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Grad Slam 2022

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Claire Whitaker, a botany and plant sciences doctoral student, won UCR's Grad Slam with her "Finishing off Food Fungus for Good," presentation on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Claire Whitaker presenting "Finishing off Food Fungus for Good," on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Shanna Dobson, math doctoral student, presents "Diamond Langlands Functoriality: A Universal Language," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Magnolia Yang Sao Yia, doctoral student in critical dance studies, presents "Hmong Dance and Identity," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Nick Robertson, bioengineering doctoral student, presents "How 'Smart Yeast' Can Make Safe Cannabinoids," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Caroline Hung, earth and planetary sciences doctoral student, presents "From Toxic Muds to Toxic Dust on a Drying Lakebed: Methods in Biogeochemistry to Inform Salton Sea Policy," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Chelsea Price, chemistry doctoral student, presents "Exploring the Properties of Brown Carbon Aerosol in Levitated Droplets," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Paige Goodwin, creative writing MFA student, presents "Choosing Our Gods: Restructuring the Literary Canon," during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

April Gould, sociology doctoral student, presents "Why Did She Do It?" during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

Grad Slam 2022 judges on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

UCR Provost Elizabeth Watkins speaks during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

UCR Graduate Division Dean Shaun Bowler, speaks during the Grad Slam competition on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

The 2022 Grad Slam competition finals had eight participants. Finals took place on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at the Alumni and Visitors Center at UC Riverside. (UCR/Stan Lim)

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