{"id":47960,"date":"2017-05-12T15:50:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T20:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=47960"},"modified":"2017-05-12T17:28:03","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T22:28:03","slug":"undergraduates-compete-research-glory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/undergraduates-compete-research-glory\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduates compete for research glory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>More than 270 UWM students from across disciplines presented results of their research from this academic year at the annual symposium sponsored by the UWM Office of Undergraduate Research on April 28.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_47961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47961\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-47961 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/05\/Urop-symposium300x200-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Office of Undergraduate Research symposium winners pose with their ribbons. (Submitted photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Office of Undergraduate Research symposium winners pose with their ribbons. (Submitted photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The projects included oral, performance and poster presentations on a range of topics \u2013 from sustainable neighborhoods to the effect of meditation on heart health after anger.<\/p>\n<p>The work on view at the symposium represented only a portion of the undergraduate research going on across campus. Every year, between 750 and 900 undergraduates work directly with faculty on various kinds of projects.<\/p>\n<p>About half of these students receive academic credit for their work, said Kyla Esguerra, deputy director of the Office of Undergraduate Research. The others are paid through external and internal grants, including the Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows grants awarded by the OUR.<\/p>\n<p>Ribbons of merit went to the following 12 teams:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chemistry<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adam Aleiou<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Dance<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Emily Bartsch, Kayla Flentje, Chantee Kelly, Nicole Lagenfeld, Countess Olivia Valenza, and Natalie Moss<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mechanical Engineering<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ameralys Correa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biological Sciences<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lily Gierke<\/li>\n<li>Jennifer Wendlick<\/li>\n<li>Sarah Sarich, Majdulin Nabil Istiban, and Samantha L. 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