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From examining the impact of climate change on Northern California’s endangered elephant seal population to examining how TikTok can be used to support academic and social emotional wellbeing in the classroom, this year’s Scholarly and Creative Works (SCW) Conference highlighted the diversity of expertise among ����ֱ�� University of California’s students and their faculty mentors.

The annual event, which was held virtually April 21, showcased a collection of research, art, dance, and choral performances by ����ֱ��’s graduating undergraduates, graduate students, and Adult Degree Completion students. More than 150 students presented their work.

The day-long conference began with  by members of the A Capella Workshop and the ����ֱ�� Chamber and Jazz Band Ensembles followed by President Mary B. Marcy's welcoming address.

Dr. Karen McCarthy, assistant professor in the Occupational Therapy Program, delivered the keynote address. The address “Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Research” explored how to enhance DEI initiatives in research by increasing representation of diverse groups, ensuring equitable access to knowledge, and dismantling the power imbalance through active participation of research participants.

Throughout the day, students delivered oral and poster presentations, gallery exhibitions, and live performances to a virtual audience of students, staff, faculty, and community members.  The Occupational therapy student Julia Zasso created the for the conference.

Creating signature work and then presenting it to an audience is part of every student’s ����ֱ�� Experience. It deepens learning and underlines the value of their work. And, despite the many challenges presented by the pandemic, this year was no different.

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The student research will be permanently housed on , the University’s institutional repository. Created a little more than six years ago by Michael Pujals, ����ֱ��’s Scholarly Communications Librarian, ����ֱ�� Scholar now contains almost 4,000 master’s, senior and honors theses, faculty authored articles, photographs, videos, and audio recordings that are publicly available. Currently, the repository experiences about 21,000 downloads per month. In total, deposited items have been downloaded more than one million times by a worldwide audience.

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