School of Arts & Sciences showcases undergraduate research at Student Symposium Apr. 18

Date: Apr. 18, 2008
Time: 1:00 p.m.
Location: Modlin Center for the Arts

The University of Richmond’s School of Arts & Sciences will host the 23rd Annual Arts & Sciences Student Symposium on Friday, April 18 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Modlin Center for the Arts. The Symposium celebrates student and faculty collaborative achievement in research and creativity.

256 undergraduate students will present their research and art. Students choose between presenting a poster, displaying artwork or giving oral presentations on their research topic.

Three poster sessions lasting one hour each will take place at 1:30, 2:30 and 3:30 p.m. Approximately 40 posters will be presented in each session.

The artwork of seven studio art majors will be on display in the Modlin Center’s Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. The students will present talks on their work from 3:00 to 4:10 p.m.

Six presentation rooms will feature rotating oral presentations throughout the afternoon. Presentations will range from “Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi Distribution in Local Virginia Ferns” to “Global Health and Human Rights” to “Race Relations in Cuba: Looking Beyond the Lofty Ideals” to “From Minstrel Shows to MTV.” Presentations are scheduled according to topic:

Booker Hall | Room 216 | 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
English, Rhetoric and Communications Studies, Theatre

Booker Hall | Room 217 | 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
History, International Studies

Modlin Center | Room A102 | 1:30 to 4:15 p.m.
Art History, Music

Modlin Center 117 | 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Languages (French Russian, Latin), Classical Studies, Political Science, Leadership, Criminal Justice, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Gottwald Science Center C112 | 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology

Gottwald Science Center C114 | 1:00 to 2:30 p.m.
Biology, Psychology, Neuroscience

For more information about the Student Symposium, please contact Emma Goldman or Kathy Hoke.

Posted April 4, 2008