Tyler Stanley and Alicia Wedel, both seniors majoring in biology, took first place for their oral presentation, "Home Range and Nesting Locations of Raccoons Near Park University." Jim Taulman, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology, was co-author. Paul Edinger, a senior majoring in both biology and geography, took third place in his poster presentation, "Bonner Springs Shale (Upper Pennsylvanian) Fossil Assemblage in a Mazon Creek-Type Depositional Environment." The poster was co-authored by John Gleason, Bo Hull, Josh Martin, Mike Price and Brandon Skelton, senior geography majors.

Other student oral presentations:
• "Cold Weather Effects of Precipitation, Humidity and Temperature on the Water Quality of the Osage Aquifer in Leavenworth, Kansas" by Travis Hunsecker, senior biology major (co-authored by Taulman, Scott Hageman, associate professor of geology, and Brian Hoffman, Ph.D., professor of biology and mathematics)

Other student poster presentations:
• "The Effects of Specific Wavelengths of Light on Lettuce Carbohydrate Content and Pigmentation Using Light-Emitting Diodes" by Jeff Campbell, senior biology major (co-authored by Donna Howell, Ph.D., assistant professor of chemistry, and Don Williams, Ed.D., associate professor of biology)
• "Carbon Dioxide Analysis of the Park University Campus: Buildings vs. Underground" by Hull (co-authored by Hageman)
• "The Itch of Awareness: Comparison of Resin Ducts in Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron Radicans) and the Mango (Mangifera Indica)" by Loren Ray Laughlin, senior biology major (co-authored by Williams)
• "Effect of Arbuscular Mycorrhizae on Tomato Plant (Solanum Lycopersicum) Growth and Nutrient Absorption" by Josh Neeley, senior biology major (co-authored by Williams)
• “Molecular Modeling Studies on a Potential HDS Catalyst for Heavy Crude Oil" by Andrea Sampson, senior biology major (co-authored by Howell)

Faculty oral session presentations:
• "Characteristics of Influenza Fatalities in Saint Joseph, Missouri, During the 1918-1919 Pandemic" by Hoffman (co-authored by David Fox, assistant professor of geography)
• "New Sysciophlebia Cockroach Species from the Bonner Springs Shale, Parkville, Mo., and its Stratigraphic and Depositional Significance" by Hageman (co-authored by Hoffman)
• "Globalization of Baseball: 1876-1933 The First Wave of International Players" by Hageman

Faculty poster session presentations:
• "Analysis of Genomic Diversity Between Bluegill Populations in Platte County Streams by Random Amplification of Polymorphic DNA" by Doug Burns, Ph.D., associate professor of biology (co-authored by Diana Kalinowska, senior biology major and Todd Pogge, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics)
• "Microichthyoliths and Conodonts from the Quindaro Shale and Argentine Limestone of the Kansas City Group" by Hoffman (co-authored by Hageman and Christian Hoffman, Brian's son)