Conference Schedule - Thursday, April 30, 2026
10:00am-11am
Student Check-in
11:00am-12pm
Lunch available to participating students and mentors
1P-116 (pick up)
12:00pm-1:00pm
Plenary Session
Williamson Theatre, 1P-111
Musical Introduction
Persephone Crespo, Guitar
Welcome and Introductions
Laxmi Ramasubramanian - Associate Provost
Opening Remarks
Timothy G. Lynch -President
Keynote Address
Jason Bishop-Professor of English
“Do we really understand each other? Pragmatic language use and neurodiversity”
Rupal Gupta-Associate Professor of Chemistry
“Humans vs. Bugs: Who’s got the MettleMetal!”
Closing Musical Performance
Persephone Crespo, Guitar
1:00-3:00pm
Poster Presentations
1P Atrium
1:00pm-2:00pm
A Showcase of CSI Student Writers - English
Williamson Theatre, 1P-111
The winners of the Inkwellessay contest will be announced, and selections from the winning essays will be read.
Inkwell Winners:
Catherine Gardella, “The Decline of Free Play and Its Consequences for Children and Adolescents”, Roshane Patterson, “No Language is Mine”, Marisol Acevedo, “Becoming Eminem”, (not reading) Jessica McCartney, "A Letter to My Readers“, and (not reading) Aida Ljulja, "Flipping Through TV Channels“. We will showcase our student-led publications, Lost in Thought(Amina Selimaj, Wesam Mansour, and Evan Truskalo) and The Banner (Gianna Liantonio, Amanda Musto, and Sarah Ahmed). Public speaker and CSI writer Christopher Neves will present "Writing Through Adversity".
1:00-3:00pm
Film Screenings and Posters - Media Culture
1P-118A
Films, videos, and posters( representing advanced design and digital media) presented by students from the Department of Media Culture.
2:30pm-3:30pm
Music Hour- Performing and Creative Arts - Music Program
WilliamsonTheatre,1P-111
Performances featuring the Young Artists and the chamber music students of the CSI Music Program. Featuring Javier Luis Santos, Brianna Dellaccio, Yoojin Oh, Maksim Nam, Xiaoying Amber Liang, Miguel Hamidjojo, and Persephone Crespo.
2:30pm-4:00pm
Exhibition of Student Visual Art in All Media - Opening Reception
1P-118B
Opening Reception for Exhibition of Student Visual Art in All Media, curated by John Magrini, Juanpablo Angulo, Edwin Saucedo, and others. The exhibition runs through May 14.
3:30pm-4:30pm
Panel Discussion -What’s Next for Undergraduate Students
WilliamsonTheatre,1P-111
Moderator:
Ashley Villalva -CSI Student Government President
Panelists:
Colin Alarcon -CSI Alumni (Macaulay Honors program)
Antonella Guadagnino -PhD candidate in Cognitive and Comparative Psychology at the CUNY Graduate Center & Adjunct lecturer in the Biology and Psychology departments at CSI
Dr. Jacqueline Armani-CSI Alumni and Doctor of Optometry
4:30pm-5:00pm
UG Conference Closing Reception and Award Ceremony
1P Atrium
Nathalia Holtzman –Interim Provost
4:00pm-6:00pm
Chroma: Works from the CSI Gallery Collection - Closing Reception
The CSI Art Gallery, 1P-112
Closing reception for Chroma: Works from the CSI Gallery Collection, curated by Nina Davis and Dayana Espinoza. A student-curated exhibition of multimedia works from the College of Staten Island’s gallery collection. This exhibition explores the emotional responses that color evokes through intensity, style, and form.
Student curators available to answer questions from 12pm - 4pm