{"id":155018,"date":"2020-07-29T09:52:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/?p=155018"},"modified":"2020-07-29T09:52:39","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T13:52:39","slug":"summer-science-symposium-showcases-student-research-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webarchive.umw.edu\/eagleeye\/2020\/07\/29\/summer-science-symposium-showcases-student-research-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Science Symposium Showcases Student Research"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senior Allison Grant explains how climate change has disproportionately affected redlined communities, a project she\u2019s worked on under the guidance of Assistant Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Pamela Grothe. Grant was one of 19 UMW students who presented their research yesterday over Zoom as part of Mary Washington\u2019s Summer Science Symposium.<\/p><\/div>\n

Temperatures soared yesterday, but Allison Grant was cool and calm as she explained how climate change has disproportionately affected low income neighborhoods that are impacted to a greater degree by heat.<\/p>\n

\u201cRedlining was outlawed over 50 years ago,\u201d said the UMW senior, citing the discriminatory lending practice that prevented minorities from purchasing homes. \u201cYet it continues to have a damaging impact on current communities, especially African Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Grant was among the 19 students who participated in the University of Mary Washington\u2019s Summer Science Institute (SSI), which engages undergraduates in an intense 10-week research experience \u2013 in collaboration with their professors and peers \u2013 and provides a jumpstart on projects they\u2019ll continue throughout the school year. The SSI Research Symposium, held virtually over Zoom for the first time, gave these young scientists the chance to explain their methods and findings to a wider audience.<\/p>\n

Students from six concentrations \u2013 biology, chemistry, Earth and environmental science, computer science, mathematics and physics \u2013 displayed giant posters and delivered oral presentations. They discussed real world topics, from the reduction of carbon emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic and the use of statistical models to predict weather patterns, to pollinator insect diversity and more effective ways for computers to multitask.<\/p>\n

\u201cSSI is about providing an authentic research experience, and we\u2019re fortunate that we can continue to give this to our students,\u201d said Associate Professor of Chemistry Davis Oldham, who coordinated this year\u2019s program with Assistant Professor of Mathematics Jeb Collins. \u201cThey\u2019re still learning new skills, receiving faculty feedback and getting opportunities they could not get in a classroom setting.\u201d Read more.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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