UConn undergraduate researchers are officially the beasts of the Big East.

A UConn team won top honors at the Big East Undergraduate Research Symposium, held concurrently with the men’s basketball tournament at Madison Square Garden on March 14. The group earned a first-place finish in the poster contest, winning against students from the 10 other schools in the conference

The symposium celebrated undergraduate research achievement. For the event, the participants turned the “World’s Most Famous Arena” into an academic fair, with each Big East school represented by five respective posters. Students presented their work and answered judges’ questions, with winners earning medals.

For the first time, the symposium featured a team competition where schools were evaluated on collective performance. As the champion, UConn won a large trophy and was honored during the Big East men’s basketball final held later that evening between the Huskies and the St. John’s Red Storm.

Micah Heumann, the director of the Office of Undergraduate Research, assembled UConn’s team with associate provost and director of the Honors Program Jennifer Lease Butts. They reserved participation at the symposium to seniors, selecting an all-star team representing a wide array of topics.

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