The 11th annual USI Endeavor! Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium will be held from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, April 5, in the University Center.
The Endeavor! Symposium is a conference to encourage, support, and publicize undergraduate research, scholarship, and creativity. More than 90 researchers and artists will participate in this year’s symposium.
Students will give oral and poster presentations on subjects as diverse as spirituality in the El Cibao region of the Dominican Republic, fluorescent molecules, costuming research for USI Theatre’s production of RENT, using Google Earth modeling to explore large-scale shear fold geometry, health and obesity, and alternative energy systems in Jamaica.
All undergraduate students can participate in the symposium regardless of whether or not they have applied for or used Endeavor funds, but those who have received Endeavor! Project Awards or Presentation Awards are required to present.
Check-in for the symposium begins at 8:30 a.m. Oral presentations will be held in University Center meeting rooms and poster and artwork sessions will be held in Carter Hall.
Dr. Jane Johansen, professor of business communication, is director of the Endeavor! Awards Program. “The Endeavor! Research and Creativity Awards Program operates on the assumption that when you follow a passion, you will emerge with a better education and stronger ties to your learning than the education you develop by studying and taking tests,†she said. “The synergy between research and learning is the foundation for the best learning created.â€
The Endeavor! Undergraduate Research and Creative Works Symposium is sponsored by Vectren Energy Delivery and the USI Office of Academic Affairs.
