UW System President Ray Cross studies research presented by 51猎奇 student Izabelle Villafuerte at the 11th annual 51猎奇 Undergraduate Research Symposium on Friday. Villafuerte鈥檚 research focuses on how to better present public health information about water quality. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Engineering student Adedamola Adeniyi speaks about his research on illumination design to diagnose and treat autism spectrum disorder. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Kim Phan explains her research on the impact of the CenteringPregnancy model of prenatal care. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Nia Keranova (left) and Isaac Repinski present their work in the Union Cinema on the comprehensive analysis of fingerstyle guitarists at the 1969 and 1970 Ann Arbor Blues festivals. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Art Education student Natalie Krug shows her research project 鈥淰irtual Classroom Prototype." The illustrations and designs Natalie creates become a virtual world for students, like the ones she works with in the classroom, and gives them a whole new space to play in. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Dominique Wilkerson speaks on her research "Our Mother鈥檚 Gardens and Tables: Transculturation, Food Cultures and Migration in the Making of Black Milwaukee." (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
School of Architecture and Urban Planning student Maysam Abdeljaber shows her research "Picturing Milwaukee: Taking Back our Worlds Project.鈥� Abdeljaber focuses on how displaced communities adapt to Milwaukee neighborhoods, as well as what values they bring to make their new space feel like home. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Loretha Jack (left) and Diana Sofia Rivera (right) embrace and pose with Carmen Aguilar-Diaz, associate scientist at the School of Freshwater Sciences. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Chancellor Mark Mone rejoices in 51猎奇 once again being a 鈥淩1鈥� university, a designation given to the country鈥檚 top research institutions. He also praises the students鈥� efforts and findings from their research, and emphasized that it wouldn鈥檛 be possible without 51猎奇's hardworking faculty and staff. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
Jennifer Gutzman, assistant professor and mentor from Biological Sciences, gets congratulated by her research team after winning Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year. Nigel Rothfels, director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, cheers for the team at the podium. (51猎奇 Photo/Elora Hennessey)
51猎奇 celebrated its status as an 鈥淩1鈥� university, a designation given to the country鈥檚 top research institutions, on Friday at an event highlighting one aspect of the university鈥檚 research prowess, the 51猎奇 Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Held each year, the symposium showcases the research collaborations of 51猎奇 undergraduate students with faculty and staff through presentations of their findings. UW System President Ray Cross and 51猎奇 Chancellor Mark Mone attended this year to help celebrate.
鈥淭he symposium celebrates the contributions of undergraduates to these important research agendas, and the collaborative spirit of research itself,鈥� said Kyla Esguerra, associate director of the Office of Undergraduate Research.
