JONESBORO – The 10th annual edition of "Create@State: A Symposium of Research, Scholarship & Creativity" took a much different course this year, as more than 165 undergraduate and graduate students presented their research projects in a new online format. The change was made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic.
This year's Create@State at Arkansas State University was livestreamed over three days and is still available on Create@State's YouTube channel, with production by ASU-TV.
During an online awards ceremony that followed two days later, Chancellor Kelly Damphousse announced the recipient of the Chancellor's Create@State Award as Nick Haywood of Piggott, "Assessment of pre-participation injury risk factors in FBS intercollegiate football players." Dr. Scott Bruce is mentor.
The 2020 Create@State award winners in the college of sciences and mathematics are as follows:
COLLEGE OF SCIENCES AND MATHEMATICS
Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Oral Presentation:
Emily Hendrix of Marion, "Antioxidant activity of stilbenoid-rich extracts from peanut hairy root cultures"; Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, mentor
Dean’s Award for Graduate Oral Presentation:
Rokib Hasan of Bangladesh, "Arachidin-3, A natural product derived from peanut hairy roots, inhibits LPS-induced inflammation by suppressing the NF ‑κB signaling pathway"; Dr. Fabricio Medina-Bolivar, mentor
Dean’s Award for Undergraduate Poster Presentation:
Rebecca Martin of Paragould, "Synthesis if new 2-Aminopyrimidines"; Dr. John Hershberger, mentor
Dean’s Award for Graduate Poster Presentation:
Sankalpa Chakraborty of India, and Richard Lin and Sabrina Tahseen (NYITCOM) (co-presenters), "Aberrant cardiac long non coding RNA profile following altered thyroid hormone levels"; Dr. Viswanathan Rajagopalan, mentor
The Create@State Symposium is a culmination of collaborative efforts by faculty mentors, chairs and deans of each of the colleges, working with Research and Technology Transfer along with University Advancement, KASU, ASU-TV, Marketing and Creative Services, Blackboard Support, the Student Research and Philanthropy Councils, and Assessment.
