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2023 Student Research Conference held at UM-Flint: a Recap

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Profile of the Riverfront building as seen through the alley between the University Pavilion and the State of Michigan building. Riverfront sign is visible underneath the University Pavilion Archway.

On May 12, 2023, the Riverfront Conference Center was a bustle of interdisciplinary conversations as UM-Flint hosted the return of an in-person annual Student Research Conference. Forty-six student researchers from UM-Flint, Kettering, and Mott Community College delivered oral and poster presentations to faculty, friends, and family. Opening Remarks Randall Duncan, veteran researcher and executive director

Khalil Khanafer is in the 2%

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Khalil Khanafer poses in the MSB for a headshot. He is smiling and wearing a blue shirt with a blue, creme, and argyle vest on.

The phrase ‘Publish or Perish’ is  commonly used by researchers, and their work greatly impacts their evaluations. Stanford University professor John Ionnaidis has worked diligently for years to improve the system used to standardize the evaluation process by looking at how often researchers’ work is used as a reference, cited by other researchers. He has

Donk Racing and STEM Equity – CIT Professor researches Informal Learning pathways

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Shirl Donaldson sits behind a UM-Flint College of Innovation & Technology table loaded with T-shirts with a red Dodge Challenger GT behind her.

Shirl Donaldson is an assistant professor of project management, STEM education and entrepreneurship in the University of Michigan-Flint’s College of Innovation and Technology. She is researching Donk car racing and whether it can help change the way minoritized kids think about STEM subjects in relation to themselves.  “When it comes to racing, tons of money