Student Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships
(SSuRF)
This highly competitive award is given to students for their research or creative activity proposal. Students, along with their WSU faculty mentors, will undertake an intensive ten-week summer research program at Westfield State University to explore their proposed projects.
In addition, students will participate in professional development workshops, group meetings, discussions, outings, assessments, presentations, and engage with the Urban Education Summer Bridge Program.
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Interested in Applying for SSuRF?
Check out these links to documents to learn more and apply for a SSuRF Opportunity!
2023 SSuRF Fellows
JAMIE GROSS '24
MAJOR: PSYCHOLOGY
FACULTY SPONSOR: PROFESSOR PRINCY MENNELLA
Genetic control of circadian rhythms on anxiety-like behavior in Drosophilia: How specific genes controlling circadian rhythm (time, per and click) contribute to anxiety-like behavior in Drosophilia ​
2021 SSuRF Fellows
SAMANTHA FALCONE '22
MAJOR: BIOLOGY
FACULTY SPONSOR: PROFESSOR JASON RAMSAY
Functional morphology of the feeding apparatus in chain pickerel, Esox niger: Adaptations of manipulation and consumption of large live prey
AMBER STEARNS '22
MAJOR: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING & SUSTAINABILITY
FACULTY MENTOR: PROFESSOR LAUREN DICARLO
Floodplain ecosystem response to the removal of Euonymus alatus (winged burning bush) in Westfield, MA
GRACE TEMPLETON '22
MAJOR: ENGLISH
FACULTY MENTOR: PROFESSOR MICHAEL FILAS
On Motherhood and Mothering: Mourning What I Lost When I Became a Mother
MATTHEW WANDISHION '22
MAJOR: BIOLOGY
FACULTY MENTOR: PROFESSOR MAO-LUN WENG
Analyzing Gut Microbiome Composition in Canines Afflicted with Acute Moist Dermatitis