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Creativity, Engagement, Research: Achieving Understanding & Improving Lives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Agenda for 45 Annual Research Symposium<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards and Honors<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Tenopir & King Research Excellence Award<\/strong>: David Sims<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Student Research Stars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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  • First Place: Amanda Womac – Extreme Weather and Climate Change: An analysis of frames used in newspaper coverage of the 2022 Kentucky floods and Hurricane Ian<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Second Place (tie): Carla White – The Impact of Oversaturation and Corporate Identity on CSR Messages Within the Electric Car Industry<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Second Place (tie): Minjeong Kim – NFT Marketing and Psychological Ownership: Exploring the Role of Self-Discrepancy<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Third Place: Scott Greaves – Modernizing Practices in Science Communication: Understanding the Podcasts of the Oxford Academic Press<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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    Research Poster Kaleidoscope<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Namrita Varier, Diego Lourenco, Jeremy Horner, Benjamin D. Horne – Characterizing The Supply-Side Differences Between Pink Slime and Local News<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Trivia Winners<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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    • Game #1:  (first) Pranaav Jadhav (second) Scott Greeves (third) Chad Lanctot<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Game #2 (first) Jie Chen   (second) Jalen Blue (third) Pranaav Jadhav<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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      Special thanks to:\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

      Our judges<\/strong> who represented our schools, our students, staff, and faculty:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Jess Barfield<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Brian Dobreski<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Meredith Goins<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Guy Harrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Jiangen He<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Laura Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Natalie Rice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Our\u00a0graduate student\u00a0colleagues<\/strong>\u00a0who led our sessions as moderators:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        • Nicole Arrowood<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Jalen Blue<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Chad Lanctot<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Anna McClure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

          Our CCI Research Advisory Committee (RAC)<\/strong>. The RAC is busy throughout the academic year working on many projects, and I appreciate all their great ideas and commitment!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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          • Sarah Devereux<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Brian Dobreski<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Guy Harrison<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Jiangen He<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Joy Jenkins<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Laura Miller<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Christina Najera<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Joan Rentsch<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Suzie Allard, chair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

            Our Research & Innovation Center team<\/strong> whose organizing skills and project management make this event a success:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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            • Amy Forrester<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Beth Meko<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Karen Zach<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Horne – Characterizing The Supply-Side Differences Between Pink Slime and Local News Trivia Winners Special thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":14378,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-15370","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCCI 45TH\u00a0Annual Research Symposium - CCI Research & Innovation Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/ric\/research-symposium\/cci-45th-annual-research-symposium\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"CCI 45TH\u00a0Annual Research Symposium - CCI Research & Innovation Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Creativity, Engagement, Research: Achieving Understanding & Improving Lives Agenda for 45 Annual Research Symposium Awards and Honors Tenopir & King Research Excellence Award: David Sims Student Research Stars Research Poster Kaleidoscope Namrita Varier, Diego Lourenco, Jeremy Horner, Benjamin D. 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