Ali Morrison ~ Asssitant News Editor
Photo of poster presentations in Turner Gymnasium taken by Ali Morrison.
Lynchburg students presented their research projects on Student Scholar Showcase Day, also known as Red Letter Day, last Wednesday. Presentations came in the form of oral and poster presentations.
This year, the poster presentations hosted in Turner Gymnasium saw several students and faculty coming to support those presenting.
Allison Bobst’s project was titled, “Comparison of Two Standard Growth Media for the Inflammatory Response of Raw 264.7 Murine Macrophages.” She said, “The most fun part about my project was looking at the cells’ change and work in real time, as opposed to just pictures. We took our own samples and it was really cool to see it all happen right in front of us.”
Projects presentations covered topics like narcissistic personalities and abuse, bacteria contamination in Pigg River and even first date expectations.
Reagan Jackson said, “It was really interesting to see how things that we consider to be positive in history can also be negative. I learned that the use of jazz music in internment camps was not just for enjoyment, but to Americanize the Japanese. It was just really fun for me to learn about that.”
Some collaborative projects were also presented, including selections from the Spring Musical’s Cabaret which was performed by a group of musical theater students. Dr. Robin Bates and some of her Shakespeare students performed readings from “Arden of Faversham”, titled “READ [RED] Not DEAD.”
For some, the Student Scholar Showcase is more about having fun. Kate Shepherd and her group’s project was titled, “The effect of the non-purple stem hairless mutation on height in Brassica rapa.” Shepherd commented, “The most fun thing about our project was when we compared the results and our hypothesis was supported. We were right all along!”
Photos from the event can be found on the Critograph’s social media, as well as other University of Lynchburg Accounts.
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