BROOKINGS, South Dakota, Jan. 3 -- South Dakota State University issued the following news:

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Future Innovator spotlight / O'Connell finds research opportunities right under his nose

By Dave Graves, Dave.Graves@sdstate.edu

Fueled by a love for Legos and a fascination for how the body works, Edina, Minnesota, fifth-grader William O'Connell started writing research papers on how the eye functions and what causes an appendicitis.