Evelyn Alsultany, professor of American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California, is the featured speaker for the forum.

Pictured (left to right) are LION STEM Scholars Warren Reinhart, Mark Longenberger, Gabriel Regalado-Moya and Emmerson Velazques, along with their mentor Ryan Hassler.

Student researcher Aaliss Osidele helps a museum guest to use the Oculus Meta Quest 2.

Students on the research team pose with a member of museum staff: from left, Aaliss Osidele, Chantel Bennett, Kimberly Nicholas, Mr. Selva and Avery Rivera.  Not pictured: Jaymi Smith.

Cheryl Nicholas (fourth from left) and Heidi Mau (second from left) were awarded at the opening reception.  The virtual reality/digital exhibition opened on Aug. 15, at the Perak Museum in Taiping, Perak, Malaysia to a crowd of more than 3,000 attendees, including government ministers.