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鶹ԭ Student Symposium is April 8

Mar 25, 2026

鶹ԭ invites the community to attend the annual Student Symposium,showcasingundergraduate and graduate scholarly work across disciplines,onWednesday,April 8.

The Student Symposiumwas started by Jo Young Switzer, former 鶹ԭ president and dean, in 1999 to give students and faculty an opportunity to collaborate on research and scholarship. It continues to be one ofthe University’smost significant campus events, offering high-quality presentationsofstudent work.

Theall-dayeventwill begin at 9 a.m.intheCunningham Academic Centerwith oral presentationsand will move to theJo Young Switzer Centerin the afternoon for the poster session.This year’s Symposiumfeaturesmore than 40 oral and poster presentations; it alsoincludes art exhibitions in both the Link Gallery and theSwitzer Center.The keynote addresswill be held at2:15, following the poster session.

“This is a remarkable opportunity for students across the disciplines––and across campuses––to come together and share their work,” said Katharine Ings, professor of English and Symposium chair.“We have a wide variety of oral presentations: fromThe Little Princeto presidents; from online learning to narratives of genocide. This is an occasion to celebrate our students’ work––and to learn from it, too.”

This year’s keynote speaker is senior Megan Pierce, presenting herhonorsthesis, “Method to His Madness: How Society’s Fears Throughout History Created Pop Culture’s Greatest Villain.”The presentation will examine the relationship between culture and comics in relation tothe iconic Batman villain,the Joker.Pierce holds the Guinness World Record for“the largest collection ofJoker memorabilia.”

Recipients will be named for the Jo Young Switzer Writing Award and the Poster Presentation Award.

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