{"id":299,"date":"2020-10-29T23:30:30","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T23:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/?page_id=299"},"modified":"2026-03-30T18:21:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T18:21:22","slug":"outreach","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/outreach\/","title":{"rendered":"Outreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For many years, Dr. Hicks was the co-advisor of the SUNY Cortland chemistry club. We have been recognized each year with awards from the American Chemical Society, including Commendable and Honorable Mention Awards.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, members of the Hicks lab have traveled to The College of Wooster to take part in the <a href=\"https:\/\/bwiser.spaces.wooster.edu\/\">BWiSER summer program<\/a> for middle school aged girls. We developed a 4 day workshop where the campers performed novel research to isolate and study the ability of environmental bacteria to degrade nicotinic acid.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-327 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Research group\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/wooster-and-cortland-students.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Group photo of SUNY Cortland and The College of Wooster research students<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>BWiSER <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-329 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/bwiser-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Students at BWiSER\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/bwiser-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faculty.cortland.edu\/hickslab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/10\/bwiser-1-300x225.jpg 300w, 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We have been recognized each year with awards from the American Chemical Society, including Commendable and Honorable Mention Awards. More recently, members of the Hicks lab have traveled to The College of Wooster to take part in the BWiSER summer program for middle school aged girls. We developed a 4 day workshop where the campers performed novel research to isolate and study the ability of environmental bacteria to degrade nicotinic acid. 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