After completing senior-year research projects studying geographical patterns of reported criminal incidents in the Town of Normal, economics and political science double major Jake Bates participated in the national Undergraduate Ethics Symposium at DePauw University on April 10-12.

Bates has recently presented his work at the annual meetings of the Midwest Economics Association and shared his research with the police departments of Bloomington and Normal. He was also a member of the award-winning and national-qualifying Illinois Wesleyan Ethics Bowl team.