CSU Pueblo students to showcase work at virtual symposium

Pueblo Chieftain - 11/10/2020

Because of the coronavirus outbreak, Colorado State University Pueblo's Communities for Building Active STEM Engagement is hosting a virtual student research symposium starting today.

The event, which will run through Thursday, will showcase work of students during the 2020 fall semester.

This is the sixteenth year for the student research symposium and will offer three evenings of video presentations along with question and answer sessions.

"Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we decided to switch the symposium to a virtual format, and will instead feature all of our students 'film fest' style by having a lineup of their pre-recorded research presentations, with live Q&A with the student researchers after each video," said Abby Davidson, director of the Science Learning Center and assistant director of the engagement program.

The virtual research symposium will be held over three evenings featuring five sessions. Presentations will be both done individually and by groups of students with biology, chemistry, physics, civil engineering technology, engineering and teacher education projects featured. The virtual research symposium is free and open to all students, faculty, staff, and community members to attend. Zoom links will be used for each session for individuals to attend the desired presentation.

The following five sessions will be included for the virtual student research symposium:

Today: (Two Parallel Sessions), 5:30-7p.m., Biology Group 1 Zoom, Link: https://csupueblo.zoom.us/j/95396090645

Engineering & Civil Engineering Technology Zoom Link: https://csupueblo.zoom.us/j/96174477088

Wednesday (Two Parallel Sessions) 5:30-7 p.m., Biology Group 2 Zoom, Link: https://csupueblo.zoom.us/j/98434343467

Chemistry, Physics, Teacher Education Zoom Link: https://csupueblo.zoom.us/j/99184298202

Thursday (One Session) 5:30-7:30 p.m., Biology Group 3 Zoom, Link: https://csupueblo.zoom.us/j/95689864795

"CBASE is really excited to facilitate the symposium virtually this year, and hope that it provides opportunity for those interested in STEM to join us virtually to learn about some excellent student research," Davidson said.

For more information about Communities to Build Active STEM Engagement program visit https://www.csupueblo.edu/communities-to-build-active-stem-engagement/index.html or the office can be reached at 719-549-2758.

Chieftain reporter Anthony A. Mestas can be reached by email at amestas@chieftain.com or at twitter.com/mestas3517.

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