{"id":51107,"date":"2017-04-03T22:28:48","date_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/viconsortium.com\/?p=51107"},"modified":"2017-04-03T22:28:48","modified_gmt":"2017-04-03T22:28:48","slug":"uvi-students-faculty-to-share-findings-at-research-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wp.viconsortium.com\/?p=51107","title":{"rendered":"UVI Students, Faculty To Share Findings At Research Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">The University of the Virgin Islands will host the 6<sup class=\"\">th<\/sup>Annual Research Day from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, April 7, in the Great Hall on the Albert A. Sheen Campus on St. Croix, and at the Sports and Fitness Center on the St. Thomas Campus.\u00a0 Research Day provides UVI students, faculty and staff the opportunity to showcase their research, which highlights diverse topics that impact the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">UVI students and faculty will be on hand with the results of their findings. Some research that will be featured include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cDo Healthy-Eating Self-Efficacy, Body Fat, Spouse\u2019s Body Fat, and Ethnicity Predict Marital Satisfaction?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cEvaluation of 21 Cucumber Varieties for Downy Mildew Resistance in the Virgin Islands\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cDo Well-Established, Out-Planted Staghorn Corals Host More Diverse Fish Populations?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cAttitudes and Effects of Cannabis Legalization in Society: A U.S. Perspective\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">The posters featured on Research Day come from the various schools, colleges and centers at UVI to include the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, Cooperative Extension Service, Center for Marine and Environmental Studies, College of Science and Mathematics, the School of Business and the School of Education.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFor the last three years we have recognized the quality of our student research by awarding the best student research poster on each campus,\u201d said Dr. Frank Mills, vice provost for research and public service.\u00a0 \u201cThis year we introduce the first faculty awards for the most outstanding research poster on each campus.\u00a0 This further confirms to our faculty our intent to enhance the repute of our UVI research agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This year Research Day will offer round-table discussions on both campuses on current social and development topics and feature many demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Roundtable topics on St. Thomas include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIs Facebook Changing your Relationships?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSin-Tax is the Only Way!\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">Roundtable topics on St. Croix include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cIs Facebook Changing Your Relationships?\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSin-Tax is the Only way!\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cPsychologists Experience with Presentation of Intergenerational Trauma Due to Slavery\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"\">Demonstrations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cUVI Coral Reef Health Laboratory\u201d (St. Thomas Campus)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRed Mangroves: The Tree of Life\u201d (St. Thomas Campus)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cWe\u2019re Getting Muddy!\u00a0 How and Why We Sample Mud in Coastal Habitats\u201d (St. Thomas Campus)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cSea Shell Exhibit\u201d (Albert A. 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