The Schreyer Honors College and the Office of Undergraduate Education recently held the 10 th annual Undergraduate Exhibition. Penn State students competed, showcasing their research in poster exhibits for cash prizes in Alumni Hall of the HUB-Robeson Center. As a first-year student in the Schreyer Honors College, Bhutta was the team manager of Penn State s fencing team. Now, a senior competing for the team, Bhutta has qualified for the NCAA Championships. She simulated effects of stimulation of the sciatic nerves of frogs on a computer.
Research involving muscle stimulation is far-reaching.
A practical use of the research is working with muscle atrophy of the disabled. A team of Smeal College of Business Administration students made up of four undergraduates, three of whom were Schreyer Honors Scholars, took first place in the Marshall International Case Competition held on February 22 and 23 at the University of Southern California. The Crabapple Gang, an unofficial nature appreciation club with a community service wing made up of Penn State students will travel to the Tahoe National Forest in California over Spring Break to plant trees and spend a day with inner city youth. They will be involved with research that explores ways to keep humans healthy in space aboard NASA s KC135, nationally known as the Vomit Comet. A new partnership between Penn State Cooperative Extension and the SHC at PSU will create an internship program that will begin next summer.