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FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE

Nov. 17, 2003

MEDIA ADVISORY

FROM ROBOTIC FISH TO RELIGIOUS BUMPER STICKERS, CONFERENCE
SPOTLIGHTS SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

EVENT: The 11th annual Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research is being hosted for the first time by UC Irvine’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program. More than 550 students representing 90 institutions will present their faculty-mentored undergraduate research, scholarly projects and creative activities.

DATE: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003

TIME: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

LOCATION: Crystal Cove Auditorium, UCI Student Center

INFORMATION: $25 cost includes box lunch; fee waived for UCI students, faculty and staff. Register at www.sccur.uci.edu or call (949) 824-4189.

BACKGROUND: The Southern California Conference on Undergraduate Research was created in 1993 to provide Southern California undergraduates an opportunity to share and celebrate their enthusiasm for discovery. With research ranging across all disciplines, students exhibit their work in poster and oral presentations, as well as through performances. This year’s topics range from an examination of the Oakland-Berkeley firestorm in 1991 to binge drinking patterns in college students; to the buoyancy component of robotic fish to an exploration of meaning and motivation behind religious bumper stickers.

The conference features a keynote address by Oswald Steward, director of UCI’s Reeve-Irvine Research Center. Steward’s research focuses on how nerve cells create and maintain connections with each other, how these synapses are modified after a spinal cord injury, and what genes play a role in nerve cell regeneration, growth and function.

A complete schedule of the day’s events is available at www.sccur.uci.edu.

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Contact:
Shellie Nazarenus
(949) 824-9622
snaz@uci.edu

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