{"id":2168,"date":"2026-04-13T00:02:19","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:02:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/?p=2168"},"modified":"2026-04-13T00:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T00:36:38","slug":"stetson-showcase-2026-currents-of-curiosity-crossing-streams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/2026\/04\/13\/stetson-showcase-2026-currents-of-curiosity-crossing-streams\/","title":{"rendered":"Stetson Showcase 2026: Currents of Curiosity, Crossing Streams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-726x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2169\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7089931715821589;width:518px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-726x1024.png 726w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4-213x300.png 213w, https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/image-4.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On April 14, 2026, Stetson University will host its annual Showcase, a longstanding celebration of undergraduate research, creative activity, and academic excellence. Now in its twenty-eighth year, the event highlights the depth and diversity of student scholarship across disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s theme, <em>\u201cCurrents of Curiosity: Crossing Streams,\u201d<\/em> reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of student work, as ideas move across boundaries between science, technology, the arts, and the humanities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Showcase will feature poster sessions, oral presentations, art exhibitions, and music recitals, offering students the opportunity to share research ranging from environmental studies and public health to artificial intelligence and social analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2026 Grady Ballenger keynote speaker, Dr. Antonio Byrd, will address the role of generative AI in research and publishing, encouraging thoughtful engagement with both its possibilities and ethical implications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through this event, Stetson continues to foster curiosity, creativity, and clear communication, preparing students to engage meaningfully with an increasingly complex and interconnected world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 14, 2026, Stetson University will host its annual Showcase, a longstanding celebration of undergraduate research, creative activity, and academic excellence. Now in its twenty-eighth year, the event highlights the depth and diversity of student scholarship across disciplines. This year\u2019s theme, \u201cCurrents of Curiosity: Crossing Streams,\u201d reflects the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of student work, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":2169,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stetson-showcase-activity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/2173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.stetson.edu\/faculty-engagement\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}