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                        Students celebrated their fifth consecutive victory at Face Off!, a mathematics quiz show held at the Fall 2010 Pi Mu Epsilon conference.&nbsp;<a href="/news/carthage/2010/11/22/carthage-team-takes-top-prize-in-math-competition/">more...</a></p></div></div><div class="newsitem" id="article_512"><div class="newshead">Student conducts high altitude balloon research</div><div class="newscontent"><p>
                    
                        Physics major Stephanie Finnvik, '12, was one of six students in the state selected to participate in the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium's 2010 Elijah High Altitude Balloon Research Program.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.carthage.edu/features/stephanie-finnvik/">more...</a></p></div></div><div class="newsitem" id="article_511"><div class="newshead">Students present research at Midstates Consortium events</div><div class="newscontent"><p>
                    
                        Twenty-six Carthage students participate in the 2010 Undergraduate Research Symposia, presenting their research in the biological, psychological, physical and environmental sciences. &nbsp;<a href="http://www.carthage.edu/academics/natural-sciences/midstates-consortium/">more...</a></p></div></div><div id="article_484"><div class="newshead">Chemistry students recognized</div><div class="newscontent"><p>
                    
                        Kristen Jones, '11, and Dan Noffke, '11, took second place in a poster competition Oct. 22. Their research was conducted with Prof. Christine Blaine.&nbsp;<a href="/news/carthage/2010/10/26/chemistry-students-recognized/">more...</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="buffer"><p><a href="/news/">See more news</a></p></div></div><!-- end column 2 --><div id="third"><div class="bigphotofin"></div><div class="buffer-left buffer-top"><h2>Events</h2><ul><h3 class="margin-top-5">
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