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Honors Research Symposium

Bay Honors Research Symposium

The Honors Research Symposium gives you the opportunity to participate in scholarly research in a variety of disciplines, with the goal of presenting your findings in a variety of formats.

This year the symposium will be held in April, 26th at UC Berkeley. Five proposals from Foothill College were selected in 2025, out of 16 applications. Congratulations to the presenting groups. 

Honors students take group photo in formal clothes at Symposium.

Examples of Past Presentations

  • FireFlight: ML-Driven Aerial Sensing for Wildfire Prediction and Smart Evacuation in Los Altos Hills
    • Presented by: Luise Haller, Shira Rys Corpuz and Milana Rubin
    • Mentor: Zach Cembellin
  • Law, Language, and Legitimacy: An analysis of judicial activism and linguistic complexity on the United States Supreme Court
    • Presented by: Tristan Hui
    • Mentor: Allison Herman
  • Aspirin’s Gut Reaction: A Study into Aspirin’s Effect on the Human Gut Microbiome
    • Presented by: Jocelyn Ma
    • Mentor: Cynthia Brannvall
  • We Are Not the Same: The Concept of Humanity in Herman Melville’s “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street” and the Occupy Wall Street Movement
    • Presented by: Lan Nguyen
    • Mentor: Amber La Piana
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