UW-Whitewater awarded $60,000 grant

A $60,000 science grant will allow UW-Whitewater students to study over the next three summers the effect of personal care products and over-the-counter drugs on water quality.

UW-Whitewater is one of only 14 institutions nationwide to receive funding from the Merck Institute for Science Education and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The university will provide money for the study, too, providing lab supplies and a small stipend for three professors over the summer months.

Leading the study are Whitewater faculty members Paul House, assistant professor of chemistry; Catherine Chan, assistant professor of biological sciences and chemistry, and Elisabeth Harrahy, assistant professor of biology. Each instructor will work with two students per summer.

"The students are going to work under our supervision, but each individual person will have their own project," Chan said.

The $60,000 grant will provide stipends for the students for the three summers. Harrahy said students interested in this kind of research should contact them.

House said participating in a three-month project made him realize that he wanted to work in chemistry.

Chan said a successful study could lead to more funding.

"If we get something interesting, we can use this as a stepping stone for application of other grants and other projects down the line," Chan said.

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