UCR Graduate Division is proud to announce the semi-finalists for this year’s UCR Grad Slam competition. Grad Slam is a UC-wide public speaking competition in which graduate students talk about their research or creative project to a general audience in three minutes. The winner of the UCR Grad Slam will receive up to $5,000 and will have the opportunity to represent UCR at the UC-wide level Grad Slam competition for a chance to win another $7,000. 

Here is the list of semi-finalists:

• Benjamin Fields (Sociology)
• Isis Higino Silva (Anthropology)
• Justin Huft (Sociology)
• Chelsea McElwee (Psychology)
• Nathaly Ortiz (Ethnic Studies)
• Zariah Tolman (Psychology)
• Donald Zarate (Political Science)
• Shannon Brady (Psychology)
• Ryan Bruellman (Genetics, Genomics & Bioinformatics)
• Sivaraj Gangothri (Evolution, Ecology, & Organismal Biology)
• Amin Ghaffari (Bioengineering)
• Lu Jin (Bioengineering)
• Eva Ottum (Chemical & Environmental Engineering)
• Haneal Pae (Neuroscience)
• Pertab Rai (Bioengineering)
• Alyssa Valdez (Environmental Sciences)

Come show your support at the semi-final rounds, which will be held in-person on March 7th and 8th at 1:00pm both days in Genomics 1102A. Learn more about the event here.