{"id":529,"date":"2026-09-04T10:37:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/?p=529"},"modified":"2026-09-04T10:37:08","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T14:37:08","slug":"inaugural-office-for-urace-welcome-week-student-research-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/urace\/2026\/09\/04\/inaugural-office-for-urace-welcome-week-student-research-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural Office for URaCE Welcome Week Student Research Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/09\/6393fd6c-2b27-4d1a-b251-d2afc4010d21-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/09\/6393fd6c-2b27-4d1a-b251-d2afc4010d21-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/09\/6393fd6c-2b27-4d1a-b251-d2afc4010d21-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/09\/6393fd6c-2b27-4d1a-b251-d2afc4010d21-610x813.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blog.utc.edu\/app\/uploads\/sites\/104\/2026\/09\/6393fd6c-2b27-4d1a-b251-d2afc4010d21.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to all the students and panelists who joined us for our fall student research panel\u00a0discussion during the first week of the semester.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Panelists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Abby Borden majors in anthropology and studied textile weaving in Peru this summer as part of a research study -abroad program.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Gracie Crooks is a senior Applied Mathematics Major with a minor in Physics, specializing in Quantum Information Science. 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