The University of Oregon hosted its 16th annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on May 7 reaching a record number of participants with just under 600 student presenters.
Student research spanned all eight UO departments, as well as the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health and the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact.
Presentation times were broken up throughout the day, in which students had the opportunity to stand by their poster and discuss their research, read or screen creative work or do an oral presentation. Keynote speaker for the event and alumna Mérida Mehaffey, class of 2018, spoke about how her undergraduate research has prepared her for a professional setting…