C'asia James presents at Emerging Researchers National Conference in STEM

2016 Mar 8

C'asia James, a biology major, was among six University of Arkansas at Little Rock students who presented research at the Emerging Researchers National Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Feb. 25-28 in Washington, D.C.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science and the National Science Foundation hosted the conference. The conference is aimed at college and university undergraduate and graduate students who participate in programs funded by the NSF Division of Human Resource Development, including underrepresented minorities and persons with disabilities.

All six students were members of the University Science Scholars and Arkansas Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation programs at UALR. They were awarded travel grants based on the quality of their abstracts, research, and personal statements.

"The Emerging Researchers National Conference is one of the premier student conferences in science and technology," said Dr. Jim Winter, co-director of the Science Scholars and Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation at UALR.