The 27th Undergraduate Research Symposium celebrates the diversity of undergraduate research and creative activities on campus as students share their research and creative projects.

The online component of the Symposium will be launched at 8:00AM (CST) on Monday, April 15, 2024 and will be officially active through 5:00 PM (CST), Friday, April 19, 2024 which coincides with Undergraduate Research Week. Most of the presentations will be online. Please visit the event site: https://symposium.foragerone.com/27th-annual-undergraduate-research-symposium!

In-Person Featured Presentations

Tuesday, April 16th, 3:30-5:00pm, Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union

Accessible, Creative, & Engaging Talks - ACE Talks

Three ACE Talk Winners will each deliver a 15-minute presentation about their research with at 10-minute Q&A session. 

The four ACE Talk winners will have a video version of their presentation posted on the welcome page of the event site.

• 3:30 – 4:00pm    Alyson Honeyman, “Subcloning and Mutagenesis of Shigella Virulence Proteins Involved in Antimicrobial Resistance,” mentored by Roberto De Guzman

• 4:00 – 4:30pm    Logan Edmonson, “Effects of End Times Messaging on Temporal Horizons,” mentored by Mark Landau

• 4:30 - 5:00pm     Diana Nguyen, “Identity-Relevant Perceptions of Immigration among Asian Americans,” mentored by Glenn Adams and Syed Muhammad Omar

Wednesday, April 17th, 3:30-4:30, English Room, Kansas Union

An undergraduate researcher and their mentor are featured presenters. 

This also serves as the 4th ACE Talk awardee presentation. 

Kaitlyn Sy, a senior majoring in biotechnology, and her research mentor Dr. Jack Treml will be presenting their research "Assessment of the effects of lactic acid on T cell viability and T cell receptor signaling in vitro.”