Posted on Friday, June 29, 2007
Laura DellAntonio, a senior history major, was awarded a Drinko Center Undergraduate Research Grant. Her research is titled "The Fancy Flu: A Characterization of Victims of the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919 in Mahoning County, Ohio." Her research advisor is Dr. Timothy Cuff, assistant professor of history. She will present her research at Westminster's Undergraduate Research Symposium in spring 2008.
She is a daughter of Deborah DellAntonio of Indiana and Joseph DellAntonio of Clearfield, and a graduate of Indiana High School.
"Enhancing opportunities for undergraduate research is an important component of the work of the Drinko Center in enriching undergraduate education," said Dr. Virginia Tomlinson, Westminster College associate professor of sociology and director of the Drinko Center. "The Undergraduate Research Initiative provides funding for students to conduct research and to present their research at regional and national conferences."
Contact Tomlinson at (724) 946-6097 or e-mail tomlinvm@westminster.edu for more information.