Thirteen University of New Orleans students participated in the University of Louisiana System 14th Annual Academic Summit at Nicholls State University in Thibodaux from April 10-11. Each year, the summit invites students to showcase their research, creative endeavors and academic achievements while engaging with peers and mentors from diverse disciplines.

The Academic Summit showcases academic excellence through examples of undergraduate experiential learning at UL System universities. Presentations focused on outstanding projects from each university in the areas of research, visual arts and performing arts.

Participants from the University of New Orleans were chosen from the students who performed the best at Innovate UNO, the University of New Orleans' own annual research symposium, in fall 2024.

The following students represented the University of New Orleans.

Podium Presentations (Oral)
Ella Mayfield (History)
Learn, Grow, Resist: Uncovering Patterns of Resistance Among Enslaved Children
Mentor: Mary Niall Mitchell

Madison Mollere (History and Anthropology)
From Clay to Context: The Significance of Bricks in Archaeological Research
Mentor: D. Ryan Gray

Megan Paille (History)
Histography of the Habsburg Monarchy
Mentor: Marc Landry

Simant Bahadur Singh (Computer Science)
YoloTag: Vision-based Robust UAV Navigation with Fiducial Markers
Mentor: Abdullah Al Redwan Newaz

Posters
Walker J Reisman (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
Frequency and Patterns of Plastic Nurdles in Spotted Seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) Stomach Contents across the Louisiana Coast
Mentor: Martin O'Connell

Terry Lyles (Biology)
Nature's blowtorch: The evolution of Cytochrome P450 genes in the fly family Drosophilidae
Mentor: Joel Atallah

Hillary E Hernandez Barrera (Biology)
Comparing Fouling Community Development in Two Saline Environments Along Louisiana’s Coast
Mentor: Traci Erin Cox

Emma G Bourgeois (Earth & Environmental Sciences)
Comparative Survey of Student and Employee Interest in Sustainability at UNO
Mentor: Carol Lunn

Visual Arts
Cameron E Boni (Art-Studio Art)
Interconnected
Mentor: Dan Rule

Colby Adriano (Art-Studio Art)
A Bath Without You
Mentors: Paige Devries, Madeline Kelly

Nicholas Lawrence Hutson (Art-Studio Art)
Holy Rosary Institute from the series "Conversations about Death"
Mentor: Ariya Martin

Vladimir Lucius Jones (Art-Studio Art)
Birth of Charon
Mentor: Paige Devries

Brandon Clark (Art-Studio Art)
Tenebris

Performing Arts
Elijah Matthew Driggs (Music)
Idle Moments: Composer Duke Pearson; Soloist Grant Green
Electric Guitar
Mentor: Brent Michael Rose