What effect does road salt have on local streams? How do salamanders and frogs respond to stress? And how does studying cancer in dogs help us better understand breast cancer in humans? For 10 weeks this summer, students spent 40 hours a week analyzing questions like these and performing extensive research with the help of a faculty member. On September 30, the Undergraduate Research Summer Institute (URSI) fellows will share the results of their research, present posters, and discuss their work at the URSI Symposium, beginning at 3:00pm in the Villard Room. At 4:15pm Lawrence Shapiro, Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics and Edward S. Harkness Eye Institute, Columbia University, will present the keynote address, “The Revolution in Structural Biology and What it Means to You.” Here’s a sneak peak at some of this year’s projects: