{"id":475042,"date":"2021-04-19T13:54:06","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T17:54:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/?p=475042"},"modified":"2021-04-19T14:30:36","modified_gmt":"2021-04-19T18:30:36","slug":"2021-undergraduate-research-expo-virtual-stage-475042","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/newscenter\/2021-undergraduate-research-expo-virtual-stage-475042\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate scholars take a virtual stage to share findings"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Collage of nine selected posters representing several topics of investigative and creative work undertaken by undergraduate students in the College.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The annual Undergraduate Research Expo celebrates \u2018an important part\u2019 of University of Rochester culture.<\/h2>\n

Organizers of this year\u2019s virtual Undergraduate Research Expo<\/a> at the University of Rochester<\/a> touted it as an opportunity for visitors to \u201cfind answers to questions you never thought to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n

And given the range of topics this year, that was no doubt the case. Poster titles ranged from \u201cDecoding \u2018Cocktail Party\u2019 Attention Using Brain Responses to Relative Pitch,\u201d to \u201cCloser Than We Realize: A Closer Look at Drag Culture,\u201d \u201cBee Hotels: Conservation Innovation or Greenwashing?\u201d and \u201cPeople Over Profit, People Over Property: Keeping New Yorkers Housed During the COVID-19 Pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n

The more than 120 projects submitted this year included the work of Community-Engaged Learning<\/a> capstone students, Meliora Scholars<\/a>, and Grand Challenges Scholars<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is all the more impressive considering that COVID-19 restrictions significantly limited research activities on campus this last year,\u201d says Sina Ghaemmaghami, professor of biology and director of the Office of Undergraduate Research<\/a>, which organizes the expo.<\/p>\n

The event celebrates undergraduate research as \u201can important part of the University of Rochester culture,\u201d Ghaemmaghami says. \u201cMost of our students participate in some kind of hands-on research outside of the classroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

A panel of faculty judges picked 12 students to present their research in four symposia representing engineering and math, the humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences.<\/p>\n

However, \u201cthe talks at the symposia are only the tip of the iceberg,\u201d Ghaemmaghami says. \u201cThere are many more equally impressive presentations\u201d on the poster session website<\/a>. The poster will be available for viewing for another year.<\/p>\n

And the winners are . . .<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Students received the following awards for undergraduate research<\/a> in the humanities, engineering, natural sciences, and social sciences:<\/p>\n

President\u2019s Awards<\/strong><\/h4>\n