Thank you to the 2022 RaCAS Presenters, Mentors, Reviewers, and Volunteers for a fantastic event! 

POSTER SESSION CATEGORY AWARDS

Arts & Media

• Outstanding Poster/Exhibit - Jacob Williamson - Colorado Petroglyph 2022: Mammals
• Outstanding Communication - Trey Daub & Ethan Lien - Have a Nice Day

Biomedical Sciences

• Outstanding Poster/Exhibit - Hamza Ahmed - TAGGING IME4 in CANDIDA ALBICANS
• Outstanding Communication - Nikhitha Kastury - Methods of Senescence Induction in Human AC16 Cardiomyocytes

Natural & Physical Sciences

• Outstanding Poster/Exhibit - Jennifer Lofgren - Optimization of superconducting quantum interference device performance through use of a "quick noise" measurement circuit
• Outstanding Communication - Cody Lewis - Assessing Zinc Tolerance in Fungi of Colorado

Social Sciences & Humanities

• Outstanding Poster/Exhibit - Kristine Kohlmeier - Free Trade and The Great Exhibition of 1851
• Outstanding Communication - Katelyn Stollsteimer - Does the early bird actually get the worm? A review of time of day effects and individual differences on cognitive tasks

Tech, Engineering, & Math

• Outstanding Poster/Exhibit - Daniil Arushanov, Cesar Ramirez, Artsiom Skarakhod, Kaitlyn Nugent - aTA (artificial TA): A Closed-Domain Long-Form Question-Answering Chatbot
• Outstanding Communication - La-Doniea Nisbeth - FinTech & Positive Social Impact: Jamaica Meets Bly

ORAL SESSION CATEGORY AWARDS

• Arts & Media - Alison Chen - Indigenous Taiwanese Tattoo Traditions: Paiwan
• Social Sciences & Humanities - Ricky Abilez - Regulating Facebook: Holding the Social Media Giant Accountable for It’s Unprecedented Influence in Our Democracy and Our Lives
• STEM - Alexandra Ramirez - Defined power limits prevent cellular damage during longitudinal in vivo 3-photon imaging of mouse cortical gray and white matter

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

• Emphasis on Interdisciplinary Collaboration - Julianna Wright, Ryan Lavallee, Jamie Young, Dennis Mills - Play With Your Food
• Equity Serving Research or Creative Activity - Jessica Valdez - COVID-19 & Police Perceptions: A Qualitative Study of Perceptions of the Police that includes the Asian-American/Pacific Islander Community
• Impact in the Denver Metro Region - Amanda Rees - Legacies of the Denver Project: The Valley Highway
• Innovative Use of Technology - Alexander Kimose, Davina Vetter-Drake, Christopher Probst - B.M.O. - Filmmaking Through Digital Puppetry

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS

• Keira Richards - Cowtown Counterculture: A Historical Analysis of the Punk Scene of the Colorado Front Range in the late 1970s
• Kaysie Larson, Allyson Olson, Ivonne Jacob-Flores - Re-Envisioning Space on Auraria Campus

Thank you for joining us for the 25th Annual Research & Creative Activities Symposium!

RaCAS is CU Denver's annual celebration of student-driven research, scholarship, and artistic endeavors. This year, we are thrilled to return to campus with a  hybrid in-person event! 

Here in our Virtual Project Showcase, you will find digital presentations showcasing the work of over 150 student presenters. We encourage you to take time to explore projects both within and outside your discipline - you never know where inspiration will strike! Use comment walls to start a conversation with student presenters. Presentations will remain posted after RaCAS so you can continue to discover and enjoy them!

On Friday, April 29th, join us on campus or on Zoom to see many of these works presented live. Full schedule and details are available at https://www.ucdenver.edu/sites/research-day/event-details. 

All oral presentations are being shared in a HyFlex format, allowing attendees to join these sessions via Zoom. Access links are available in the "Live Sessions" tab.

NAVIGATING THE SITE

• To view student presentations select the "Presentations" tab at the top of the screen.
• Presentations can be filtered by subject on the left-hand side of the screen or searched by author/keyword using the search bar.
• To view full presentations and abstracts, click the thumbnail image.
• We encourage you to use the comments section at the bottom of each page. Please remember our commitment to advancing a culture of respect for the efforts of these students.