Students Develop Molecule that Inhibits Influenza Virus
Three years after receiving a $150,000 National Science Foundation grant, faculty-directed undergraduate student researchers at Alma College have developed a molecule that inhibits certain strains of the human influenza virus.
Posted: Fri, November 16th, 2012 at 8:42AM
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Alma College’s membership in Phi Beta Kappa is an indication of excellence within the liberal arts. Only 10 percent of colleges and universities in the United States share this distinction. The Phi Beta Kappa Society is the nation’s oldest and most prestigious undergraduate honors organization.
Student Profile
Marissa Sheffield
Graduation: 2014
Major: Dance and Elementary Education
Almont junior Marissa Sheffield is an elementary education and dance double major who knows a thing or two about coloring outside of the lines.
“I have a wide variety of interests, so I really like doing everything, thus my double major and my double minor,” she says. “I do best when I focus on a lot at once.”