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Showcase to spotlight 500 students’ research

By Jesi Jones-Bowman
 Apr 24, 2023
Faculty Mentor, Showcase, Student Presentation, Student Success

LEXINGTON, Ky. (April 24, 2022) — This week more than 500 University of Kentucky undergraduates will converge for the 17th annual Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars. The showcase empowers undergraduates to share their research discoveries, ideas and creative works with the campus community and the public. This year’s Showcase of Undergraduate Scholars from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 26, in the Gatton Student Center Grand Ballroom, features 500 students and 330 presentations representing 66 disciplines and 18 colleges.

Riley Bryson World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Riley Bryson World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Riley Bryson Junior, History major Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Pandemic of Hate: Hate Crimes Against Asian and Asian American Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic"   Brief Project Description "This projects aims to explain why Asian and Asian American women were common targets for anti-Asian hate crimes during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic by examining the history of anti-Asian woman hate in the United States."  

Jessamine Michler World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Jessamine Michler World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Jessamine Michler Senior, Art History major, Art Studio and Theatre minor Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Admiration of the Violet: Cultivating the Familiar Flowers of Native Woodland and Wayside"   Brief Project Description "Archival research of seed catalogs and modern sustainability practices involving Viola species"   I enjoy research because... "It opens so many new doors to from which to view the world."

Riley Simmons World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Riley Simmons World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Riley Simmons Junior, Anthropology and History major, Spanish minor Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Letters Are All We Have: A Wartime Love Story"   Brief Project Description

Lauren Bollinger World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Lauren Bollinger World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Lauren Bollinger Senior, Art History, Psychology, Pre-Law major Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "The Heart of a Revolution: Conversations Between Activists Olive T. Dargan and Rose Pastor Stokes"   Brief Project Description

Eleni Karelis World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Eleni Karelis World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Eleni Karelis Senior, English major, Appalachian Studies minor Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "“We Give Our Sweat, Not Our Blood” The Many Voices of Rural Appalachian Activism in the 20th Century"   Brief Project Description "Research manifests in the form of a small book of poetry detailing the diverse existence of the Appalachian Mountains in the twentieth century. "  

Leena Haider World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Leena Haider World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Leena Haider Junior, History major, Biology minor Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Banking While Female: Women’s Alternative Banking Systems Around the World"   Brief Project Description "Investigation of women across the globe who create financial alternatives to traditional banking by establishing close-knit, women-led collective funds to promote female financial literacy and authority over their money."  

Christopher Joseph Mattingly World CUR Spotlight

Christopher Joseph Mattingly World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Christopher Joseph Mattingly Junior, Spanish Language and Linguistics major Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Sisterhood and Sanctity: A Reexamination of Colonial Mexican Femininity"   Brief Project Description

Avery Schanbacher World CUR Spotlight

Avery Schanbacher World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Avery Schanbacher Sophomore, English and Music major Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "In Kinship to Our Crafts": Larkspur Press and the Kentucky Literary Community"   Brief Project Description "Analysis of records from an independent letterpress publisher in Monterey Kentucky"   I enjoy research because... "it is so fulfilling to be able to learn more about ourselves, our communities, and our art."  

Abigail Mortell World CUR Spotlight

Abigail Mortell World CUR 2023 Spotlight

Mar 31, 2023
Research Spotlight, Student Presentation

Abigail Mortell Senior, History major, Music Performance and International Studies minor Research Mentor: Carol Street   Research Project Title "Canonization of Irish Authors: Nationalism and the Popularization of 1920s Irish Literature"   Brief Project Description

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