RESEARCH & CREATIVITY

Annual events recognize student, faculty excellence

Approximately 360 undergraduate and graduate students as well as postdoctoral scholars are scheduled to present their research and creative work April 4-8 to fellow students, colleagues, faculty and the community at East Carolina University’s Mendenhall Student Center.

It is the 10th annual installment of ECU’s Research & Creative Achievement Week, a forum to display discovery in biomedical sciences, business, education, engineering, the fine and performing arts, human health, humanities, natural sciences, social sciences, technology and computer science, and visual art and design.

Tom McConnell, associate dean of the Graduate School at ECU and co-chair of this year’s RCAW events, said the experience benefits participating students for years to come. “They learn how to write abstracts, how to think critically, how to communicate, and experience answering questions about a topic or area that is likely to be a long-term investment in their lives,” he said.

Other special events this week include the Intersection: Arts@Science, the International Scholars Symposium, the Honors College Research Poster Showcase and the Global Issues Virtual Conference. Activities run through Friday.

The best among the student research projects and the Faculty Mentor Award recipients will be recognized during a Friday luncheon in the Mendenhall Great Rooms. More information about the week’s events is online at http://blog.ecu.edu/sites/rcaw/.

Additionally, faculty recipients of ECU’s annual Achievement for Excellence in Research and Creative Activity awards are recognized this week for the originality and importance of their work.

Recipients were nominated by their peers and recommended by the Faculty Senate Academic Awards Committee. Each recipient receives a cash award, and all will be honored during Founders Day–University Awards Day April 27 at the East Carolina Heart Institute at ECU.

This year’s recipients are profiled below.