During his junior year, August D’Amore ’23 took a literature theory course with Jennifer Mitchell ’04, associate teacher of English. As part of the class, D’Amore reviewed Ralph Ellison’s timeless 1952 unique, “The Invisible Man,” which he had actually very first checked out in high school.
Economics significant Ryan Hayes ’23 provides his research study, “Understanding GlobalFoundries – Initiation of Coverage Report,” throughout a poster session as part of the Steinmetz Symposium on May 12, 2023.
In the book’s 2nd chapter, a character called Trueblood fertilizes his child. The act is explained in agonizing information, and, as D’Amore discovered, the storyteller and the reader have little option however to endure the unpleasant account.
For his senior thesis, D’Amore, a double significant in English and economics, chose to check out taboo text and how authors consist of material that does not revolt the reader. Besides Ellison’s work, he analyzed Lord Byron’s poem, “Manfred,” and William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury.”
“I wanted to answer how an author can take such a grotesque subject that no reader can derive pleasure from and make it so we don’t throw the book away, and we keep reading forward,” said D’Amore, who dealt with Kara Doyle, teacher of English, and Claire Bracken, associate teacher of English.
Displaying a positive command of the subject, D’Amore , who prepares to pursue a Ph.D. in English, shared a few of his findings Friday as part of the Steinmetz Symposium.
Now in its 33rd year, the seminar has actually grown from its launching in April 1991, when 130 trainees provided, to one that now includes more than 400 trainees. The day consisted of a varied lineup of oral discussions, poster sessions and displays highlighting trainee research study along with dance and musical efficiencies, an art exhibition and other activities.
Overseen by Heather Watson, director of Undergraduate Research and associate teacher of physics and astronomy, the seminar showcases the kind of hands-on, faculty-mentored research study that is a staple of the Union experience.
Following custom, classes were canceled for the day to enable professors, staff, trainees and relative to sample tasks in all fields – the arts, liberal arts, social sciences, sciences and engineering.
Caitlin Williams ’23 offered an amusing and helpful discussion on her research study into the sensory and cognitive capability of lizards as part of the Steinmetz Symposium May 12, 2023.
One might shuffle in between numerous scholastic structures to sample discussions on such subjects as the cooperative relationship human beings take pleasure in with treatment and psychological assistance animals on college schools (Jocelyn Poste ’23), a trustworthy weather condition forecast gadget for practical usage in remote areas without access to precise projections (John Pipes ’23) and a much better tissue retractor for open umbilical hernia surgical treatments that restricts the quantity of tension put on the tissue (Connor McVey ’23, Hung Pham ‘23, Joshua Kent ‘23 and Melanie Baker ‘23).
Standing in front of a class in the Integrated Science and Engineering Center, Caitlin Williams ’23 offered an amusing and helpful discussion on her research study into the sensory and cognitive capability of lizards.
Working with Leo Fleishman, the William D. Williams Professor of Biological Sciences, and 3 bearded dragons, Frances, Bruce and Buzzy, the biology significant wished to check out whether lizards can see polarized light, a kind of unique sensory stimuli. This built on earlier research study she had actually performed into whether the lizards can finding out or being trained.
“I’m encouraged by the results,” said Williams, who prepares to pursue a Ph.D. in limnology, the research study of inland water environments. “Bearded dragons are trainable. They have different personalities, which impacts how they do. Some are more motivated. Age plays a difference as well as gender.”
In the afternoon, 95 trainee entertainers enthralled an audience that filled the Nott Memorial for the yearly Lothridge Festival of Dance.
The hour-long program, produced by Dance Program Director Megan Flynn and Assistant Director Laurie Zabele Cawley, included 14 operate in a range of dance designs.
Nearly 100 trainee entertainers enthralled an audience that filled the Nott Memorial for the yearly Lothridge Festival of Dance as part of the Steinmetz Symposium. The hour-long program, produced by Dance Program Director Megan Flynn and Assistant Director Laurie Zabele Cawley, included 14 operate in a range of dance designs.
Students from the Hip Hop, Bhangra, LatinX Dance Club, Kpop, Dance Team, African Dance Club and Tap Club carried out, and Union’s dance elders performed their own number.
At completion of the program, the Edward Villella Fellowship, which permits remarkable trainees to broaden their dance research studies beyond school, was jointly granted to the trainees who will perform this summertime at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the world’s biggest efficiency arts celebration. They will utilize the award to enhance their dance education in Scotland through classes, workshops and other activities. The trainees: Rachel Bryan ‘24, Maia Carty ‘24, Eva Crowley ‘24, Sarah Dames ‘24, Melanie De La Cruz ‘26, Claire Knecht ’26, Adriana Lawton ‘24, Grace Newcombe ‘25, Alexandra Nicolas ‘24, Lydia Singer ‘24, Sage Stinson ‘25, Jennifer Vil ‘26 and Anna Zusi ’26.
The day’s highlights likewise consisted of the Steinmetz Symposium Student Art Exhibition, on display screen in the Crowell and West galleries in the Feigenbaum Center for Visual Arts. Featured are 231 works by 77 trainees. Mediums consist of digital art, drawing, painting, photography, printmaking and sculpture.
The day finished up with a show including the Union College Jazz Ensemble, led by Professor Tim Olsen, in Emerson Auditorium in the Taylor Music Center.
For a total list of discussions, go to the Steinmetz website.
The seminar accompanies Prize Day, held Saturday afternoon in Memorial Chapel. More than 100 awards existed to honor trainees for accomplishment in academics, management and social work.
Abigail Smith ’23 and Brandon Mitchell ’23 recorded the leading 2 awards.
An interdepartmental significant in biology and English from Killingworth, Conn., Smith received the Frank Bailey (1885) Prize. It is granted every year to the senior who has actually rendered the best service to the College in any field. It is thought about the most prominent trainee reward at Union.
A neuroscience significant from Brooklyn, Mitchell received the Josephine Daggett Prize, provided every year to a senior for conduct and character.
To learn more about Prize Day, consisting of a total list of winners, go to the news homepage.
