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From what's new on campus to what's happening in Omaha, bloggers tell you their experiences without the fluff. Great days, not-so-great days and lots of days in between are chronicled below. Some posts may surprise, others amuse you, but all will inform you about what it's like to be at Creighton.

On Undergraduate Research in the Sciences

By cburk on 4/20/2009 10:18 AM

I am Dr. Julie Soukup, a biochemistry professor in Creighton's chemistry department.

There are many opportunities to be involved in research here at Creighton and that is a unique feature to our smaller school. What I enjoy most (and I think the students do too) is that I get to work side-by-side with them in my research lab, teaching them about experimental procedures, the reasons for doing certain types of experiments and how our results will fit into the entire field of research.

There are many undergraduate science faculty with active research groups and many of them have freshman through seniors working with them in their labs. Currently I have 3 freshmen, 1 sophomore, 5 juniors and 2 seniors in my ... Read More »

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Success at Creighton

Students Get Down to Business at Competition

By cburk on 4/2/2009 10:08 AM

Creighton showed very well at the Phi Beta Lambda (the college-level Future Business Leaders of America) statewide competition in Kearney last weekend.

Winning first place in Financial Analysis and Decision Making was our own Joel Gieswein, and in International Business our own Guillermo Guzman placed first, and Joel Gieswein placed second. They may go on to national competition now if they so choose.