Symposium 2026
Undergraduate Research
Summer Institute Symposium
September 23, 2026
3:00 p.m.
Introductory Remarks
Professor Demetrius Eudell, Dean of the Faculty
Professor Justin Touchon, URSI Director
3:15 p.m.
Students’ Oral Presentations on Summer Research
The Impact of Natural and Anthropogenic Stressors on Tadpole Development
Adelaide Nyhan ’27 and Rebecca Elie ’27 and Professor Justin Touchon
Mycorrhizal Interplant Signaling and the Spread of Early Blight in Tomato Plants
Marina Bowers-Wong ’29, Kristina Staussi ’27, Simran Vaishnava ’28, and Professor Benjamin Morin
Building Black Holes
Aleksandra Lada ’28 and Professor Peter Weck
4:00 p.m.
Keynote Address
What Is a Group?
Professor Mina Cikara ’03
Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University, where she directs the Intergroup Neuroscience Lab
5:00 p.m.
Poster Session A
Odd-numbered posters
5:30 p.m.
Poster Session B
Even-numbered posters
6:30 p.m.
Dinner Celebration for faculty and students