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Students in Dr. Karen Guzman’s Introduction to Research course packed the second floor of Campbell University Science Building this morning presenting posters that summed up a semester’s worth of studying and analyzing the published research project of their choice. 

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The Biology 205 poster presentations have been a popular event in Campbell’s science circles for nearly two decades now, and the idea even garnered national attention when local professors presented a workshop on the idea to the National Association of Biology Teachers in Tennessee in 2008...

More than 80 students, most of them sophomores, presented posters to faculty and their fellow students Friday, with their grade determined by not only how well they knew the material, but how well they could present it and discuss it with their professors and classmates. This year’s topics were as diverse as ever, with presentations on everything from DNA repair to artificial light in horticulture and antimicrobial synthesis in garlic cloves...

Milan teaches a senior seminar course on the scientific method that he calls “Breaking Bad Hypotheses.” His goal is to encourage students to think about the logic and philosophy behind a sound scientific experiment. According to Milan, sometimes students learn best when they see examples of unsound experimental setups and unsound conclusions. They learn to avoid the same pitfalls themselves.
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