Thanks to donors who give to the School of Human Ecology, Human Development & Family Studies (HDFS) students Genna Garrigan ’25 (@gennagarrigan) and Emma Powers ’25 (@emmapowers._) traveled to Seattle to confidently present research in front of an academic audience at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference (@societyforsocialwork). The pair were recipients of the Career & Leadership Development Scholarship, which helps students build career skills by covering travel and conference costs. Alongside Quentin Riser (@q_rizzer), HDFS assistant professor and the Dean’s Equitable Early Lifespan Faculty Fellow, Garrigan and Powers shared their findings from working with the Riser Equitable Early Lifespan Lab (REEL Lab). Riser solely works with undergraduate students because of his own transformative experience as an undergraduate researcher. “Working in the @uwreel.lab has been invaluable in preparing me for graduate school and my future career,” Garrigan says. “Through my resea...