Center for Undergraduate Research & Fellowships
2024 Spring Research Symposium

The University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships is the University’s hub for undergraduate research, as well as the launch pad for Penn students seeking to apply for nationally competitive scholarships and fellowships

Welcome to CURF’s Spring Research Symposium!

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Details
Start Time: April 12 2024 - 12:00 AM
End Time: April 12 2024 - 11:59 PM
Nick Myers
Jerry Y Cai
Effects of Digital Platform Connectedness on Chilean Artisanal Economies and Youth Economic Outcomes
Jacqueline Chan
Landscapes of Belonging at a Student Run Free Clinic
Stephanie Suh Kyung Yoon
Analysis of Antigen Processing and Presentation in mRNA Vaccines
Siri Kanakala
The Role of FOG2 S657G on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism, Insulin Resistance, and Fatty Liver Disease.
Harley A Haas
The mouse mind on stress: in vivo recording of a memory circuit
Elise Wallen-Friedman
How is memory impacted in a mouse model of a neurodevelopmental disorder?
Emilia A Wright
Enemy of Rome: Characterizing Octavia in the Neronian Era
Bekezela K G Mbofana
Battle Speeches of the Republic: The Role of Leaders' Rhetoric in the Initiation, Continuation, and Cessation of Acts of Aggression
Artur Vllahiu
Solving the Epicurean Axiological Challenge About The Badness of Death
Clara Papenfuse
Conceptualizing A-spec Community: Affinities, Well-being, and Advocacy within Asexual- and Aromantic-Spectrum Groups
Chaitanya Karimanasseri
Conductive Polymer-based Microscale Optical Communication Platform
Abigail So
Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty: Traits & Attitudes
Matt Cheng
Probing the Pathology of Anorexia Nervosa Using the Activity-Based Anorexia Model
Amishi Mahajan
Measuring Hippocampal Subregion Activity During Pattern Separation in Mice Exposed to Simulated Space Radiation
Wendell M Oderkirk-Alvidrez
Fluorescent dyes as reporters for biophysical properties of TDP-43 condensates
Camille Naa Korkor Quaye
Tracking Fear-Based Proteomic Changes in Activated Neurons Using Targeted Recombination
Steven Chen
From Marginalization to Empowerment: the Perceived Effects of Viewing Sexually Explicit Material on Queer Asian American Men’s Well-Being
Siming He
Active Perception using Neural Radiance Field
Cice Chen
Evaluate the Efficacy of the Axl inhibitor Bemcentinib in the 5xFAD mouse model of Alzheimer’s Disease
Yijian Zhou
The Genealogy of Colonial Racism in the Works of Frantz Fanon
Destiny A Dennis
Different Shades of Black: A Critical Exploration of Black Caribbean Representation in American Film
Kush Addepalli
Destabilizing EBNA1 Through USP7 Inhibition Preferentially Targets EBV+ Cancer Cells
Jamie K Yuen
Event Structure Affects Attention: A Dwell Time Study
Riley Macks
  • Clara Williams
  • Alice Jin
Prevalence and Impact of FI in General and IBS Populations
Title Sort ascending First & Last Name Co-Presenter(s) School Advisors Project Funding Source
Worry as a Habit Maya Saidi Litvak College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Ayelet Meron Ruscio
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Tracking Fear-Based Proteomic Changes in Activated Neurons Using Targeted Recombination Camille Quaye College of Arts & Sciences
  • Erica Korb, PhD
  • Brad Lukasak, PhD
Grants for Faculty Mentoring Undergraduate Research
The Role of FOG2 S657G on Hepatic Lipid Metabolism, Insulin Resistance, and Fatty Liver Disease. Siri Kanakala College of Arts & Sciences
  • Marie Guerraty
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Relation Between Parental Depression and Children’s Learning Outcomes Abigail Blick College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Allyson Mackey
  • Dr. Andrew Koepp
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The mouse mind on stress: in vivo recording of a memory circuit Harley Haas College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sanghee Yun
  • Amelia Eisch
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Impact of Carbon Pricing Policies in Reducing CO2 Emissions from Road Transportation: A Meta-Analysis of Empirical Studies Didrik Wiig-Andersen Wharton, Wharton
  • Daniel G Garrett
Summer Program for Undergraduate Research (Wharton)
The Genealogy of Colonial Racism in the Works of Frantz Fanon Yijian Zhou College of Arts & Sciences
  • Daniele Lorenzini
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
The Connectedness Illusion: A Window into Number Perception Francesca Luzzi College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Elizabeth Brannon
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Solving the Epicurean Axiological Challenge About The Badness of Death Artur Vllahiu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Daniel Wodak
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Probing the Pathology of Anorexia Nervosa Using the Activity-Based Anorexia Model Matt Cheng College of Arts & Sciences, Wharton
  • J. Nicholas Betley
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Prevalence and Impact of FI in General and IBS Populations Riley Macks
Clara Williams
,
Alice Jin
College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Melissa G. Hunt
Other
Perceptions of Academic Dishonesty: Traits & Attitudes Abigail So College of Arts & Sciences
  • Geoffrey Goodwin
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
PERCEPTION VS PRACTICE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PROFESSORS’ VIEWS AND UNDERGRADUATE USE IN THE INTEGRATION OF GENERATIVE AI Madison Smith College of Arts & Sciences
  • Sandra González-Bailón
  • Kimberly Woolf
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles for ex vivo Engineering of 
Primary T cells for Autoimmunity Applications Ben Nachod
  • Michael Mitchell
Vagelos Undergraduate Research Grant
Modernists as Matadors: Deciphering Picasso's 'Minotauromachy' (1935) Irma Kiss College of Arts & Sciences
  • Jean-Michel Rabaté
University Scholars
Mechanistic Biochemistry and Unnatural DNA Analogs to Resolve Genetic and Epigenetic Code Jojo Zhu College of Arts & Sciences
  • Rahul Kohli
Other
Measuring Hippocampal Subregion Activity During Pattern Separation in Mice Exposed to Simulated Space Radiation Amishi Mahajan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dr. Sanghee Yun
  • Dr. Amelia Eisch
Vagelos Molecular Life Sciences
Mastering the Art of Persuasion: Analyzing Lyndon B. Johnson's Legislative Speechcraft and Strategic Communication Tactics Rachel Miller Annenberg
  • David Eisenhower
  • Eran Ben-Porath, PhD.
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Loss of the Scaffold Protein Ankyrin-B in Brown Adipose is Sufficient to Cause Age-dependent Alterations in Adiposity Jiamin Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Damaris Lorenzo
  • Ashley Aguillard
Other
Landscapes of Belonging at a Student Run Free Clinic Jacqueline Chan College of Arts & Sciences
  • Justin Clapp
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Killer Shark Movies and the Environment: Examining Attitudinal and Behavioral Effects Emma Marks College of Arts & Sciences, Annenberg
  • Dr. Dolores Albarracín
  • Dr. Kimberly Woolf
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
Investigation of p300 Catalytic Activity through Core Domain Variation and Split Protein System Rajat Ramesh College of Arts & Sciences
  • George M. Burslem
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant
How is memory impacted in a mouse model of a neurodevelopmental disorder? Elise Wallen-Friedman College of Arts & Sciences
  • Amelia Eisch
  • Sanghee Yun
Other
From Marginalization to Empowerment: the Perceived Effects of Viewing Sexually Explicit Material on Queer Asian American Men’s Well-Being Steven Chen College of Arts & Sciences
  • Dalmacio Dennis Flores
College Alumni Society Undergraduate Research Grant, Other