Alcorn State University News March 19, 2021 Seventh Annual Center for Research Excellence Symposium On Thursday, March 18, the Alcorn State University School of Agriculture and Applied Sciences and the School of Arts and Sciences hosted its 7th annual Center for Research Excellence Symposium (CRES). The event was held virtually. Students and faculty members had significant showings in the symposium with multiple first and second-place award wins for their projects. The categories consisted of undergraduate oral, graduate oral, professional oral, undergraduate poster, and graduate poster. Since 2013, CRES has been instrumental in strengthening students' expertise, which allows them to present their research in various professional settings. Each year, a multitude of oral and poster presentations make the symposium an exciting celebration of the research culture at Alcorn. The awardees for best undergraduate oral presentations are as follows: 1st Place: Emmanuella Nnuji-John 2nd Place: Meghna Bajaja The awardees for best graduate oral presentations are as follows: 1st Place: Uday Gella 2nd Place: Kaelin Travis The awardees for best professional oral presentations are as follows: 1st Place: Dr. Martha Ravola 2nd Place: Dr. Debarshi Roy The awardees for best undergraduate poster presentations are as follows: 1st Place: Favour Afolabi 2nd Place: Praise Ola The awardees for best graduate poster presentations are as follows: 1st Place: David Tanner Martin 2nd Place: Ty'Mesha Nabors For additional information, please contact McGee at 601.877.6198 or kmcgee@alcorn.edu. Sandra M. Phoenix HBCU Library Alliance Executive Director Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library 111 James P. Brawley Drive SW Atlanta GA 30314 404-978-2118 (office) 404-702-5854 (cell) http://www.hbculibraries.org<http://www.hbculibraries.org/> sphoenix@hbculibraries.org<mailto:sphoenix@hbculibraries.org> Honor the ancestors, honor the children and those yet to come. Building Capacity for Humanities Special Collections at HBCUs - Become an ally and partner with us to protect, preserve and share a more authentic record of American history. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/humanities-2019.html for more information. Follow this link http://hbculibraries.org/ and click on the Donate Now button to invest in this project. Your support is appreciated. Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/hbculibraryalliance1/ and Twitter at https://twitter.com/HBCULibAlliance Check out "PULSE!" The HBCU Library Alliance's News Source! - https://hbculibraryalliance.wordpress.com/