Ayeisca Mateo Presents at Eastern Colleges Science Conference

2016 May 18

Western New England University recently hosted the 70th Annual Eastern Colleges Science Conference for the first time in the conference's history. The conference aims to create interest in undergraduate research in the sciences and related fields and to provide a forum for the presentation of research papers. This was the largest Eastern Colleges Science Conference in history, with over 350 attendees from 23 colleges giving over 50 presentations and exhibiting more than 130 research posters.

Ayeisca Mateo, a Doctor of Pharmacy major, was one of 20 students who recently presented at the Conference on behalf of Western New England University.

Mateo presented her poster "Determination of Acid-Base Equilibria of Multilayered Pseudo-polyelectrolytes."

The Eastern Colleges Science Conference has been running annually since 1947. Over the last 70 years, the conference has gained interest and increased in attendance from 22 schools to 50 colleges and universities attending throughout the years. To this day, it stimulates interest in research and provides a platform for the presentation and discussion of research papers.