, economics and history.