Uwonkunda Sylvie Dushime

Uwonkunda Sylvie Dushime Please provide a brief summary of your research.My research is about the popular radio drama in Rwanda called Ikinamico. It explores the history, scripts, performance, and thematic intentions of Ikinamico such as family and community dynamics,...

Rebecca Chen

Rebecca Chen Please provide a brief summary of your research.This summer, for my independent SURG research project, I worked in Dr. Atique Ahmed’s lab, which focuses on elucidating the mechanisms of therapeutic resistance in glioblastomas from the angles of cellular...

Melany Morales Ghinaglia

Melany Morales Ghinaglia Please provide a brief summary of your research.Developmental language disorders (DLD) tend to be diagnosed at around 4 years old, and they are characterized by difficulties in acquiring and utilizing language. While it is prevalent in 6-8% of...

Carson Walters

Carson Walters Please provide a brief summary of your research.Over the summer I looked into how Drosophila propagated the signal of its starvation response. These signals formed calcium waves that flowed between fat cells in a cycle. My goal for the summer was to...

Zosia Alarr

Zosia Alarr Please provide a brief summary of your research.This past summer, I designed and carried out a cultural psychology research project exploring Afro identities across Colombia. I conducted interviews with over 40 participants from multiple regions and...

Grace Cheng

Grace Cheng Conference Travel Grant Please provide the tile and a brief summary of your research/conference presentation.Title: SPOTs — High Throughput Synthesis and Screening for Transition Metal Nitride Catalysts Summary: SPOTs (surface patterned omniphobic tiles)...