{"id":1628,"date":"2025-04-15T19:17:05","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/?p=1628"},"modified":"2025-04-15T19:17:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T19:17:18","slug":"vaishnavi-defends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/vaishnavi-defends\/","title":{"rendered":"Vaishnavi defends her senior honors thesis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1626\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/Kristen-Vaishnavi-a-300x225.jpeg\" alt=\"Dr. Syrett and Vaishnavi Elanchezhian\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/Kristen-Vaishnavi-a-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/Kristen-Vaishnavi-a-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/language-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2025\/04\/Kristen-Vaishnavi-a.jpeg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vaishnavi successfully defended her senior honors thesis, and earned both Highest Honors and the Department of Linguistics Award for Research Excellence! Prior to this, she presented her work at an undergraduate symposium at UC Berkeley, with great reception. <strong>Congratulations, Vaishnavi!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vaishnavi successfully defended her senior honors thesis, and earned both Highest Honors and the Department of Linguistics Award for Research Excellence! 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