10 ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ research projects that will get you thinking

Intersections areal shot of the room

More than 80% of ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ undergraduates, from all majors, take part in research. It’s a ubiquitous part of the ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ experience.

Each semester the campus community comes together to celebrate our undergraduates’ research findings at a research symposium. It’s called Intersections, and it’s an opportunity for student researchers to present their work.

Here’s just a small sampling of what ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ student researchers are studying:

  • The consequences of weight stigma in healthcare settings
  • Robot arm control for individuals with cerebral palsy
  • Pre-trained large language models and sociolinguistic implicit stereotyping practices
  • Increased TNF response in cells of ankylosing spondylitis patients
  • The impact of rural residence on the incidence of pediatric cancer in the United States
  • Assisting financial risk management through market analysis, hedging strategies and payoff profiling
  • The impacts of VOCs on indoor air quality and human health
  • Auditory sensitivity of wild-type larval zebrafish through a behavioral hearing assay
  • Changing neurophysiological responses and cognitive flexibility
  • Implicit biases across diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups

The work ÐÇ¿Õ´«Ã½ students present at Intersections is just the first in a lifetime of contributions they’ll make in their fields. We couldn’t be more proud of them, and we can’t wait to see your work on display soon.