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June 2, 2026

BEDLab End of Year Wrap-up

We had our last meeting of the academic year featuring awards, a lab photo, and a game of Wavelength.

• MVPMilena Guidotti
• MIPJudi HuangMost Improved Player
• RotYSiya MadanRookie of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement AwardMatt DimandaalFirst four-year BEDLabber; class conflict this quarter, so not pictured

We also received advice from some of our graduating lab members.

Best of luck on your future endeavors to Milena Guidotti, Arini Derrick, Melina Shafie, Oscar Guo, Celine Korfali, Alberto Campos, Matthew Dimandaal, Jasmine Hanna, Ruby Romero, Isaac Solnick, Jack Stone, Kathiroli Vasu, and Krishna Vijayendra.

You're always welcome back in BEDLab meetings whenever you're in town, and even better, you can always present on how you've been using your BEDLab skills in real life.

June 1, 2026

Milena receives Best Poster Award

Milena's research presentation was selected as the best poster from the School of Business at the 20th annual UCR Undergrad Research Symposium! Milena even received a cash award for this accomplishment (which was news to us... good work is its own reward).

There was a celebratory lunch today where students got to share their experiences and obstacles in their research journeys.

October 2, 2025

BEDLab launches year with new members

BEDLab kicked off the 2025-26 academic year with a massive influx of new members. Whether through the Undergrad Research Portal, BEDLab website, or word of mouth, 32 people applied for the lab this year.

Although some have since dropped out (I encourage students to stay only if they find the lab meetings enjoyable) and some people have schedule conflicts each quarter, here's to making the year a great one! (This picture was actually taken in April. Milena was practicing her poster.)

June 12, 2025

BEDLab End of Year Party

We celebrated our last meeting of the academic year with a mini party featuring awards, lab photo, light board games, snacks, and pizza from UPC.

• MVPIva MihajlovicOverall, cross-project impact on research quality and lab culture
• Research StarMarah Salloum
• MIPWin Thant Tin HanMost Improved Player
• RotYMilena GuidottiRookie of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement AwardHaoyang (Sam) Fan
• AotYJulian LuAnalyst of the Year
• Insight Amplifier AwardRaghav RapakaBest contributions to discussions

We also bid a fond farewell to graduating lab members: Soumya Agarwal, Keerthi Chidella, Jhanvi Dyavarshetty, Haoyang (Sam) Fan, Win Thant Tin Han, Julian Lu, Chandrahaas Mariserla, Iva Mihajlovic, Victor Nguyen, Marah Salloum, Arshleen Toor, and Sean Veve.

You're always welcome back in BEDLab meetings whenever you're in town, and even better, you can always present on how you've been using your BEDLab skills in real life.

P.S. Thanks to Iva and Marah, BEDLab now has a mascot, Bo the BEDLab bear!

June 6, 2025

Marah publishes paper in UCR Undergraduate Research Journal

After three rounds of reviews, Marah's paper based on her Honors Capstone made it into this year's UCR Undergraduate Research Journal. The official journal unveiling was today and there was a little party for it. Here's a link to the paper: Anxiety Effects on Decision Making with College Students

May 28, 2025

Prof. Li receives Innovative Teaching Award

Professor Li received the UCR Academy of Distinguished Teaching's Innovative Teaching Award for 2025. XCITE made a video about this here.

May 13, 2025

Win receives Best Presentation Award

Win's research presentation was selected as the best in the Bourns College of Engineering! In recognition of this honor, Win and Prof Li were invited to join the Vice Provost and Dean, Louie Rodriguez, and the Center for Undergraduate Research & Engaged Learning (CUREL) team for a celebration luncheon.

May 1, 2025

Western Psychological Association

At this year's Western Psychological Association in Las Vegas, Iva and Marah presented posters. They did a great job representing BEDLab at WPA! Marah presented poster on Anxiety Effects on College Student Decision Making Iva presented poster on From Candy to Carrots: Can Health-Promoting Tags Lead to Choosing What's "Better For You?" (same poster as before)

April 22-25, 2025

Undergraduate Research Symposium

At this year's Undergrad Research Symposium, we had three presenters and Prof Li also served as a poster judge. All three presenters did great and they got lots of questions from attendees. Marah presented talk on Anxiety Effects on College Student Decision Making

Win presented talked on Decision-Making Traits and the Utilization of Generative AI in Higher Education (failed to get a photo of this) Iva presented poster on From Candy to Carrots: Can Health-Promoting Tags Lead to Choosing What's "Better For You?"