14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium

poster The 14th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was   held on Friday, October 21, 2011, to coincide with events of Parents Weekend. It was our largest event ever, with approximately 170 students presenting posters. We estimate that it was attended by 500 people, including faculty, undergraduate and graduate students, parents and relatives. Some photos from the event are shown below. Based on the comments of a panel of  judges, Dr. Tom Gilmore, the UROP Director, presented four students with awards for outstanding presentations – a difficult task, considering the caliber of work displayed. Student awards were as follows:

1st Place Poster – Evelyn Liberman
Mentor: Dr. Michael Grodin,  SPH Health Law, Bioethics and Human Rights
Ethical Dilemmas of Jewish Physicians and Allied Health Professionals in the Ghettos and Camps During the Holocaust

2nd Place Poster – Thien Tai Nguyen
Mentor: Uri Eden, CAS Mathematics and Statistics
Modeling Neural Spiking Activity in Patients with Parkinson’s Disease During Movement and at Rest

3rd Place Poster – Jane Fomina
Mentor: Sean Elliott, CAS Chemistry
Characterizing the Electron Transfer Pathway of the Triheme Cytochrome c Peroxidase from E. coli

Audience Award – Amanda Hunt
Mentor: Thomas Kunz, CAS Biology
Do Maternity Roost Characteristics of Bat Species Influence the Likelihood of White-nose Syndrome Exposure and Transmission?

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