18 EWU McNair Scholars Present at EWU Virtual Symposium

EWU McNair is proud to announce that 18 EWU McNair Scholars presented at this year’s Virtual Symposium. In the midst of regular reminders of the suffering from COVID-19, in particular its disproportionate effect on communities of color, as well as recent police murders, we hope that lifting up our scholars will continue to support their … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro Accepted into Two Additional PhD Programs

Photo of Marcos Monteiro next to red confetti background with text congratulating him on acceptance into two PhD programs. Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro! Marcos has been accepted into the Molecular BioSciences PhD Program at Montana State University and the PhD Program in Immunology and Microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, both with … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro Accepted into Multiple PhD Programs

Photo of Marcos Monteiro next to text congratulating him on acceptances into 3 PhD programs Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro! Marcos has been accepted into the Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD program at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the Microbiology PhD program at Indiana University, Bloomington, and the Microbiology and Molecular … Read more

EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro Accepted into Indiana University School of Medicine

EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro has been accepted into the BioMedical Gateway program at the Indiana University School of Medicine Congratulations to EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro! Marcos has been accepted into the Indiana BioMedical Gateway (IBMG) program at the Indiana University School of Medicine with full funding! Marcos is a senior at Eastern Washington … Read more

McNair Scholars Publish Article with Mentor in the Journal of Applied Microbiology

Congratulations to current EWU McNair Scholar Marcos Monteiro, former EWU McNair Scholar Laurisa Ankley and McNair Faculty Mentor Dr. Andrea Castillo, along with fellow student Katherine Camp and Dr. Robin O’Quinn, for the publication of their article “Manuka honey chelates iron and impacts iron regulation in key bacterial pathogens” in the Journal of Applied Microbiology! … Read more