Lightning Talks &

Film Festival

Lightning Talk Presentations

• The Creation-Evolution Debate: A Rhetorical “Hot Mess:” Patrick
  Casto, Bowling Green State University
• Coral Bleaching is not Always a Death Sentence: Amanda Dwyer,
  Northeastern University
• When to settle down? An algorithm for human dating: Heng Liang,
  University of Nebraska Lincoln
• HPV: An unknown risk that everyone knows about: Andrew Kahn,
  Kansas State University
• The Truth Behind Common Evolution Phrases: Sarah Spier,
  University of Nebraska Lincoln
• Climate Change Easily Explained: Bernadette Drouhard, Kansas State
  University
• Seeing Evolution Before Our Eyes: Rapid Evolution in Western
  Mosquitofish: John Coffin, Kansas State University
• The Fly Who Bugged Me: Climate Change and the Bugs That Bug Us:
  Audrey Maran, Bowling Green State University
• Stepping Out of Line: Why Evolution Isn’t Linear: Lauren Konrade,
  Kansas State University

Film Festival

Judge’s Choice 1st Place – Science with Kennen: Kennen Hutchison, Northwestern University

Judge’s Choice 2nd Place – Hidden Forest: Laura Vander Meiden, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Audience’s Choice 1st Place – An Introduction to Bird Banding: Amber Schiltz, Bird Conservancy of the Rockies

Audience’s Choice 2nd Place – What happens if the Earth Warms by 2°C: Jason Lederman, Popular Science

Watershed: Emma Brinley Buckley, University of Nebraska at Kearney

The Meiklejohn Lab: Abhilesh Dhawanjewar, University of Nebraska
Lincoln

Scott’s Science: Ryan Fuller, University of Chicago

Scientists in “Cars” Getting Coffee: Rudy Villegas, University of Nebraska

One Minute Science: Sparrow Song: Emily Hudson (University of
Nebraska, Lincoln) and Dr. Matt Wilkins (Vanderbilt University)

Quickly Moving Membranes: Dr. Rebecca Roston, University of Nebraska, Lincoln