Fun Fact Fridays: Research Symposium

Last Friday over 100 students displayed posters of personal research projects they had done at DU.  For many of these students, these projects were the result of upwards of three years of research with adjunct faculty.  Many of them were senior theses as well as PinS (Partners in Scholarship) funded projects.  Topics ranged from the reduction in ALS onset by chemical treatment, temporary musical literature analysis, racial skewing of baseball teams progression throughout American history, to the efficiency of how micro testers measure how weather conditions effect electrical cables and the use of moths as indicator species along the Front Range.  Students from every department were on site to display their research, and the final products were truly impressive.  In addition to posters, several students were also given the chance to present their findings in front of the community live.  The whole event was a great display of DU's support of undergraduate research and hands-on learning as well as their goal to instill in students how their learning applies to "the real world."