Scientia is the interdisciplinary scientific research journal at the University of Chicago published by the Triple Helix, Inc. The Triple Helix is the world’s largest completely student-run organization, with more that 25 chapters worldwide that focus on evaluating the impact of modern and historic advances in science. Scientia in particular seeks to publish rigorously selected and edited undergraduate research articles and abstracts accessible to a wide audience. Having expanded beyond our campus to the Midwest region, we seek to reach a national community of undergraduate scholars.