URCAD Selfie Contest Winner: Cean'e Batten
Best Selfie with a Family Member
Congratulations to Cean'e Batten, the URCAD Selfie Contest winner in the category: Best Selfie- With a Family Member! Cean’e is a sophomore, studying Environmental Science at UMBC. She and her dog, Honey logged in to URCAD Online to check out the keynote speech by Dr. Keisha John ('03). See photo.
She will receive a $50 gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!
I am affiliated with LSAMP, and was just recently accepted into the McNair Scholar’s Program! I attended URCAD because I really enjoy learning about the different research my peers have done. URCAD not only allows me to learn new things from my peers, but it also encourages me to become more connected to the STEM community at UMBC. While I did not present research this year, as a Doris Duke Conservation Scholar of UCSC, a member of the LSAMP community, a McNair Scholar, and a student researcher (currently under guidance of Dr. Chris Hawn), you should definitely look out for research from me in the future!
We are looking forward to seeing you next year, future URCADian!!
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Congratulations to Cean'e Batten, the URCAD Selfie Contest winner in the category: Best Selfie- With a Family Member! Cean’e is a sophomore, studying Environmental Science at UMBC. She and her...
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URCAD Selfie Contest Winner: Anna Schuster
Best Selfie- Making of a VoiceThread Presentation
Congratulations to URCAD presenter Annie Schuster and her "lab" assistants, winners of the URCAD Selfie Contest in the category: Best Selfie- Making of a VoiceThread Presentation!
Annie will receive a $50 gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!
I had to convert my poster to a digital format for URCAD Online, so I posed with the "real thing." I joked to my friends that I couldn't have done it without the support of my furry friends! The awesome dog on the left is my dog, Stella. She's also the winner of the UMBC 2019 Puppy Parade where she won for her "Lab" Assistant science costume. Also pictured, her best friend Chip, the UMBC police dog.
You can still check out her URCAD presentation:
- Anna Schuster | Evaluation Of Clinical Factors Leading To Sepsis Recognition in The Emergency Department | Dr. Fran Balamuth |
Hye-Jin will receive a $50 gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!
Hye-Jin's mentor, Dr. Charissa Cheah (Psychology) brought the UMBC spirit with her UMBC swag! Now, Hye-Jin can use her prize to buy more UMBC apparel, graduation swag, or textbooks at the UMBC Bookstore!
You can still check out her URCAD presentation:
- Hye-Jin Park | Contributions Of Parental Control And Self-Regulation Skills To Korean American Children’s Behavioral Outcomes | Dr. Charissa Cheah | Psychology |
Meet Brian and Larry. They have decided to apply for a URA Award.
"There are three different awards this year," noted Brian, who was interviewed while blow drying his luxurious hair. "You've got the usual award, open to all majors and worth up to $1,500 and then you've got the Social Science award and the entrepreneurship award. Pretty amazing opportunity. And the deadline isn't until May 15th, so we've got plenty of time!"
"Really does help us with our research," added Larry, who was interviewed while combing his mustache. "And you can even apply as a group!"
URA’s provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work.
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Last Day to Win the URCAD Selfie Contest!
Submit Today: You Could Win Two Poodle Paintings!
Today is the last day to submit your URCAD stay-at-home selfie. You could win two poodle paintings!*
Categories:
- Best Overall Selfie: Take a photo with a UMBC notable… (President Hrabowski, Provost Rous, Dean Cole…) or ??! … get creative!
- Best with Mentor
- Best “making of” VT presentation
- Best with Presentation
Post your photos by 12pm on Monday, May 4, 2020 for a chance to win a gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!
*UMBC Bookstore does not carry poodle paintings at this time.
On behalf of the Office of Undergraduate Research and the Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs, I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all the students researchers, their mentors, and the guests who participated in URCAD Online this year.
A special thanks goes out to Michael Mower, UAA’s IT Web, and Graphic Design Specialist, and to our partners in the Division of Information Technology for helping to transition URCAD online using the VoiceThread platform. Thank you also to our Alumni Keynote Speaker, Dr. Keisha John, for her inspiring words of wisdom in these challenging times. I would also like to acknowledge the URCAD Selection Committee and its chair, Dr. Stephen Miller, for all their work in making selections and giving students feedback on their abstracts, and Dr. Raimi Quiton and Dr. Timothy Phin for helping prepare the students to present. And thank you to Provost Philip Rous and Dean Katharine Cole for their continued support of the event.
You will still be able to view the presentations until September 4, 2020, although some students may choose to turn off their comment function. To view student projects, see the URCAD presenter listing and click on any VT icon. Projects are also viewable by department.
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Don’t forget to mark your calendars for URCAD 2021, which will be held next year on Wednesday, April 21, 2021! Stay safe, and we hope to see you next year on campus for URCAD XXV!
Dr. April Householder
Director of Undergraduate Research and Prestigious Scholarships
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Last day for URCAD Online 2020
Just hrs left- research and creative work by UMBC undergrads
Last chance to see the amazing research and creative projects by UMBC's undergraduate students!
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URCAD will end at 11:59 pm today, April 29, 2020.
"Stop by" and see some of the presentations and interact with the presenters. There are projects from ALL disciplines. Also, check out the keynote address by UMBC alumna, Dr. Keisha John ('03 UMBC), the message from Dean Cole, and the premiere of the UMBC Review: Journal of Undergraduate Research!
And don't forget to take a selfie/screen shot and submit to #umbcURCAD for a chance to win one of four gift certificates to the UMBC Bookstore!
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LAST DAY! URCAD Sneak Peek: Kenneth M'Bale
Race, gender, and sexual violence in rap music
URCAD ends TODAY- last chance to visit and comment on presentations!
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Why Do We Like Rappers Cuckolding and Having Sex With Lesbians?
Kenneth M’Bale
Mentor: Rebecca Adelman, Media and Communication Studies
In rap there is a curious trend of rappers rapping about cuckolding the listeners’ girlfriend and having sex with non-heterosexual women.This project sought to explore why these reoccuring lyrics resonate with audiences. Rap may have originated from a black community, but it is the most global genre of music. Thus, it has to be seen as a cultural force among all listeners outside of that black community. With this understanding, the project explored where the listening obsession for cuckolding and sex with non-heterosexual women originates. The project focused on the listening audience, as many rappers are performing a fantasy for the listeners, and do not live nor believe the lyrics that they write. This included performances from confirmed straight female rappers like Cardi B or Nicki Minaj, and rappers like Kendrick Lamar or Kanye West. The project explored the nature of black hypersexuality, the expectations of what a rapper must look and be like, the homophobia rampant in mainstream rap, the objectification of women, and objectification of non-normative sexuality as a whole. The project concluded that this cuckolding is a form of sexual violence from one man to another. Further, the objectification of non-heterosexual women renders them sub-human.
Only 2 days left to check out URCAD Online, now through April 29, 2020!
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“The Process”
Ayodélé La Veau
Eve Muson, Theatre; Nicole Smith, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce
Abstract:
As a URA scholar, I was granted an opportunity to combine my majors in Psychology and Theatre to explore Art therapy. Art therapy is defined as “an integrative mental health and human services profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship” The purpose of my original study was to gather qualitative data from public secondary schools and creative arts programs within Baltimore City, on the use of the creative process as a means to teach and explore social emotional learning. Due to COVID-19, this portion of my project has been postponed. I took this opportunity to focus on my “why”, and learn more about the creative process and its benefits. I created this video to illustrate the journey from an idea or vision to a final product. Everyone has a different relationship with this journey. Engaging in the creative process is one way to monitor this relationship. There are many nuances and challenges along the way, sometimes we are able to push past them with our own tools and other times, we might benefit from some guidance. Enjoy “The Process”.
This work was funded, in part, through an Undergraduate Research Award from the UMBC Division of Undergraduate Academic Affairs.
"Of course, we can't bowl right now," said Miriam, via Zoom. "But we can still send selfies by electronic mail."
"We've always been good at selfies," added Ruth, via Zoom. "I can still put on my bowling shirt, pick up my polished bowling ball and take a mean selfie."
The Club is not presenting any bowling research at URCAD but have perusing the many fascinating student presentations.
"They are doing fantastic work," noted May, via Skype. "Like the kind of work our club does out on those lanes. I'd highly recommend checking out their presentations today just like I'd recommend not trying to beat our crew at bowling. I mean, we have won trophies."
Categories:
- Best Overall Selfie: Take a photo with a UMBC notable… (President Hrabowski, Provost Rous, Dean Cole…) or ??! … get creative!
- Best with Mentor
- Best “making of” VT presentation
- Best with Presentation
Post your photos by 12pm on Monday, May 4, 2020 for a chance to win a gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!