April 17, 2019
Supported by the Libraries’ Vernon R. and Marion Alden Endowment, the annual Student Research and Creative Activity Expo has no shortage of projects as hundreds of undergraduate, graduate and medical students gather to present original work and compete for cash prizes.
Designed with innovation in mind, the student-centered event showcases how learning gained in the classroom is applied to real-life scenarios. With over 2,000 visitors yearly, the Expo hosts teams of judges reviewing an impressive array of student projects including topics ranging from connecting popular culture to fashion; to how athletes deal with the pressure to perform; to establishing support programs for families with autistic children, among many more too numerous to list.
Award winners include:
- Meghan Little received the Libraries’ first place graduate student award for her work titled, “Conservation and Compliance: A Case Study in Kosovo’s Bjeshket e Nemuna National Park."
- Elizabeth Bennett was awarded the Libraries’ first place undergraduate award for her work titled, “Tolerating the Dissenters: A comparison of the Toleration Acts enacted in the 17th and 18th Century Great Britain and Ireland."
- Xinyue Ren received the Libraries’ library connection award for her work titled, “What social media can do when designing a hybrid training for student workers in a university library."
Below are some of the Libraries’ 2019 first-place awardees and their work highlighted in photos. All Photos by Ben Siegel.
