Celebrate the conclusion of the 2025 College Summer Institute (CSI) in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences by attending our closing research held on Wednesday and Thursday, August 13-14, 2025. The symposium features research presentations from the participating CSI Scholars, who engaged in faculty-mentored undergraduate research and creative scholarship throughout the summer.
The CSI symposium is open to the campus community and the general public.
2025 COLLEGE SUMMER INSTITUTE CLOSING SYMPOSIUM
SCHEDULE
Project abstracts are available in the 2025 Symposium Proceedings [pdf; UChicago login required].
All events in Room 122 of the Regenstein Library.
Wednesday, August 13th
9:00 Breakfast and Coffee
9:30 Welcoming Remarks
Session: Learning Language from Everyday Talk [Mentor: Dr. Marisa Casillas]
9:35 Introduction
9:40 Tessa Bracken
Session: The Afterlives of Skulls [Mentor: Dr. Iris Clever]
9:55 Introduction
10:00 Julia Morales
10:15 Torren Tsay
10:30 Scheduled Break
Session: Environmental Futures through Critical Game Design [Mentor: Dr. Katherine Buse]
10:40 Introduction
10:45 Emma Kirwin
11:00 Jake Felsenthal
11:15 Aine Zhang
11:30 Jack Getz
11:45-12:45 LUNCH
Session: Oakwoods Cemetery [Mentor: Dr. Na'ama Rokem]
12:45 Introduction
12:50 Roxane Bushofsky
1:05 Sean Kingsland
Session: Collecting Disappearing Wildlife [Mentor: Dr. Jessica Landau]
1:20 Introduction
1:25 Onofrio De Michele
1:40 Seth Wang
1:55 Scheduled Break
Session: Historic Preservation Mapping [Mentor: Dr. Emily Talen]
2:05 Introduction
2:10 Micah Sheinberg
2:25 Alex Arnell
2:40-2:45 Thanks
Thursday, August 14th
9:00 Breakfast and Coffee
9:30 Welcoming Remarks
Session: Art and Activism [Mentors: Dr. Daisy Delogu, Dr. Meg Jackson Fox, and Dr. Kathleen Feeney]
9:35 Introduction
9:40 Ahan Jayakumar
9:55 Yiyao Sun
10:10 Ashley Zhou
10:25 Emma Yu
10:40 Scheduled Break
Session: The Political Novel Today [Mentor: Dr. Sophie Salvo]
10:50 Introduction
10:55 Jaehyeon Han
11:10 Recorded Talk
11:25 Robbie Keirstead
11:45-12:45 LUNCH
Session: The Craft Chronicle [Mentor: Dr. Erica Warren]
12:45 Introduction
12:50 Lydia Gafford
Session: Postwar Artists’ Books [Mentor: Dr. Christine Mehring]
1:05 Introduction
1:10 Elyas Boyan
1:25 Nicole Millan Ortiz
1:40 Scheduled Break
Session: Media Revolutions [Mentors: Dr. Tamara Golan and Dr. Christopher Wild]
1:50 Alex Gomez
2:10 Lucia Rathke
2:25 – 2:30 Thanks
We encourage you to attend for the entire symposium, or you are welcome to drop in throughout the day.
A sincere thank you to the 2025 Research Mentors for guiding the undergraduate researchers with their projects.
The College Summer Institute in the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences is a collaborative initiative supported by the Humanities and Social Sciences Collegiate Divisions, The Franke Institute for the Humanities, and The College Center for Research and Fellowships.