Celebrating our 2024 Lang Prize Winners
We are pleased to announce the 2024 winners of the library’s Lang Prize! Now in its eighth year, the Norma J. Lang Prize for Undergraduate Information Research recognizes students who make exceptional use of library resources and services — such as primary source materials and special collections, online databases and journal articles, interlibrary loan services, or consulting with a librarian.
Our eight prize winners were chosen from a record number of applicants. Through their research, they explored topics ranging from the poetry of John Ashbery to music therapy in healthcare, and from 19th-century French imperialism in Mexico to the relationship between childhood adversity and aging.
The Lang Prize is supported by a bequest from the late Professor Emerita of Botany Norma J. Lang, who taught at UC Davis for nearly 30 years. The prize honors Professor Lang’s devotion to her students and love of the research process.
Learn more about Professor Lang’s legacy, or click the links below to read more about each prize recipient’s winning project and research experience.
Meet our 2024 Lang Prize Winners
Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Annabel Marshall
Toward an infinity of wavering susceptible variables:” Camp, Audience and Productive Distortion in John Ashbery’s “The Vermont Notebook”
Celeste Palmer
Mexican Fertility, Agricultural Regeneration, and French Informal Imperialism in Mexico, 1861-1867
Aubrey Hart
Music Therapy in the US Healthcare System: Past, Present and Future
Jacob Klein
Transecting Russell Boulevard
Lilly Tisza
Human-Centric Research in Energy Retrofitting Methodology for Historic Architecture
Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Rowan Webster
The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Aging: Implications for Human Healthspans
Bao Ngoc (Gemma) Le
Efficacy of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy
Emera Nai’a
Delirium’s Impact on Longevity in Older Adults: Unveiling the Connection