RICE 2025
RICE 2025
Thank you to everyone who participated in RICE 2025. Here is a summary of the week's events:
Monday, April 21: Research Spotlight - This was a traveling exhibit of Centre alum whose lives were transformed through undergraduate research.
Tuesday, April 22: RICE Celebratory Luncheon - We honored three faculty members - Dr. Amy Frederick, Associate Professor of Art History (Div 1), Dr. Shana Sippy, Associate Professor of Religion (Div 2), and Drs. Jeff Heath, Professor of Mathematics and Data Science, and Prayat Poudel, Associate Professor in Mathematics (Div 3) - with the Dr. John Barton Excellence in Undergraduate Research Mentorship award for their outstanding research mentorship.
Wednesday, April 23: The annual James W. Barton RICE Symposium Convocation featured a panel of recent alums who shared their stories about how research at Centre changed their lives.
Thursday, April 24: The 18th Annual RICE Symposium!
The winners of the 18th Annual Research, Internships, and Creative Endeavors (RICE) Symposium Poster Awards were:
In the Arts and Humanities Division:
Livy and the American Women’s Suffrage Movement
Keely Faulkner, Atkins Scholar
Mentor: Dr. Danielle La Londe, Classical Studies
In the Social Studies Division:
Legislating the Crisis: Moral Panics, Parental Rights, and the Politics of Inclusive Education in Kentucky
Sarah Koch, Atkins Scholar
Mentor: Dr. Jamie Shenton, Anthropology
In the Science and Mathematics Division:
Combined effects of acid pollution and elevated temperatures on the behavior of Elima sp. Snails.
Claire Whelan
Mentor: Dr. Mark Galatowitsch, Biology
Friday, April 25: The RICE art show in the Jones Visual Arts Center (JVAC).
The winners of the 2025 Creative Endeavors award were Diego Loera and Joanna McGill.
Congratulations on your exceptional work this year!