BOWLING GREEN, Ky., July 13 -- Western Kentucky University issued the following news release:
Carrie Updegraff grew up in Bowling Green and had every reason to stay close to home for college. Her mom works at WKU. She'd been on campus for events since she was young. The decision, she said, was never really a question. "I knew since around middle school - that's the smartest choice for me."
What she didn't know, coming in, was just how far "the Hill" would actually take her. This summer, the electrical engineering student is conducting solar energy research at the University of Nevada, Reno's Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering, funded by a National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) - one of th...