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| March 31, 2005
Research
Annual celebration offers students prizes, seminars
Participants will present research
to compete within their departments.
By Jordan
Taylor
The Shorthorn Staff
Graduate and undergraduate students could win cash prizes Friday
in the 2005 Annual Celebration of Excellence by Students.
The celebration is a multidepartment-supported event in which students
present research projects in their fields of study to faculty judges
on the University Center upper level. Graduate student presentations
will be from 9 a.m. to noon followed by undergraduate student presentations
from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. A reception will be held from 5:30 to 6:30
p.m., followed by a seminar.
The awards presentation will be at 4 p.m. April 7 in Texas Hall.
Cash awards range from $75 to $250. Awards will be named in honor
of each academic dean, depending on the researched field.
According to http://grad.uta.edu/aces, participants have 12 minutes
to present and three minutes to answer questions from the judges
and the audience. Works may be given orally or showcased with a
poster.
Ellen Vitetta, the director of the Cancer Immunobiology Center in
Dallas, will speak in the Academy Room of the UC Carlisle Suite.
Over the past two decades, Vitetta has developed antibody-based
“biological missiles” to destroy cancer cells and cells
infected with HIV. She also developed a vaccine against ricin, a
toxic protein, that is currently being evaluated in clinical trials.
The awards will be announced after the speech.
Engineering Associate Dean Lynn Peterson said there are 144 students
participating in the event this year.
“We’ve got everything from architecture students displaying
models to biology students showing off their experiments,”
she said.
Judges will rate presentations based on a project’s scholarly
and creative merit, the clarity of the presentation, and how the
student responds during the question-and-answer period.
Rebecca Deen, political science associate professor, said students
showing their research is a campus tradition. In the past, both
Deen and Peterson presented their works at different events. They
met when the celebration started in 2003.
Deen anticipates seeing the student presentations.
“It is a really important opportunity to showcase work they
do,” she said. “It is important that we celebrate their
achievements.”
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