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Students present research at NCUR in New York

Date 4/15/1999 12:00 AM | Topic: News

While their classmates adjusted to being back in school the week after spring break, 15 Luther students extended their breaks as they traveled to Rochester, New York to present academic research at the National Conference for Undergraduate Research (NCUR).

On April 7 Joel Bacon ('99), David Lavigne ('99), Ujjwal Raut ('01), Andrew Warne ('99), Jesse Winsell ('99), Aaron Wrobleski ('99), Jamison Young ('99), Krista Belanger ('99), Elizabeth Grice ('01), Erin Grimm ('99), Sarah Hahn ('99), Kristen Kahle ('99), Elizabeth Krause ('99), Ana Olson ('99) and Sarah Tofte ('99) accompanied by Dean Anderson and Carolyn Mottley, chemistry department head, flew to Rochester, NY.

From April 8-10, the 15 joined almost 2,000 other students from across the nation to present their research at the University of New York-Rochester campus.

Luther students presented a wide variety of topics in government, history, physics, journalism, accounting, communications, biology, English literature, and sociology.

The presenters were grouped into sessions of an hour and forty minutes each. Each was given 15 minutes to present her or his research. A question and answer session with the presenters followed.

Some students presented their research in the form of posters, which were displayed in the Wilson Commons at the university. Others displayed artwork at a nearby gallery.

Four students presented posters in psychology , chemistry, and biology.

Students were free to join any of the other sessions to hear other presentations on topics ranging from Buddhism to literary critique, chemistry to journalism.

Between the sessions, plenary speakers gave lectures on a variety of topics, such as poet Naomi Shahib Nye's lecture on "Where is the Poetry in our Lives?"

Box lunches were provided, as well as noon entertainment in the University of Rochester commons.

After the conference, students attended the Rochester Philharmonic concert or explored the cafés and shops in Rochester.

Many students traveled to Niagara Falls and to Seneca Falls to visit the Center for Women's Rights and the Women's Hall of Fame. Others stayed in Rochester to go to the Science Museum, the Susan B. Anthony House or the George Eastman House.

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Sarah Hahn
Chips Staff Writer

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