{"id":213450,"date":"2024-05-01T07:27:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=213450"},"modified":"2024-05-01T07:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T11:27:06","slug":"cahnr-graduate-research-forum-spotlights-innovative-work-real-world-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/05\/cahnr-graduate-research-forum-spotlights-innovative-work-real-world-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"CAHNR Graduate Research Forum Spotlights Innovative Work, Real-World Impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Saturday April 20, the <a href=\"https:\/\/cahnr.uconn.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources<\/a> held its annual Graduate Research Forum. The event is organized each year by CAHNR Office of Research and Graduate Education to provide graduate students from across the College with an opportunity to showcase their work.<\/p>\n<p>This year, 34 students presented posters and 30 gave oral presentations to an audience of over 130 attendees. 35 volunteers also helped make the event successful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe forum was a celebration of the hard work, intellectual curiosity, and commitment of our graduate students,&#8221; says Kumar Venkitanarayanan, CAHNR associate dean for research and graduate education. &#8220;I am sure it is the foundation to more discoveries and contributions these students will make to society.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean Indrajeet Chaubey provided opening remarks. Amy Harder, associate dean for UConn Extension, provided the keynote address, entitled &#8220;Beyond Scholarly Metrics: Creating Real-World Impact with Research and Extension.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wonderplugingallery-container\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-container-435\" style=\"max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;\"><div class=\"wonderplugingallery\" id=\"wonderplugingallery-435\" data-galleryid=\"435\" data-width=\"1200\" data-height=\"800\" data-skin=\"light\" data-playsinline=\"false\" data-mutevideo=\"false\" data-random=\"false\" data-autoslide=\"true\" data-autoplayvideo=\"false\" data-schemamarkup=\"false\" data-stopallplaying=\"false\" data-reloadonvideoend=\"false\" data-donotuseposter=\"false\" data-enabletabindex=\"false\" data-loadnextonvideoend=\"false\" data-hidetitlewhenvideoisplaying=\"true\" data-disablehovereventontouch=\"false\" data-autoslideandplayafterfirstplayed=\"false\" data-html5player=\"true\" data-responsive=\"true\" data-fullwidth=\"false\" data-showtitle=\"true\" data-showdescription=\"true\" data-showplaybutton=\"true\" data-showfullscreenbutton=\"true\" data-showtimer=\"true\" data-showcarousel=\"true\" data-galleryshadow=\"false\" data-slideshadow=\"true\" data-thumbshowtitle=\"false\" data-thumbshadow=\"true\" data-lightboxshowtitle=\"true\" data-lightboxshowdescription=\"true\" data-specifyid=\"true\" data-donotinit=\"false\" data-addinitscript=\"false\" data-triggerresize=\"false\" data-thumbcolumnsresponsive=\"false\" data-thumbverticalmiddle=\"true\" data-removeinlinecss=\"true\" data-switchonmouseover=\"false\" data-showcategory=\"true\" data-showimgtitle=\"false\" data-titlesmallscreen=\"false\" data-initsocial=\"true\" data-showsocial=\"false\" data-showemail=\"false\" data-showfacebook=\"true\" data-showtwitter=\"true\" data-showpinterest=\"true\" data-socialrotateeffect=\"true\" data-doshortcodeontext=\"false\" data-loop=\"0\" data-duration=\"1500\" data-slideduration=\"1000\" data-slideshowinterval=\"6000\" data-googleanalyticsaccount=\"\" data-resizemode=\"fill\" data-imagetoolboxmode=\"mouseover\" data-effect=\"fade\" data-padding=\"12\" data-bgcolor=\"\" data-bgimage=\"\" data-thumbwidth=\"48\" data-thumbheight=\"48\" data-thumbgap=\"8\" data-thumbrowgap=\"16\" data-lightboxtextheight=\"72\" data-lightboxtitlecss=\"{color:#333333; 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