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  <Title>URCAD Sneak Peek: Kiara Bell</Title>
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    <div class="html-content">Join us for URCAD Online, 2020, happening NOW!<div>URCAD.umbc.edu</div>
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    <p><strong>Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: Using Afrofuturist Theory To Examine Themes Of Black Visibility</strong></p>
    <p><em><strong>Kiara Bell</strong></em><br>Dr. Maleda Belilgne, Africana Studies</p>
    <p>How are black lives today still affected by America’s deep roots in chattel slavery? Christina Sharpe’s book, In the Wake: On Blackness and Being (Duke University Press 2016), studies theories of Blackness as it relates to visibility and aspiration. Sharpe examines cross-cultural representations of Black life to build her theme of “the wake,” which she defines as the climate of anti-Blackness that shapes post-slavery America. I will use the Afrofuturist theory from two chapters of Sharpe’s book, “The Hold” and “The Weather,” to examine elements of Black visibility in Claudia Rankine’s experimental book, Citizen (Graywolf Press 2014). A central tool used by Sharpe is the use of ‘Black annotation’ and ‘Black redaction’ to offer an alternative reading of how information is presented, past “the logics of the administered plantation.” The definitions she presents of ‘Black annotation and reaction’ can be used to analyze scenarios of Black aspiration in Citizen. Both authors use the aforementioned tools in their writings to address Black visibility. Using Sharpe’s theoretical work on ‘anagrammatical Blackness,’ ‘Black annotation,’ and ‘Black redaction,’ I will explore how Citizen promotes themes of Black visibility in “the wake.”</p>
    <p><span>Come see Kiara's research presentation and other undergraduate research and creative work, April 22-29th at URCAD.umbc.edu!</span></p>
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    <Title>URCAD Keynote Speaker Dr. Keisha John's Video</Title>
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          <div>Dr. John's insights on how to have an impact during these uncertain times:</div>
          <div>1. <strong>Continue to learn</strong>. Lifelong active learners are an asset to research and country.</div>
          <div>2. <strong>Never stop living</strong>. Lean in to your values and commitments, renew your love and compassion for others.</div>
          <div>3. <strong>Never stop leading</strong>. Seek the truth and lead with integrity.</div>
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  <Title>Happy Earth Day!</Title>
  <Tagline>Check Out an Earth-Related Project at Virtual URCAD!</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">Happy Earth Day from your friends at URCAD!<div><br></div>
    <div>Why not celebrate by checking out one of our earth-related student projects online?  </div>
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    <div><a href="https://umbc.voicethread.com/myvoice/browse/threadbox/2990/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">https://umbc.voicethread.com/myvoice/browse/threadbox/2990/</a></div>
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    <div>For a list of all presenters:</div>
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    <div>You might be entered to win a free globe* (pictured)!</div>
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    <div>*free globe actually not free, more like around $50.</div>
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  <Title>A Guide to Winning the URCAD Selfie Contest at Home</Title>
  <Tagline>Presented by Dr. Don Yothers (Expert)</Tagline>
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    <div class="html-content">At first, you might think - "Don (or, your name if you're doing the thinking)- how in the world could I possibly win a selfie contest when I'm stuck at home in filthy pajamas?" Thankfully, it is indeed possible and I will quickly show you how.<div><br></div>
    <div>First- you may wish to show yourself in front of your computational device looking at your own presentation (see my example).  Or, (and this may very well blow your mind), show yourself looking at a friend in front of their computational device and have them look at your presentation too.  YOU ARE BOTH LOOKING AT YOUR OWN PRESENTATION!!!  What an incredible time to be alive!</div>
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    <div>Second- try taking a selfie in front of something that you use in your research.  Might be a microscope, a paint brush, or a heap of old suitcases in your basement.  Remember- research can be anything.  </div>
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    <div>Once you have mastered these techniques (and I am confident you will), upload your selfie to <span>FaceBook, Instagram and/or Twitter using #umbcURCAD for a chance to win one of four gift cards to the UMBC Bookstore!  </span>
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    <li>Best Overall Selfie: Take a photo with a UMBC notable… (President Hrabowski, Provost Rous, Dean Cole…) or ??! … get creative!</li>
    <li>Best with Mentor</li>
    <li>Best “making of” VT presentation</li>
    <li>Best with Presentation</li>
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    <p>Post your photos by 12pm on Monday, May 4, 2020 for a chance to win a gift card to the UMBC Bookstore!</p>
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    <p>It is with great pleasure that I declare the opening of UMBC’s 24th Annual Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD)! Throughout the week, from April 22-29th, you will be able to view and comment on student presentations from across all disciplines. </p>
    <p>Converting URCAD from an on-campus, day-long symposium to an online event is supported by a technology called VoiceThread (VT), an asynchronous (“not in real time”) platform for viewing and interacting with the presenters. This means visitors will be able to view students’ research posters and slides, as well as art, performances, films, and video games, and be able to leave video, voice, or text feedback for the presenters. Students will respond to questions and receive feedback over the course of the week-long event.</p>
    <p>Our resilient students have worked arduously on their research and creative work, and enthusiastically embraced the new presentation format, and I hope you take some time to view their projects. Please also enjoy some of the other URCAD events, such as the video by keynote speaker, Dr. Keisha John, who is introduced by her former mentor, Dr. Rachel Brewster, the <a href="https://urcad.umbc.edu/message-from-the-dean/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">welcome message from UAA Dean Katharine Cole</a>, and don’t forget to take a selfie/screenshot to share at #umbcURCAD to be eligible to win a prize in the <a href="https://urcad.umbc.edu/selfie-contest/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">URCAD Selfie Contest</a>. We hope to preserve the spirit of URCAD and make this a meaningful, learning, sharing, and celebratory event for our campus community. </p>
    <p>Welcome to URCAD Online- a new frontier for UMBC’s undergraduate research community!</p>
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    <p><strong><span>Zachary Banham</span></strong><span> <span>| Geography and Environmental Systems</span></span></p>
    <p><em><span>Analysis of Forest Structure in the Context of Land Ownership in Metropolitan Areas</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Matthew Baker</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Dylan Chao </span></strong><span>| Visual Arts</span></p>
    <p><em><span>ASMRtist: Art in Relaxation</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Tim Nohe</span></p>
    <p><strong><span> </span></strong></p>
    <p><strong><span>Courtney Culp </span></strong><span>| Visual Arts</span></p>
    <p><em><span>A Mile in my Cleats</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Amy Oden</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Gabrielle Franks</span></strong><span> </span><span>| Music</span></p>
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    <p><span>Mentor: Alan Wonneberger</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Emily Godfrey </span></strong><span>| Dance</span></p>
    <p><em><span>"terminal": Contemporary Choreographic Perspectives</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Carol Hess</span></p>
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    <p><span>Mentor: Ann Sofie Clemmensen</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Kyle Hartford</span></strong><span> </span><span>| Visual Arts</span></p>
    <p><em><span>The Last Roadshow</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Cathy Cook</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Christian Hartman </span></strong><span>| Music</span></p>
    <p><em><span>Strings Attached: The Life of a Professional Orchestra Musician</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Gita Ladd</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Olivia Mills</span></strong><span> </span><span>| Visual Arts</span></p>
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    <p><span>Mentor: Evan Tedlock</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Paul Ocone</span></strong><span> </span><span>| American Studies</span></p>
    <p><em><span>On Thin Ice</span></em></p>
    <p><span>Mentor: Donald Snyder</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Samantha Papastephanou</span></strong><span> </span><span>| Visual Arts</span></p>
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    <p><span>Mentor: Corrie Parks</span></p>
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    <p><span>Mentor: Corrie Parks</span></p>
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    <p><strong><span>Michelle Ye </span></strong><span>| Dance</span></p>
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  <Title>Flora Says, "I Will Win the URCAD Selfie Contest"</Title>
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    <p>This is Ms. Flora P. Hanebrink of the Suburban Shopping Arena Town Complex 26 (rear).  She predicts that she will quite easily win the URCAD selfie contest.</p>
    <p>"I have a very steady hand, very good camera control," averred Hanebrink, who was interviewed while standing on industrial carpeting featuring a rather vague design. "I'm able to get my camera out of my pocket quite speedily so that I never miss a good shot. Yep, the selfie is right in my <strong>wheelhouse</strong>."</p>
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    <p>Upload your original photos to FaceBook and/or Twitter using  #umbcURCAD for a chance to win one of four gift cards to the UMBC Bookstore!</p>
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    <strong><a href="https://urcad.umbc.edu/presenters/abstracts2020#hrenko" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Colin Hrenko</a></strong><span> | Effect Of Verb Conjugation Apps On Student Verb Conjugation | Dr. Linda Oliva | Education</span>
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    <p>Think you can beat Ms. Ruby Powell?</p>
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