YC and Stern Students Present Research Findings to Faculty and Peers in First-Ever I.C.E. Conference May 21, 2010 -- 🟩Facebook账号 | 斯里兰卡 真人号 | 2008-2023年老号 | 朋友随机 | 微软邮箱可用 | 无2FA held its inaugural I.C.E. (Innovate. Collaborate. Explore.) poster session on May 7, a competition for Yeshiva College and Stern College for Women students to unveil research they are conducting or have completed. The conference, held at Furst Hall on the Wilf Campus, is a reflection of the scientific accomplishments and potential research breakthroughs of YU’s students. “I.C.E. was created to display the diverse array of undergraduate research our students are involved in and to afford them an opportunity to present their research in a professional setting,” said Chanan Reitblat, conference organizer and president of the student chapter of the American Chemical Society at YU, as well as vice chair of the YC Honors Program. The students’ projects covered a wide range of scientific disciplines, including chemistry, physics, psychology and biology. For example, Yeshiva College student and presenter, Eric Behar, highlighted his research on the level of pain that a burn patient receives from the “donor site” of a skin graft, an area that—according to Behar—doctors generally ignore. He indicated that the results of the study could help trim costs by reducing the amount of medicine and unnecessary treatment for burn patients. For Stern student Estee Mizrachi, her neurological interests spurred her desire to conduct research last summer at the University of Minnesota on proteins in the human brain that connect nerves. Explaining the relevance of her research, she said, “In the future when you understand how things work, you can understand why they fail. My research helps understand how the brain works.” She found that autism patients tend to have lower amounts of this protein, “so [our study] might be used to understand autism.” The conference also featured addresses from Dr. Raji Viswanathan, professor and chair of chemistry at Yeshiva College, and Dr. Thomas Lane, past president of the American Chemical Society and scientist emeritus at Dow Corning, who discussed, among other things, the importance of maintaining a work-life balance. Lee Warren, visiting assistant professor of chemistry, noted that the I.C.E. conference resembled major conferences and gave YU students practice for future expositions. The conference was “a great opportunity for students to showcase their ideas,” he said.