5 undergraduates will represent Pitt at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds

Five undergraduate students will represent the University of Pittsburgh at the 2024 ACC Meeting of the Minds, which is being held April 5-7 at the University of Notre Dame.

The annual research conference features diverse avenues of creative inquiry at the 15 Atlantic Coast Conference member schools. This year, the University is represented by:

• Michelle Chung, School of Nursing and David C. Frederick Honors College, presenting “Association Between Area Deprivation Index and Outcomes After Subarachnoid Hemorrhage”
• Connor Diaz, Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences and Frederick Honors College, presenting “How the Five Tribes Became ‘Red’: The Failure of Acculturation in the Indian Territory, 1830-1861”
• Priya Gupta, School of Social Work, presenting “From Resource Scarcity to Psychological Toll: Challenges Faced by Mental Health Crisis Workers”
• Neharika Murthy, Dietrich School, presenting “The Impact of CREBRF Overexpression in Hypothalamic AgRP and POMCNeurons on Energy Homeostasis”
• Alivia Pierce, Dietrich School, presenting “Capturing the Black Struggle for Visibility Through the Vietnam War”