Rafid Haq
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Sarah Jiang
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4; Department of Chemistry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Statistics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Adrian Chen
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Samantha N. Cortez
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Nathan Louie
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Aimee Koristka
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of English Language and Literatures, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
Celina Chan
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Dayle Balmes
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4; Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Nadya Tan
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z4
Sylvia Wang
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; UBC Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z2; Department of Computer Science, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T
Leticia P. Garcia
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department International Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA 27599; Department of Anthropology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC, USA 27599; Department of Educational Studies, University of British Columbia Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6T 1Z4
Selynn Yeap
Centre for Student Involvement and Careers, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1; Department of Electrical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Abstract
The Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Conference (MURC) is a conference for undergraduate students at the University of British Columbia (UBC) to showcase their research in front of their fellow UBC students, family, and friends. Researchers may choose one of three formats to showcase their research: oral presentation, poster, or virtual presentation. Presentations are categorized into four multidisciplinary themes: Health and Wellness; Individual, Community and Society; Sustainability and Conservation; and Innovation and Technology. Presentations were evaluated by UBC graduate students and faculty to provide students with feedback on their projects and presentation skills.
MURC 2022 was the 19th iteration of the conference and the first ever hybrid (both in-person and virtual) undergraduate research conference held at UBC. The theme for MURC 2022 was Inspire Change. This theme seeks to approach research in a manner that inspires new generations to see that change as an agent of positivity and growth. The in-person components of the conference were held at the UBC Vancouver campus, with poster sessions in the Marine Drive Ballroom and oral presentations in the various lecture rooms in the West Mall Swing Space Building. Virtual presentations were held using the Zoom Meetings videoconferencing software.
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