Katie Costello of Edmond Conducting Chemistry Research at Southwestern University this Summer

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Katie Costello is conducting chemistry research at Southwestern University this summer. (Photo by Lance Holt)

GEORGETOWN, TX (07/15/2013)(readMedia)-- Katie Costello of Edmond is one of 31 students conducting research at Southwestern University this summer as part of a new student-faculty collaborative research program called SCOPE.

The SCOPE program is part of the HHMI-Southwestern Inquiry Initiative, which is funded by a $1.3 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Students participating in the eight-week program get their housing paid for as well as a stipend.

Costello is working with chemistry professor Emily Niemeyer on a research project that involves analyzing the antioxidant properties of metabolites formed from plant compounds called chalcones.

Costello will be a sophomore at Southwestern this fall and is majoring in biochemistry.

Southwestern University is a selective, nationally recognized undergraduate liberal arts college with an enrollment of 1,400 students. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in Texas. For more information on Southwestern, visit www.southwestern.edu.