Research Speaks provides opportunities for UChicago graduate students and postdocs to share their findings with the university community and wider public. Participants refine their communication skills and gain experience in articulating complex problems and arguments through brief, accessible talks. By communicating their work beyond their intellectual communities, participants make a lasting impact on the world around us.
Research Speaks at the Field Museum 2024 featured 12 doctoral students sharing their research and incorporating an object from one of the exhibits in short gallery talks. UChicagoGRAD lead tours through exhibits ranging from “The Machine Inside: Biomechanics” and “Ancient Egypt” to “Evolving Planet,” “The Hall of China,” and more.” Learn more.
2024 Research Speaks at the Field Museum Presenters
Yin Cai, PhD in East Asian Languages and Civilizations: “Weaving Nature into Fabrics (of Power)”
Natalie Cortez-Klossner, PhD in Comparative Literature: “Representations of Animal Milk and Meat”
Siobhan Finnerty, PhD in Political Science: “Community Development through Cocoa”
Colleen Foley, PhD in Immunoengineering: “Engineering the Immune System to Treat Cancer”
Laura Hunter, PhD in Integrative Biology: “How Hands Made Us Human”
Elizabeth Janey, PhD in Psychology: “Who and Where You Are: Relating Nature and Identity”
Maddie Kelly, PhD in Integrative Biology: “Ancient Human Environments”
Caitlin Kropp, PhD in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations: “Making a Book of the Dead”
Sam Marsden, PhD in Molecular Engineering: “Closing the Loop with Chemical Recycling”
Mia Paletta, PhD in Computational Neuroscience: “The Neuroscience of Birdsong: How Motor Neurons Power Nature’s Virtuoso”
Annika Sharma, PhD in Neurobiology: “Cellular Evolution of Motor Systems in Insects”
Adarsh Suresh, PhD in Materials Science and Engineering: “From Titanosaurs to Aerogels: The Evolution of Light and Strong Materials
PREVIOUS EVENTS
Past partners include The Art Institute of Chicago and the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center. Please see a select list of events below.
A Night at the Art Institute, November 17, 2022
A Night at the Art Institute, April 18, 2019
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, April 13, 2017
The Art Institute of Chicago, November 10, 2016
The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, March 11, 2015