Annual Symposium

The 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium was held on Friday, October 16, 2009. Approximately 140 posters were exhibited and four student speakers presented slideshows. Before delivering the closing remarks, Dr. Tom Gilmore presented four students – a very difficult task, considering the caliber of work on display – with awards for an outstanding presentation. Those students were as follows:

1st Place Speaker – Andrei Anghelescu (CAS ‘10)
Mentor: Dr. Catherine O’Connor, CAS Linguistics
The Phonetics and Phonology of Medumba

1st Place Poster –  Florencia Rago  (CAS ‘10)
Mentor: Dr. Dean Tolan, CAS Biology
Enzyme Dynamics Involved in Substrate Specificity: Evidence for Substrate Specific Conformational Changes Distant from the Active Site during Adolase A Catalysis

2nd Place Poster – Joseph Clark (CAS ‘10)
Mentor: Dr. Arianne Chernock, CAS History
A Witness to Change: The Legal Career of Conrad Lynn, 1940-1975

3rd Place Poster – David House (CAS ‘11)
Mentor: Dr. Margrit Betke, CAS Computer Science
Automated Tracking of Cell Populations to Understand their Spatio-Temporal Behavior in Response to Physical Stimuli

Thanks to everyone – students, faculty, and staff – who made this event such a great success!