Session 1 Lineup for URCA 2020

Along with opening remarks from CAS Dean Dawn Weber, the 2020 URCA Symposium opens at 9 a.m. on Wednesday, Apr. 15 with a diverse lineup including presentations about music history, poetry, website design and adolescent psychology. Every session through 3:15 p.m. promises to be as intriguing and inspiring. The first session includes the following presentations:

• Emily Ebert's Entartete Musik: Jazz and Survival in Nazi Germany 
• Paul Dyczkowski's Speak to the Rushing Water: I Am – Reflections in Poems 
• Branden Barber, Brennen Nalley, Jacob Garry, Kyle Ackert and Renee Lucas' Interactive Chaos Automata Website 
• Dr. David Werner's The (Not So) Good, Bad, and Ugly: Adolescent Alcohol Exposure

Dingus Wins Top Poster Award

Junior Abbi Dingus, a double major in Biology and Biochemistry, won the top undergraduate poster award at the Ohio State University Plant Sciences Symposium, which was held March 30th in Columbus, OH. Abbi's poster, entitled "Density-dependent growth responses of Arabidopsis to copper: High densities are beneficial for efficient contaminant uptake," summarizes work done for her Honors' thesis under the direction of Dr. Jeff Weidenhamer (Chemistry) and Dr. Soren Brauner (Biology). Collaborating on the project is Dr. Aki Sinkkonen of the University of Helsinki.

Abbi will present her research findings at the URCA Symposium on April 9 at Oral Session IV: 2-3 p.m. in the Trustees Room of the Convocation Center.

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Students Continued Zebrafish Research This Summer

Student research continued this summer for seniors Hayden Eighinger and Kelly Murray. They worked in Dr. Mason Posner's lab using the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant to continue the research using small zebrafish to investigate the causes and prevention of lens cataract. READ FULL STORY

Biology Major Finds and Studies Wetland Fowl

Biology major Olivia Widenmeyer (sponsored by Merrill Tawse, Professional Instructor of Biology) presents her investigative findings on the Virginia and Sora Rails within the Ashland University Black Fork Wetlands at the 12:45 p.m. poster/exhibition session in the Alumni Room. In her research, she located 2-3 territorial males at one pond and 2 at the other pond. The fact that these birds are listed as a species of concern by ODNR, makes this a significant find by Olivia.