This spring we held the inaugural Echols Capstone Symposium, which we hope to grow over the coming years. The symposium provides Scholars an opportunity to showcase their research and “passion projects,” synthesize their experiences at UVA, learn from each other, and exercise their public speaking skills.
“Representation in the Health Sciences and Why it Matters”
Kenny Darcy
“A New Route: Smart Growth Planning and Gentrification in Diversifying Suburbs”
Morgan Feldenkris
“Nationalism and Natural History”
Reese Fulgenzi
“Nothing to Hide Here: Transparency as Diversion in the Clothing Industry”
Mary Garner McGehee
“Empowered Players: The Impacts of Arts Education in Rural Virginia”
Jessica Harris
“Unaffordable Injustice: Segregation, Gentrification, and Urban Policy in Charlottesville”
Brian Cameron
“A Data Science Approach to 'Old Drake' vs. 'New Drake'”
Simran Batra
“Moral Reasons to Resist One's Own Oppression”
Jordan Bridges
“Data is Not Neutral”
Charlotte McClintock
“The Hidden Stories of North Korea”
Yoojin Lee
“Decision Making and Perspective Framing”
Augustus Huang
“Chronic Pain in the Context of Biomedicine and Tibetan Medicine”
Kristyn Gatling
“Rural Resilience and Community Broadband”
Jordan Arnold
“The Microbiota Dictates Chemotherapeutic Toxicity in C. elegans”
Michael Hilzendeger
“DNA Repair Proteins ASF1a and TLK2 as Targets in Therapeutic Models”
Sofia Celli
“Tracing the Map: An Expedition to Every Country in the World”
Dan Xia
