Rocky Hill Resident Bridget Gromek Will Present at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research

WEST HARTFORD, CT (02/12/2014)(readMedia)-- Bridget Gromek of Rocky Hill CT, has been accepted to present at the National Conference of Undergraduate Research (NCUR) to be held on April 3 and 4 in Lexington, KY. Gromek, a senior honor student at the University of Hartford was selected for his research paper titled "An Alterative Mechanism for the Kinetics of the Aqueous Formation of N-chloro-N-methylacetamide." Gromek is one of nine University of Hartford senior honors students to be accepted to present at the NCUR.

It is especially noteworthy that every University of Hartford student application was accepted, which surpasses the usual acceptance rate of 40 percent. "The acceptance of every proposal demonstrates the excellence of our honors students, the rigor of their senior projects, and the quality of their mentoring by dedicated faculty," said Donald Jones, Associate Professor and Director of the University of Hartford's Honors Program.

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