Come Support the 2022 UCLA Grad Slam Finalists!

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 Please come join us on Wednesday, March 9 to cheer on the 2022 UCLA Grad Slam Finalists!

  • Toni Boltz, Human Genetics - Can a Drop of Blood Predict Your Risk for Mental Illness?
  • Elizabeth Burnette, Neuroscience - What E.Coli Endotoxin Can Tell Us About Addiction
  • Shruti Indiresan, Civil Engineering - Wetlands and Wildfires:  How Microbes Maintain Balance
  • Briley Lewis, Astronomy and Astrophysics - Finding Planets in a Forest of Speckles
  • Mary Jo Madda, Education - The Science Behind Bad PowerPoints:  Why No One Remembers What You Said
  • Kelsi Rutledge, Biology - The Fluid Dynamics of Smell: A Stingray's Perspective
  • Kshitija Shah, Civil Engineering - Zero Waste (Water Treatment)!
  • Brandon Tsai, Human Genetics - Breaking the Rules to Fight Cancer
  • Judah Van Zandt, Astronomy and Astrophysics - Finding the Connection Between Close-In Small Planets and Distant Giants
  • Paul Vander, Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology - Suspended Animation as Medicine - Science or Fiction?

We congratulate all 50 students who participated in Grad Slam this year and look forward to celebrating them, their research and these 10 finalists at the Final Competition on Wednesday, March 9 beginning at 5:00 pm at the UCLA Meyer and Renee Luskin Conference Center.  There will be light refreshments served at 5:00 pm, and a celebratory reception will follow the competition at 6:30 pm.

 

Tickets for the final competition are still available! Attached is the invitation with a link to RSVP. The final competition will be livestreamed beginning at 5:30 pm via this link: https://grad.ucla.edu/life-at-ucla/events/2022-ucla-grad-slam/finals-competition-live-stream/.

 

Please support these outstanding students and share this announcement widely.

 

 

Sincerely,

 

The Grad Slam Team | UCLA Graduate Division
(310) 206-6086 | gdevents@grad.ucla.edu

 

#UCLAGradSlam #GradSlam #UCLAGradSlam2022

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