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Undergraduate Research Symposium Recognizes Scholarly Work of Students

Tue, 05/31/2022 - 04:06pm | By: David Tisdale

DCURThe annual Undergraduate Symposium on Research and Creative Activity (UGS) at The University of Southern Mississippi (欧美AV), which highlights the outstanding work of its undergraduate students, was held April 23 at the Thad Cochran Center and R.C. Cook University Union on the Hattiesburg campus. It was the first live UGS since 2019 (due to COVID-19) and was co-hosted by The Drapeau Center for Undergraduate Research (DCUR) and the Honors College (HC).

UGS Presentation and Arts Showcase awards are sponsored by 欧美AV alumnus Mr. Donald Drapeau and the Southern Miss Partners for the Arts, respectively.

鈥淎fter having to cancel UGS 2020 and pivot to pre-recorded presentations for UGS 2021, we were delighted to hold UGS 2022 as an in-person event again,鈥 said Dr. Sabine Heinhorst, interim dean of the Honors College and director of the Drapeau Center for Undergraduate Research. 鈥淥ne simply cannot experience in an online format the excitement of presenting or performing in front of a live audience.

鈥淎s noted by faculty judges and guests, the quality of our students鈥 research and creative work and their presentations were particularly impressive this year. Our plenary speaker, alumna Leslie Stevens, was dynamic and targeted her keynote address to the attending students by providing thoughtful tips on research; and as in previous years, the talented visual artists and performers at 欧美AV were featured in the Arts Showcase, which is now sponsored by the Partners for the Arts. We could not be more pleased.鈥

UGS 2022 award winners and their categories of competition include the following:

*Artist Practice as Research

First place 鈥 Taylor Alleman
Second place 鈥 Skye Bortz
Third place 鈥 Brittany Tolbert

*Behavioral Sciences: Memory and Learning

First place 鈥 Isabel Stoker and Garima Puri

*Behavioral Sciences: Coping and Reacting

First place 鈥 Sarah Swan
Second place 鈥 Kirsten Speights

*Business or Public Policy

First place 鈥 Lauren Beverly
Second place 鈥 Landon McFarland
Third place 鈥 Sophie Unson

*Environment/Sustainability: Coastal or Marine

First place 鈥 Faith Robinson
Second place 鈥 Baylor Lynch

*Environment/Sustainability: Freshwater or Terrestrial

First place 鈥 Malia Davidson
Second place 鈥 Hart Williams

*Education and Parenting

First place 鈥 Jasmine Plummer

*Gender and Sexuality Studies

First place 鈥 Chrystle Morman

*Gene and Protein Functions

First place 鈥 Ashley Grantham, Julia Cates, Ashleigh Burgess, Maegan Williams, Jarrett Herron, Nicole Roa, Lexee Bosarge, Nathaniel Hatton

Second place 鈥 Yeseul Bae
Third place 鈥 Hannah Guichet

*Health and Wellbeing

First place 鈥 Ianna Marshall

Second place 鈥 Sophia Oswalt
Third place 鈥 Liam Luckett

*Literary and Historical Studies

First place 鈥 Xian Maynor
Second place 鈥 Eden Duley
Third place 鈥 Olivia Ladner

*Materials and Structures: Synthesis

First place 鈥 Billie Brashears and Ashley Bailey; Aiden Leise

*Materials and Structures: Design and Analysis

First place 鈥 Rosemary Panella
Second place 鈥 Keely Hoppmeyer, Chloe Klusman

*Mississippi INBRE: Best Presentation on a Biomedical Topic

First place 鈥 Sydney Boyd
Second place 鈥 Jack Patterson

*The Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Program

Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies Prize 鈥 Brittney Clayborn

*Arts Showcase Award: Visual Arts

Donisha Edwards, Brittney Brown, Grace May, Natalie Fortenberry, Desirae Oliver

*Arts Showcase Award: Instrumental/Vocal Performance

Casey Johnson, Skye Tobias, Brietta Goodman

*Arts Showcase Award: Choreography/Dance

Damion Seymour, Aki Holder, Brittany Tolbert, Kathryn Marchand, Natalie Davis

*Arts Showcase Award: Creative Writing

Brooklynn Smith

For more information about Undergraduate Research at 欧美AV, visit /undergraduate-research/index.php.