Thank you for visiting the 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium! The Symposium celebrates the diversity of undergraduate research and creative activities on campus as students share their research and creative projects. The online Symposium will begin at 8:00AM (CST) on Monday, April 215, 2024 and will be officially active through 5:00 PM (CST), Friday, April 25, 2025 which coincides with Undergraduate Research Week. In addition, there are two in-person presentation events! 

Please explore the research presentations created by students that highlight the work they have been doing, and feel free to leave comments to interact with the research presenters. Everyone will be able to access the event, but you must have a *@ku.edu email address to comment on a presentation.

This event is being sponsored by the Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships. Visit the Undergraduate Research Symposium website for more information. Please send questions to [email protected].

In-Person Presentations

• In-person oral presentations/artist talks: April 24, 2025, 5:15 - 6:15 p.m., Kansas Union 5th and 6th floors (6 rooms, 3 presenters per room)

• Two in-person poster sessions: April 25, 2025, 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. and 3:15 - 4:15 p.m., Gray-Little Hall

• ACE Talks: April 25, 2025, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., Gray-Little Hall, Room 1146

• Three ACE Talk Winners will each deliver a 15-minute research presentation with a 5-minute Q&A session.

1. Larissa da Silva Ferreira, Sophomore majoring in Microbiology | Mentor: Caetano Antunes 

            Presentation: "Commensals and Host-Derived Compounds in Fecal Extract alters Vibrio cholerae Behavior” 

        2. Jimin Yoo, Senior majoring in Psychology | Mentor: Jeffrey Girard

             Presentation: "Guardian Adolescent Conversation Dynamics as a Mediator of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents"

        3.  Allison Monteleone, Junior majoring in Social Work | Mentor: Utako Minai 

             Presentation: “Investigating language comprehension with a coloring book: A study on quantifier meaning comprehension utilizing a novel method”

ACE Talks

Every year we have a competition to select student research talks that are Accessible, Creative, & Engaging. This year's winning talks are listed below in alphabetical order. Congratulations to this year's winners!

Commensals and Host-Derived Compounds in Fecal Extract alters Vibrio cholerae Behavior

Larissa da Silva Ferreira, Sophomore majoring in Microbiology | Mentor: Caetano Antunes

Investigating language comprehension with a coloring book: A study on quantifier meaning comprehension utilizing a novel method

Allison Monteleone, Junior majoring in Social Work | Mentor: Utako Minai

Guardian Adolescent Conversation Dynamics as a Mediator of Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Adolescents

Jimin Yoo, Senior majoring in Psychology | Mentor: Jeffrey Girard