Umbeck Science-Mathematics Center
If you’re interested in a career in science or you just want to know how the world works, the Umbeck Science- Mathematics Center is an excellent place to start. Knox is ranked by the National Science Foundation in the top 10 percent for graduates who have earned doctorates in mathematics, computer science, and the natural and physical sciences.
Research & Creative Work
⭐ Research & Creative Work
Knox has a longstanding (and pioneering) commitment to supporting advanced student research and creative work.
Intensive, Long-term Projects that Go Beyond Coursework
They might be independent studies under the mentorship of a professor; they might be collaborative projects between a few students or between students and a professor; they might happen in a lab, on a stage, in a library; they might happen in a neighborhood, on a farm, on a glacier; they might happen in Galesburg or Chicago or on another continent.
Every student has the opportunity to do creative and research work and have a $2,000 Power of Experience grant available. The vast majority of our students—89%—produce research, independent studies, or creative work. Our annual HORIZONS research conference allows students to share their work with the Knox community.
The results: Students publish their work in major journals, win national awards, and present at international conferences. They build a foundation for the work they'll do after they graduate. And they develop skills and practices (independent thinking, critical analysis, project management, creative problem-solving) that make them exactly the kind of effective, productive, adaptable people the world—and today's employers—need right now.
Every student has the opportunity to do creative and research work and have a $2,000 Power of Experience grant available. The vast majority of our students—89%—produce research, independent studies, or creative work. Our annual HORIZONS research conference allows students to share their work with the Knox community.
The results: Students publish their work in major journals, win national awards, and present at international conferences. They build a foundation for the work they'll do after they graduate. And they develop skills and practices (independent thinking, critical analysis, project management, creative problem-solving) that make them exactly the kind of effective, productive, adaptable people the world—and today's employers—need right now.
