Arts and Science students shine
It might have been dreary spring day, but the bright ideas displayed April 1 at the Faculty of Arts and Science Undergraduate Research Day in the J.W. McConnell Library Building made up for it.
Each year since 2006, Concordia’s Faculty of Arts and Science has held the event to showcase the finest research and research-creation projects of students in the natural and health sciences, social sciences, and humanities.
For each of these fields of study, two students’ projects — one oral presentation and one poster presentation — are chosen as winners of a $300 prize.
Projects are judged on appearance, presentation, organization and content by faculty from each department in Arts and Science. This year, the event had 30 judges from the Faculty.
“It’s a great experience for undergraduates because they don’t usually get the chance to actually present their research in a conference setting,” says Michele Kaplan, Research Facilitator for Arts and Science.
Kaplan adds the event gives students experience and the chance to discuss their work with professors in their respective fields of study.
Congratulations to the winning students:
Oral Presentations
Humanities: Emily Bourassa, Journalism
Natural and Health Sciences: William Chu Kwan, Chemistry and Biochemistry
Social Sciences: Hannah Jung, Religion
Poster Presentations
Humanities: Catherine Leisser, Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics
Natural and Health Sciences: Roopak Singh, Physics
Social Sciences: Jessie Smith, Geography, Planning and Environment
Related links:
• Arts and Science Undergraduate Research Day
• “All Eyes on Undergrads” - Journal, April 15, 2010
• Faculty of Arts and Science