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Katie Yelton presents her research on “Mill Mamas” at the Celebration of Undergraduate Research.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A physics and astronomy student, Matthew Chancey knows well what his departmental classmates are working on and the research results they\u2019re yielding.<\/p>\n

Research in other departments, however, is a different story. There\u2019s just too much for the senior to track.<\/p>\n

But on April 18, the Student Union\u2019s Great Hall provided a visual representation of the large scale of research conducted every day in Carolina\u2019s labs and classrooms.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s nice to come out and see all of the other research that\u2019s being done at Chapel Hill,\u201d Chancey said. \u201cYou get to learn a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

The research conducted by more than 200 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill undergraduates was on full display for the 17th<\/sup> annual Celebration of Undergraduate Research in the Student Union. Throughout the three-hour event, research that students completed independently or with faculty and graduate students was showcased with poster presentations and panel discussions.<\/p>\n

Hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research, the celebration consisted of two poster sessions during which more than 150 students exhibited their findings to spectators roaming throughout the Great Hall. Dozens of other students opted to conduct 10-minute discussions during panel sessions moderated by faculty members.<\/p>\n

Departments from all across campus were represented at the symposium. Research topics included health and well being; diversity and equity; environment; fine arts; education; and United States and foreign relations.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t have to be a specific major, they don\u2019t have to take a specific class, they don\u2019t have to be working with a specific person or in a lab,\u201d said Yesina Merino, the Office for Undergraduate Research\u2019s outreach coordinator. \u201cMany of the students who are presenting the research have done independent research. They\u2019ll ask their own questions, collect their own data, analyze their results and they\u2019ll present their information. It\u2019s all student generated.\u201d<\/p>\n

Katie Yelton was among that group of students who conducted their own independent research. As part of a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship from the Office of Undergraduate Research<\/a>, the American Studies student spend last summer interviewing women in textile mills in Rutherford County, North Carolina<\/p>\n

Yelton then curated the interviews, showing the history and culture of the female workers.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been inspired by her story,\u201d she said. \u201cI wanted to tell her story and the stories of women like her. I wanted to give them a platform for their experiences to be heard and appreciated it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among the hundreds of spectators inside the Great Hall was Katie\u2019s father David, who drove 200 miles from Rutherfordton to see his daughter present. A history professor at Gardner-Webb University, David Yelton said he was impressed by the students\u2019 work.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a good indication that students can actually work independently and apply the things they learned in the classroom situations and produce their own work,\u201d he said. \u201cI think it\u2019s an impressive thing to see so many young folks who are doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Not only did the celebration provide an opportunity for students to show their work, it gave them a chance to hone their presentation skills.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that if you\u2019re going to go into the academic field, its vital to get experience presenting,\u201d said Chancey, who was presenting his work on fission fragment damage.<\/p>\n

The event highlighted Carolina\u2019s commitment to becoming the leading global public research university, said College of Arts and Sciences Dean Kevin Guskiewicz.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some universities it is very unusual to have undergraduate students working alongside faculty and graduate students in research laboratories,\u201d he said. \u201cAt Carolina, that is not the case. This is a place that truly understands and values the opportunities that our undergraduate students should have and deserve to have.\u201d<\/p>\n

It will be the young researchers today, he said, who will play integral roles in the future of their fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019d bet that some of those future leaders, original thinkers, those dynamic doers who are going to help us solve those grand challenges and identify the next grand challenges are sitting in this room today,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Story by Brandon Bieltz and photos by Jon Gardiner, Office of Communications and Public Affairs<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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