Richter Scholar Program

The Richter Apprentice Scholars Program provides students, early in their academic careers, with the opportunity to conduct independent, individual research with Lake Forest College faculty. The ultimate goal is to foster, among the participating students, an especially strong commitment to the intellectual life, and to encourage them to consider careers in research and teaching.

Summer Research
Honors fellows and other academically excellent students with an interest in research are invited to apply for the Richter Scholar Summer Research program in the fall of their first year.

Richter Scholar students are employed for a ten-week period in the summer after their first year. During this time, they work one-on-one with a faculty member, doing independent research in one of a wide variety of fields. As the Richter Scholars live and work together and participate in a weekly colloquium, they become a community of peers that provides encouragement and support for each member's research endeavors. The result is a group of scholars motivated to continue their intellectual achievement in the future.

Recent Topics:

  • Self-cannibalism in yeast cells as a possible cure for Parkinson’s
  • The Armenian Genocide - Memory and Identity of Armenians today
  • Woodrow Wilson: Naïve Idealist or Pragmatic Realist?
  • Daniel H. Burnham’s Legacy: Chicago in the Past, Present, and Future
  • Seeing Through Darwin’s Eyes: My Summer In The Guppy Lab
  • Mutagenesis in C. Elegansv
  • ROSCAs – One Small Loan Can Make a Difference
  • Privatization for Capital and Revenue Generation in U.S.
  • Competitive Balance and Major League Baseball
  • Chemistry, Computers, Calculations: The Convergence of Science, Technology, and Math in Industrial Applications
  • Art Nouveau Architecture, Interior Design and Fashion Design in the Context of Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
  • Variation in Pill Use. Do Abortion Laws Matter? Having Children? Does it Matter Who Wears the Pants in the Family?
  • Pubic Intellectuals, where have you gone?
  • Keeping God In The Details: Hume’s Of Miracles and the Question Of Testimony
  • I Need a Miracle: The Intersection of Science and Religion in Modern Discourse