Currently on Display in the Eastman Exhibit Area

"Research is formalized curiosity. It is poking and prying with a purpose"

-- Zora Neale Hurston Dust Tracks: along a Road (1942)

Formalized Curiosity: Undergraduate Research at Knox College

Small class sizes at colleges such as Knox have always promoted the participation and engagement of each student in class, Knox’s curriculum, small campus culture and supportive learning relationships between faculty and students have encouraged both course-related and independent research opportunities for undergraduates at Knox .

This exhibit samples the wide variety of formats and disciplines through which Knox Students have pursued research projects independently, collectively and with support of Knox faculty. It coincides with Horizons: A Celebration of Student Inquiry, Imagination, and Creativity featuring the exemplary independent research, scholarship, and creative work of Knox College students.

Visit the exhibit on display in the Eastman Gallery through the end of the Spring 2012 term.

The image is a watercolor of a wild geranium from Marion Louise Palm's honors project Water-Color Studies of Spring Flora Found in Knox County. She graduated from Knox in 1931 with Honors in Biology.

The Eastman Exhibit Area on the second floor of Seymour Library is so named in honor of Robert H. Eastman, class of 1935.