Upcoming Events
OSCAR Summer Virtual Celebration 2020
Aug 14, 2020, 7:30 AM - Aug 16, 2020, 8:00 PM
OSCAR Summer Student Scholarship Virtual Celebration to be Held August 14
Please join the Office of Student Scholarship, Creative Activities, and Research (OSCAR) for its Summer Virtual Celebration of Student Scholarship. Virtual video presentations can be viewed from Friday, August 14 to Sunday evening, August 16. Some sessions may be available for preview on Thursday, August 13.
Support the Mason student scholars, who represent colleges and programs across the university, by viewing their pre-recorded presentations and asking them questions. There is no need to pre-register. More information is available on the OSCAR website.
During the Virtual Celebration of Student Scholarship, you can vote for your favorite presentations. People can view/vote at any time after the page goes live until Sunday night. Winners will be posted on Monday, August 17 by 5 p.m. The categories are:
– Most Creative Presentation
– Most Interesting Presentation
– Audience Favorite
– Most Informative Presentation
– Biggest Potential Impact on the Field
You can find the link to vote for your favorites on the menu of the presentation pages or you can click on this link.
Below are all the College of Science students who are currently registered for the Summer Virtual Celebration. Some were completing URSP (Undergraduate Research Scholars Program) projects and some are part of teams in the Summer Team Impact Program (STIP). Congratulations students and a heartfelt thank you also goes out to these mentors for their time, guidance, and support.
Student | Project Title | Mentor | URSP or STIP? |
Gowri Prathap | Investigating the Performance of Verification and Validation techniques on Agent-Based Models | URSP | |
Grace Loonam | Ecotoxicology of Microplastics | STIP | |
Alexander Marchesani | Researching the Roles of Glutathione and Thioredoxin in the Pathogen Francisella tularensis | URSP | |
Alexa Herrerias | Elephant Accelerometer Bracelet Research | Elizabeth Freeman | URSP |
Simran Chambers | Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle Growth Curve With Thyroxine | URSP | |
Will Siepmann | Exploring Voter Turnout Variations In Virginia and Potential Associated Causes | URSP | |
Brieann Sobieski | Characterizing the Role of a Novel Chemokine in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Lung Transplant Tissue | URSP | |
Jonathan Sanchez | Methods: Assessing Naltrexone’s Effects on Inflammation in htau Mouse Model of Alzheimer’s Disease | URSP | |
Kamryn Logan | Dying Alone: Social Isolation and Loneliness Among Older Adults | Megumi Inoue | STIP |
Kyle Nixon | An Inquiry into the NQR Phenomena of Potassium Chlorate | URSP | |
Denise Del Rosario | Studying the Variation of Behaviors in Asian Elephants | Chase LaDue | URSP |
Charles Chalkley | Pentameric Ligand-Gated Ion Channel Allosteric Site Similarity | URSP |