This is a series of dynamic panel presentations where graduate students share their cutting-edge research in just 12 minutes using 10 slides or less. The challenge? To present in clear, compelling, non-technical language that can be understood by an audience outside of their specific discipline.
Submissions from 2026
Can Broccoli Help Make Painkillers Work Better?, Atharv Ashwin Battu
Visual Arts and Identity Reconfiguration in Becoming Patient & Beyond, Jennifer Bockerman
Why People Stay: Factors Contributing to Staff Retention in Community Mental Health Clinics, Brianna D. Boggs
Restructuring Actor Training for the Mental Wellbeing of the Performer, Caroline Byce
Unlearning Erasure: Grief Fluency as a Pathway to Thriving Futures in Education, A. D. Gabriel Driver
Modifications of Gels for Thermal Insulation, Kaylee Funk and Brenna Call
Investigating the Stability of Nucleus Accumbens Transposable Elements as Contributing to Drug Use Behaviors in Mice, Annalise Hassan
Impact of Opioids on Chemotherapy Induced Gastrointestinal Toxicities, Olivia Jennings
What Is School For? A Case Study of Purpose and Practice in a Microschool Community, Cammie Justus-Smith
From Sulfur to Power: 3D-Printed Batteries for a Net-Zero World, Mahmoud Kaid
Identifying Barriers and Supports of Sex Trafficking Prevention for Young Adults, Elizabeth Kurt
When Care Looks Like Harm: How Institutions Misread BDSM and Trans Intimacy, Casey Lopez
Fighting Fire With Fish Oil: Repairing the Damage From Cigarette Smoking With Pro-Resolving Mediators, Ally Motter
Homelessness, Substance Use Patterns and Treatment Outcomes in Adolescence and Emerging Adulthood, Elizabeth Oluwapelumi Ogunleye
Discovery of Aromatic Aldehydes as Functional Cure for Sickle Cell Disease, Albert Opare
Metal-Free Sulfur Host: Redox-Active Covalent Organic Frameworks, for Lithium Sulfur Battery Application, Shiraj Pokhrel
A Mixed Methods Approach to Assessing the Impact of Additional Workload Responsibilities and Supportive Resources on Medical Laboratory Professionals’ Wellbeing, Reinetta Scaringello
FRET-Based Detection of Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Srishty Sethi
“You, Therefore, Who With Lofty Spirit”: Applying Hands-On Research To The Study of Medieval Craft Treatises, Cael Sinclair
Medicaid Expansion and Immigrant Enrollment Coverage 2017-2023, Issa Belmond Thullah
Predicting Targeted Treatment Success in Breast Cancer Patients, Carson Walker