Please join us in congratulating the UConn undergraduates named below for their significant research and creative accomplishments this spring. Students: if you have an accomplishment to share, please do so using this online form.
AWARDS
Tyler Cappello ’16 (CLAS) received a Founders Affiliate Undergraduate Student Summer Fellowship Award from the American Heart Association. He will be working in the Wang Lab this summer, under the supervision of Professor Li Wang, on a project entitled “Circadian clock control of lipoprotein metabolism.” Congratulations, Tyler!
Congratulations to the two UConn undergraduate awardees in the 2015 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program: Steven Burger ’15 (CLAS) and Yingzhi Wu ’15 (ENG). Steven, a 2013 SURF Award recipient and 2014-15 Life Sciences Honors Thesis Award recipient, will attend the PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard University. Yingzhi, a 2014-15 OUR Supply Award recipient, will pursue a PhD in Mechanical Engineering here at UConn.
We also congratulate three undergraduates who earned honorable mentions in the NSF GRFP competition: Robert Stickels ’15 (CLAS), a 2012 SURF Award recipient and 2014-15 LSHTA recipient, beginning the PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences at Harvard; Elizabeth Tripp ’15 (CLAS), a 2014 SURF Award recipient, beginning the Mathematics PhD program at Dartmouth; and Daniel Violette ’14 (ENG, CLAS), a 2014 University Scholar. Students interested in applying for the NSF GRFP should contact Dr. Rowena Grainger, STEM Fellowship Advisor in the Office of National Scholarships and Fellowships, for information and expert guidance.
PUBLICATIONS
Elizabeth Flatley ’13 (PHR) was the first author on a publication resulting from her Honors thesis project:
Flatley, E.A., Wilde, A.M., & Nailor, M.D. (2015). Saccharomyces boulardii for the Prevention of Hospital Onset Clostridium difficile Infection. Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Disease, 24(1), 21-24.
EXHIBITIONS
Spring 2015 included a series of incredible art exhibitions by the following artists:
Julianne Norton ’15 (CLAS) – UConn IDEA Grant recipient
Red Heifer
Feifei Luo ’15 (SFA) – UConn IDEA Grant recipient
Makyo
Kaitrin Acuna ’15 (SFA) – UConn IDEA Grant recipient
Pollataggle
PRESENTATIONS
Earthquake Engineering Research Institute Annual Meeting – March 31-April 3, 2015 – Boston, MA
Dylan Allen ’15 (ENGR) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Hamza Aslam ’15 (ENGR)
Alexandra Hain ’15 (ENGR) – OUR Travel Award recipient
University of Connecticut Seismic Building Design
Lia Goncalves ’16 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
An Anthropological Study on Motivating Societies to Preemptively Implement Seismic Protective Systems
Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association Annual Conference – April 1-4, 2015 – New Orleans, LA
Tara Pealer ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
The Love Triangle: How Twilight, The Hunger Games and Divergent Defy and Affirm the Power of Romance and Sex When Defining Female Characters
Eastern Nursing Research Society Annual Scientific Sessions – April 15-17, 2015 – Washington, DC
Corrinne Kuzoian ’15 (NURS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Certified Nurse Midwives’ Attitudes, Knowledge, and Prescribing Practices of Evidence-based Recommendations for Omega-3 Intake in the Obstetric Population
National Conference on Undergraduate Research – April 16-18, 2015 – Cheney, WA
Rashmi Pashankar ’16 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Modifying BSA to Attach to Silica
Northeast Writing Centers Association Conference – April 18-19, 2015 – Hackettstown, NJ
Alexandria Bottelsen ’16 (ED, CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
Luke LaRosa Dec ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
After the Branding: Student Created Perceptions of the University Writing Center
Sarah Carew ’18 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
Brandon Marquis ’17 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
Chantel Martin ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
Jessica Zaccagnini ‘16 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
The Androgynous Center: Tutoring Across the Masculine/Feminine Spectrum
36th Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society for Behavioral Medicine – April 22-25, 2015 – San Antonio, TX
Jennifer Selensky ’15 (CLAS) – UConn IDEA Grant recipient
Self-Esteem, Motivation, and Healthy Lifestyles in College Students
Pediatric Academic Societies Annual Meeting – April 25-28, 2015 – San Diego, CA
Yue Lin ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Assessing Childhood Obesity Risk Through Parental Diet and Location of Residence
Christopher Mashiak ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Predictability of an ED-Screening Tool for Future Exposure to Violence
Bryan Swenson ’15 (CLAS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Initial Effects of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Pediatric Emergency Departments
169th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America – May 18-22, 2015 – Pittsburgh, PA
Emily Thompson ’15 (CLAS)
5aSC10: Effects of reading ability on lexically-informed perceptual learning
27th Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture – May 27-29, 2015 – Cooperstown, NY
Daniel Gutch ’16 (BUS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
Sam Marshall ’16 (BUS) – OUR Travel Award recipient
MLB’s Next Expansion: A Case Problem for Three University Students
Society for Disability Studies Annual Conference – June 10-13, 2015 – Atlanta, GA
Victoria Sylvestre ’17 (NUR) – OUR Travel Award recipient, sponsored by the University of Connecticut Humanities Institute
Type 1 Diabetes: The Liminal Space Between Ability and Disability