{"id":104628,"date":"2024-12-11T15:11:42","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T20:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/?p=104628"},"modified":"2025-05-05T11:51:24","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:51:24","slug":"umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/","title":{"rendered":"UMW Students Showcase Undergraduate Research at End-of-Semester Symposia"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_104633\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104633\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"104633\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6342-k-pearlman-photography\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701942857&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;UMW senior Juliana Ramirez presents a poster summarizing her research on campus plant life to a passerby during the recent fall research symposium, held in Jepson Science Center. The event was one of several that allowed students to show off a semester&amp;#8217;s worth of work. Photo by Karen Pearlman.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-104633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"UMW senior Juliana Ramirez presents a poster summarizing her research on campus plant life to a passerby during the recent fall research symposium, held in Jepson Science Center. The event was one of several that allowed students to show off a semester's worth of work. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6342-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-104633\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">UMW senior Juliana Ramirez presents a poster summarizing her research on campus plant life to a passerby during the recent fall research symposium, held in Jepson Science Center. The event was one of several that allowed students to show off a semester&#8217;s worth of work. Photo by Karen Pearlman.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Biology major Juliana Ramirez studied the University of Mary Washington\u2019s trees, shrubs and herbs to predict possible effects of invasive species. Elementary education major Maria Werner created a picture book about a disorder that causes children to limit the types of foods they eat. Linguistics major Emma Sanford observed college students learning to speak Japanese to examine the role humor can play in teaching foreign languages.<\/p>\n<p>These studies, all completed by UMW seniors, were among nearly 90 shared during an array of symposia held last week at Mary Washington, including the Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium, Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium and Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium.<\/p>\n<p>UMW students showcased compilations of work they\u2019d completed throughout the past several months, often longer, with posters, presentations and capstone projects. The end-of-semester events followed close collaboration with faculty mentors, exploring everything from the role of norepinephrine in Alzheimer\u2019s disease to the theatrical lighting of Baroque sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting to engage in undergrad research is one of the best things I\u2019ve gotten to do here,\u201d said Delaney Humphrey, who presented findings about the muscle-wasting disorder myotonic dystrophy with fellow senior Carleigh Wood. \u201cIt gave me connections. It gave me a sense of place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their project, \u201c<em>Iditarod<\/em>\u2019s effect on DM1 disease progression in a\u00a0<em>Drosophila melanogaster <\/em>model,\u201d was one of more than 70 in the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium, with posters sprawling throughout the building\u2019s main floor. Both biology majors on a pre-med track, the pair worked with Professor of Biological Sciences Ginny Morriss to put fruit flies through a series of physical tests to determine how exercise might affect the disorder\u2019s progression.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/11\\\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6273-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104632\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701942189&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6273-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Chris Anderson (left) and Lexi Miller, both biomedical science majors, present their research into the side effects of the popular drug Ozempic, often prescribed for weight loss, during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Chris Anderson (left) and Lexi Miller, both biomedical science majors, present their research into the side effects of the popular drug Ozempic, often prescribed for weight loss, during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6073-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104629\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701940040&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.01&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6073-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Caitlin Harris presents her research project - &#039;Enhancing Biomolecular visual literacy through Virtual Reality: Understanding Protein Structures with Nanome&#039; - during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Caitlin Harris presents her research project &#8211; &#8216;Enhancing Biomolecular visual literacy through Virtual Reality: Understanding Protein Structures with Nanome&#8217; &#8211; during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6102-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104630\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701940341&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6102-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium featured more than 70 poster presentations by students who completed research this past semester. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium featured more than 70 poster presentations by students who completed research this past semester. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 735px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"735\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 735px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"735\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6184-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1096\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"731\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104631\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701941021&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;2000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0166666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=1096&#038;h=731&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6184-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"1096\" height=\"731\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"1096\" data-original-height=\"731\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Carleigh Wood (left) and Delaney Humphrey, both biology majors on a pre-med track, present their research on myotonic dystrophy using fruit flies during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 1096px; height: 731px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Carleigh Wood (left) and Delaney Humphrey, both biology majors on a pre-med track, present their research on myotonic dystrophy using fruit flies during the Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Senior marketing major Katie Reif presented \u201cThe Plastic Purge\u201d during the Honors\u00a0Senior Capstone Fall\u00a0Symposium, featuring a series of 15-minute talks by more than a dozen Honors Scholars in Lee Hall. With guidance from Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Studies J.D. Swerzenski, Reif spent a month attempting to eliminate plastics from her daily life and shining a light on the challenges of sustainable living.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/11\\\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 401px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"401\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 534px; height: 401px;\" data-original-width=\"534\" data-original-height=\"401\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/img_9396\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"530\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"397\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104639\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-300x225.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396.jpg?w=530&#038;h=397&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396.jpg 2048w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-300x225.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-1024x768.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-768x576.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/IMG_9396-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" width=\"530\" height=\"397\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"530\" data-original-height=\"397\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"UMW senior Maria Werner, an elementary education major, poses with a sample of artwork included in a children&#039;s book she wrote to address ARFID, a condition that causes kids to avoid certain foods. Werner presented the research and process behind the book during the Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium, held in Lee Hall.\" style=\"width: 530px; height: 397px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW senior Maria Werner, an elementary education major, poses with a sample of artwork included in a children&#8217;s book she wrote to address ARFID, a condition that causes kids to avoid certain foods. Werner presented the research and process behind the book during the Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium, held in Lee Hall. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 566px; height: 401px;\" data-original-width=\"566\" data-original-height=\"401\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/fullsizer-5\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"562\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"397\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104638\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1809\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-300x212.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-1024x724.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-scaled.jpg?w=562&#038;h=397&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-300x212.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-1024x724.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-768x543.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-1536x1085.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/FullSizeR-5-2048x1447.jpg 2048w\" width=\"562\" height=\"397\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"562\" data-original-height=\"397\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"UMW senior Brianna Kenealy, a business administration major, presents her research on &#039;pink tax&#039; - the tendency for products marketed toward women to be priced higher than products marketed toward men - during the Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium.\" style=\"width: 562px; height: 397px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> UMW senior Brianna Kenealy, a business administration major, presents her research on &#8216;pink tax&#8217; &#8211; the tendency for products marketed toward women to be priced higher than products marketed toward men &#8211; during the Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>Contributors to the latest edition of <em>Columns<\/em>, a student-run journal for humanities and social sciences, presented their research in the Cedric Rucker University Center\u2019s Colonnade Room.<\/p>\n<p>Sanford, a senior, reviewed a litany of articles in search of recurrent themes for her talk, \u201cIf You Know, Don\u2019t Know: Humor and Familiarity in Language Learning.\u201d Advised by Associate Professor of Linguistics Janie Lee, it documents how exaggeration, humor and exclamations of emotion can cut tension and facilitate community within foreign language learning environments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:7,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.umw.edu\\\/news\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/11\\\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\\\/&quot;,&quot;likes_blog_id&quot;:230672515}' itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1100px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"1100\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 734px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"734\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6438-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"730\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"487\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104637\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701946090&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=730&#038;h=487&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6438-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"730\" height=\"487\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"730\" data-original-height=\"487\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"Anissa Molnar, a UMW junior majoring in international affairs and religious studies, presents the research she completed this fall during the Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium. Her article - &#039;Have You Seen My Mahdi? Twelver Shi&#039;ism, the Occultation of the Twelfth Imam, and the Strength of a Manufactured Figure&#039; - is published in the current edition of Columns, Mary Washington&#039;s humanities and social sciences journal. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 730px; height: 487px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> Anissa Molnar, a UMW junior majoring in international affairs and religious studies, presents the research she completed this fall during the Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium. Her article &#8211; &#8216;Have You Seen My Mahdi? Twelver Shi&#8217;ism, the Occultation of the Twelfth Imam, and the Strength of a Manufactured Figure&#8217; &#8211; is published in the current edition of Columns, Mary Washington&#8217;s humanities and social sciences journal. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-2\" style=\"width: 366px; height: 491px;\" data-original-width=\"366\" data-original-height=\"491\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6404-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"242\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104636\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701945765&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=242&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6404-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"242\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"242\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium took place in the Colonnade Room inside the Cedric Rucker University Center. The event featured presentations by three students whose work is featured in the current issue of &#039;Columns,&#039; Mary Washington&#039;s humanities and social sciences journal. Photo by Karen Pearlman.\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 242px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> The Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium took place in the Colonnade Room inside the Cedric Rucker University Center. The event featured presentations by three students whose work is featured in the current issue of &#8216;Columns,&#8217; Mary Washington&#8217;s humanities and social sciences journal. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/2024\/12\/11\/umw-students-showcase-undergraduate-research-at-end-of-semester-symposia\/6390-k-pearlman-photography\/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"362\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"241\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"104634\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5D Mark IV&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1701945161&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.005&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg?w=362&#038;h=241&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-scaled.jpg 2560w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-300x200.jpg 300w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-1024x683.jpg 1024w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-768x512.jpg 768w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, \/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/6390-K-Pearlman-Photography-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" width=\"362\" height=\"241\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"362\" data-original-height=\"241\" itemprop=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/image\" title=\"\" alt=\"The Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium took place in the Colonnade Room inside the Cedric Rucker University Center. The event featured presentations by three students whose work is featured in the current issue of\" style=\"width: 362px; height: 241px;\" \/> <\/a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> &#8216;Columns,&#8217; Mary Washington&#8217;s humanities and social sciences journal, features publications by students who&#8217;ve spent a semester and sometimes longer researching topics. Photo by Karen Pearlman. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <!-- close group --> <\/div> <!-- close row --> <\/div>\n<p>An avenue for highlighting hard work throughout the past months, the symposia offered students the opportunity to share their research with a broader audience and revealed hands-on research aimed at finding solutions to real-world issues that sometimes hit close to home.<\/p>\n<p>Lexi Miller and Chris Anderson presented \u201cInfluences of the GLP-1 in the Positive Cognitive Effects of Environmental Enrichment,\u201d focused on better understanding the long-term effects of Ozempic, a drug now being prescribed for weight loss. \u201cIs it going to ruin our relationship with food? Is it going to be addictive?\u201d asked Miller, who has a family member taking the medication.<\/p>\n<p>Miller and Anderson, both biomedical science majors \u2013 along with advisor Parrish Waters, associate professor of biological sciences \u2013 worked with live mice, using tools like the Barnes maze and the Y-maze to test claims of the drug\u2019s memory-enhancing benefits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOzempic is a very popular drug right now but it\u2019s not something that\u2019s been studied long enough,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cWe want to add a little bit of insight to the conversation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Complete lists of presentations included in the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.umw.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2024\/12\/Honors-Symposium-Program-2024-1.pdf\"><em>Honors Senior Capstone Fall Symposium<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/umwsciences.net\/2023-fall-research-symposium\/\"><em>Jepson Science Center Fall Research Symposium<\/em><\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/umwcolumns.com\/fall-2022-symposium\/\"><em>Columns Humanities and Social Sciences Symposium<\/em><\/a><em> are available online.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biology major Juliana Ramirez studied the University of Mary Washington\u2019s trees, shrubs and herbs to predict possible effects of invasive species. Elementary education major Maria Werner created a picture book about a disorder that causes children to limit the types of foods they eat. 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