Welcome and thank you for attending the 8^th annual Diversity Research Showcase (DRS) for MSU undergraduate students! The DRS provides students with the space to discuss their diversity research with peers, faculty, and staff in a supportive and constructive atmosphere. Topics span cultural, racial, ethnic, functional, gender, international, LGBTQIA2S+ and political diversity.

Schedule of Events

• Poster Presentations | January 21-24 (Asynchronous)
• Networking Reception and Optional Poster Presentations | 1:30-2:00 p.m. (Lake Huron, 3rd Floor Union)
• Oral Presentations (Block A) | 2:05-2:50 p.m. (Various)
• Oral Presentations (Block B) | 3:00-3:45 p.m. (Various)
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Advancing Inclusion through Research Award | 3:50-4:20 p.m. (Lake Huron, 3rd Floor Union)
• Awards Ceremony | 4:20-4:40 p.m. (Lake Huron, 3rd Floor Union)

Questions and comments on each presentation are encouraged! Please remember our commitment to advancing a culture of respect at MSU, and that you uphold our values for advancing student learning and success.

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Provisional Land Acknowledgement 

We collectively acknowledge that Michigan State University occupies the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary Lands of the Anishinaabeg – Three Fires Confederacy of Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi peoples. In particular, the University resides on Land ceded in the 1819 Treaty of Saginaw. We recognize, support, and advocate for the sovereignty of Michigan’s twelve federally-recognized Indian nations, for historic Indigenous communities in Michigan, for Indigenous individuals and communities who live here now, and for those who were forcibly removed from their Homelands. By offering this Land Acknowledgement, we affirm Indigenous sovereignty and will work to hold Michigan State University more accountable to the needs of American Indian and Indigenous peoples.

2025 Diversity Research Showcase Sponsors

• The Honors College
• College of Arts and Letters
• College of Communication Arts and Sciences
• College of Natural Science
• College of Social Science
• Eli Broad College of Business
• James Madison College
• MSU Libraries
• Office for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion
• College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
• Lyman Briggs College
• Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity
• Distinguished Student Awards Office
• Student Life and Engagement DEIB department 

Please note: Visitors under 13 years of age must receive parental consent prior to registering for access to comment function or participation in live sessions.