2025–26 Program Cover & Poster Artwork
Each year the A&S Student Symposium program booklet and event poster features a selection of artwork curated from that year's research presentations.
Exploring Mechanisms for Sharing Health Related Information
Eva Pang, ’27
Eva Pang, ’27, a health studies major minoring in biology, created mock content to reflect health products sold on social media through multi-level marketing (MLMs) or direct selling programs. Working with Margaret Tait, assistant professor of health studies, Pang conducted a content analysis of top MLMs social media presence and developed the mock content for a fictional product, BetterTea, based on her observations. She then embedded the content in a survey fielded online, asking respondents to share their reactions to content, including what appealed to them; perceptions of credibility and health claims; and how often they see similar content on social media. Preliminary findings provide evidence that individuals may not be discerning of the health-related information, including misinformation, they are exposed to through MLMs.
Synthesis and Characterization of Pro-Drugs for Use in Selectively Targeting Cancer Cells Using External Stimuli.
Naomi Lang, ’27
Naomi Lang, ’27, a biochemistry and molecular biology major, conducted research with Michael Norris, associate professor of chemistry, during the summer of 2025. Lang worked on synthesis and characterization of a library of pro-drugs that remain nontoxic in biological systems, but which can be activated through use of an external stimuli in order to more selectively target cancer cells. The UV-Vis spectra depict the ligand on the synthesized molecule detaching when activated by the external stimuli.
Three Ignorant Brothers
Ian McKinney, ’26
Ian McKinney, ’26, a double major in LALIS and sociology, created the sculptural series Three Ignorant Brothers as a supplement to his research for the LALIS Senior Symposium. Through a textual analysis of “La cabeza a componer” by Emilia Pardo Bazán (1894), conducted under the guidance of Dr. Ángel Otero Blanco, associate professor of Spanish, McKinney argues that common understandings of willful ignorance are largely misinformed. Drawing on the literary motif of three siblings, each sculpture forms a progression from unconscious avoidance to deliberate and reflective disengagement. Created through a combination of wheel-throwing, handbuilding, and glazing, the works emphasize the importance of acknowledging expressions of human experience that cannot be measured or quantified.