Thank you to all the Presenters, Mentors, Reviewers, and Volunteers for a fantastic 2024 RaCAS event! 

PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS BY CATEGORY

• Arts & Media - Josephine Clark - Two is the Loneliest Number: Depictions of Friendship in Contemporary Western Art
• Biomedical Sciences - Dien Thinh Nguyen - Therapeutic Contact Lenses for Corneal Disease
• Natural & Physical Sciences - Alyssa Cruz - Inference of bacterial pathogen load in US rivers from landscape-scale shotgun metagenomic sequencing
• Social Sciences & Humanities - Kenneth Huynh & Kim-Phung Van - Beyond Inheritance: Healing Intergenerational Trauma with the WEALTH Program
• Tech, Engineering, & Math - Brian Lim - 3D Printed Continuous Fiber Reinforced Cellular Structures Material Properties

PRESIDENT’S SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS CHALLENGE AWARDS:

• Policy, Society, & Community - Maleeha Shah - Maternal Mental Health: A Qualitative Interview Study of Maternal Health Providers in the United States
• Sustainability in our Environment & Technology - Stefanie Varghese, Ruth Hundie, & Luis Vargas - Exploring how the 2023 El Niño Evolved in Peru, Ecuador, the U.S. & Australia: Implications for Disaster Risk Reduction & Climate Justice
• Disparity/Parity in the Arts - Sam Hendrickson - Backstreet Bathory

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR OF THE YEAR WINNER: 

• Yang Wang, PhD - Art History

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH MENTOR OF THE YEAR TOP NOMINATIONS: 

• Timberley Roane, PhD – Integrative Biology 
• Kathryn Hamilton, PhD - Physics

 Thank you for joining us for the 27th 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 180 student presenters. We encourage you to take time to explore projects both within and outside your discipline - you never know where inspiration will strike! RaCAS is about community, conversation, and collaboration and we encourage you to use the 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 26th, 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.