The Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR) provides students with the opportunity to present their research at three annual undergraduate research symposia. OUR’s triannual, professional, and judged symposia aim to showcase the impactful research undergraduates conduct at UNLV. We define research at UNLV in the broadest, most inclusive, transdisciplinary, and collaborative sense to bridge the gap between content learning and discovery learning.
The following are considered acceptable forms and stages of research that can be presented at OUR’s symposia:
- Literature-based research (e.g. review of climate change research)
- Reviews of publicly available facts rather than subjective opinions
- Evaluation of previously published data from open access databases or previously
- published research
- Preliminary analysis, results, or findings from ongoing research
- Proposed methodologies, plans, questions, and goals
OUR proudly presents the following undergraduate research presentations awarded Best Podium Talk Presentation in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, Best Poster Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences, and Best Poster Presentation Award in Health & Natural Sciences & Engineering during the Spring 2021 Virtual Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Best Podium Talk Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Elia Del Carmen Solano-Patricio, mentored by Dr. Caitlin J. Saladino, for the podium talk presentation entitled “Police Shootings in the Mountain West, 2015-2021”
Best Poster Presentation Award in Arts, Humanities, & Social Sciences
Nathalie Martinez, mentored by Dr. Ivan Sandoval-Cervantes, for the poster presentation entitled Our languages do not die, they are being killed”: Indigenismo and its Effects on Indigenous Language Revitalization.
Best Poster Presentation Award in Health & Natural Sciences & Engineering
Janelle Domantay, Ilya Pivavaruk, and Victor Taksheyev mentored by Dr. Monika Neda for the poster presentation entitled Modeling COVID-19 Infection Rates Using SIR and ARIMA Models.
