Thursday, April 2nd

Barr Prize in Public Speaking Competition

Comey Recital Hall, Music Arts Center, 7 PM

Catered reception to follow in lobby outside

The Barr Fellows are Honors Arts & Sciences seniors who will have just five minutes to effectively explain their research and its importance to a general audience. The Fellows are enrolled in a spring 1-credit public speaking course with Professor Len Neighbors to prepare for the competition, which will feature the most outstanding presenters from the two classes.  

A panel of interdisciplinary judges will select the top three presentations, with the winner receiving a $1,000 prize.  

Presenters: Hannah Ashburn, Caroline Cha, Sofia Istnick, Jenna Jablonski, Julia Rodrigues, Sophie Shand, Zoe Zmuda

This opportunity has been made possible through the vision and generosity of Stanley “Butch” Barr '62, a legal professional and instructor of speech at the university. 

Friday, April 3rd

9:30 AM     Welcome Desk Opens

3rd floor of the Sadler Center

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM     Research Talks

Rethinking Colonial Narratives, 375

Presenters: Esma Akram, Oscar Linehan-Siu

Graphs, 381

Presenters: James Elmore, Will Torg, Xuzhong Wang

Barr Fellows Runners-Up, York Room

Presenters: Caroline Cashman, Josh Levin, Macie McGraw, Margaret O'Hara, Becca Strauss

11:30 AM - 12:30 PM     Research Talks

Politics Around the World, 375

Presenters: Alexa Chambers, Georgia Freyer, Ember Rolf

Tearjerkers: Pollen, Prices, & Performances, 381

Presenters: Katie Barlow, Joshua Tessler, Jimmy Weinstein

Barr Fellows Runners-Up, York Room

Presenters: Andrew Beck, Jacob Herz, Alice Hu, Ana Kothandram, Sabine Mead Mexia

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM     Poster Session I & Refreshments, Tidewater AB

 Poster award winners announced at 1:00 PM

Iqra Ahmad

Camila Anderson

Jesslynn Ayotte

Abigail Cagle

Matthew Cammarata

Justine Chu

David deVyver

Andrea Elliott

Elisabeth Fink

Chloe Gang

Gian Goboy

Chloe Gorla

Merryn Grindstaff

Maria Haddad

Alexander Holland

Amalia Johnson

Maclaren Johnson

Vandana Kalithkar

Nadia Khan

Josie Koster

Madeleine Ludwig

Kayce Madancy

Aditi Mishra

Daniella Morales

Coral Rankin

Karena Richmond

Natasha Shrestha

Hannah Willett

Peiyan Xiao

Lydia Yeats

Rebecca Zheleznyak

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM     Research Talks

Natural Resources, 257

Presenters: Marina Ashurkoff, Mason Guerster, Max Kaminski

All the Small Things, 375

Presenters: Kate Carline, Grace Hussey, Taylor LaFontaine, Armaan Salchak

The Stories We Tell Ourselves, 381

Presenters: Bernardo Jimenez, Clara Rinker, Aubrey Strand

Barr Fellows Runners-Up, York Room

Presenters: John Carroll, Anna McClellan, Alex McIntyre, Kendall Pade

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM     Research Talks

International Investigation, 375

Presenters: Sofia LoBue, Bailey Nicholson, Elisabeth Nielsen, Kun Zuo

Mind & Body, 381

Presenters: Georgi Butch, Namitchandra Nallapaneni, Clara Rinker, Emmanuel Sampson

Gas, Gunshot Residue, & Gravity, York Room

Presenters: Kira Fisher, Barbara Grace Saunders, Dylan Serlin

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM     Poster Session II & Refreshments, Tidewater AB

Poster award winners announced at 3:30 PM

Katie Agamaite

Daniel Allred

Amanda Azia

Struan Baker

Theodore Bremner

Kathryn Day

Anna Detweiler

Yiyang Ding

Libby Eick

Ava Estes

Ian Falise

Andrew Francois

Nora Keely

Michael Kelly Galdamez

Evelyn Kresse

Chuyin Lam

Sierra Manja

Kylie McCoy

Hannah Nieman

Tristan Nyte

Rachael Rademacher

Joseph Reed

Riley Rodriguez

Tyler Skeen

Allison Thorne

Patrick Tingley

Aaron Wang

Leah Weinraub

Yuhan Yue

David Zhao