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2024 Winners

1st Place

Annabel Marshall

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
“Toward an infinity of wavering susceptible variables:” Camp, Audience and Productive Distortion in John Ashbery’s The Vermont Notebook

Annabel’s Project

1st Place

Celeste Palmer

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Mexican Fertility, Agricultural Regeneration, and French Informal Imperialism in Mexico, 1861-1867

Celeste’s Project

1st Place

Rowan Webster

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
The Relationship Between Childhood Adversity and Aging: Implications for Human Healthspans

Rowan’s Project

2nd Place

Aubrey Hart

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Music Therapy in the US Healthcare System: Past, Present and Future

Aubrey’s Project

2nd Place

Jacob Klein

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Transecting Russell Boulevard

Jacob’s Project

2nd Place

Bao Ngoc (Gemma) Le

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Efficacy of Non-Invasive Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy

Gemma’s Project

3rd Place

Lilly Tisza

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Human-Centric Research in Energy Retrofitting Methodology for Historic Architecture

Lilly’s Project

3rd Place

Emera Nai’a

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Delirium’s Impact on Longevity in Older Adults: Unveiling the Connection

Emera’s Project

2019 Winners

1st Place

Julia Betchart

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Caduceus and the Cross: The Influence of Evangelical Christianity on Health Practices in the American South, 1800-1860

Julia’s Project

1st Place

Samvardhini Sridharan

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Early Breast Cancer Detection via Novel Radiomics Techniques and Ultrasonography

Samvardhini’s Project

2nd Place

Megan West

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Bertha Mason and the Politics of Feeling

Megan’s Project

2nd Place

Janaé Bonnell

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Disparities in Cancer Incidence and Mortality on Native American Reservations

Janaé’s Project

2nd Place

Nicholas Garaffo

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
CD47-SIRPα Pathway as a Target for Cancer Therapeutics

Nicholas’ Project

3rd Place

Angelika Joseph

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Botta to Snøhetta; Cultural Changes between the 1990s and 2010s

Angelika’s Project

First-Year

Hannah Wang

First-Year Undergraduate
Kids in the Basement: Space and Virtuality in American and South Korean Esports

Hannah’s Project

2018 Winners

1st Place

Grant Rosinko

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Homoeroticism in the Early Ottoman Empire

Grant’s Project

1st Place

Janice Leung

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Recent Advances in Nanoparticle-Based Cancer Drug Delivery

Janice’s Project

2nd Place

Sammy Carey

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
The Tripartite American Judiciary: The Influence of Rome’s Mixed Constitution Upon the Founding Fathers

Sammy’s Project

2nd Place

Shelbie Condie

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Hold Your Horses, It’s Just an Adaptation

Shelbie’s Project

2nd Place

Megan Haugland

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Other Options Do Exist: A Review of Access to Long Acting Reversible Contraceptives

Megan’s Project

3rd Place

Amanda Dao

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Literature Review: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder as a Physical Injury

Amanda’s Project

2017 Winners

1st Place

Brian Wright

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Southern Whigs, a “British Conspiracy,” and the Annexation of Texas

Brian’s Project

1st Place

Elizabeth Chan

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
All Because of a Cup of Qahwah

Elizabeth’s Project

2nd Place

Funke Aderonmu

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
A Conflict of Interests: Revisiting Development Assistance Committee Members’ Tied Aid Policy Post 2001

Funke’s Project

2nd Place

Arianna Stokes

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
Genetic Insights into the Biogeography and Evolutionary History of the Killer Whale

Arianna’s Project

3rd Place

Harley Wong

Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Shot by the Western Gaze: National Geographic’s Construction of the Orient

Harley’s Project

3rd Place

Brooke Robinson

Science, Engineering & Mathematics
State of the Field Analysis: Contraceptive Methods & Research

Brooke’s Project
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