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2011 Huskey Research Exhibition

Congratulations to the participants of the 2011 Huskey Reseach Exhibition! Thank you to all our oral and poster session judges for providing their valuable time. And last, but not least, a big thank you to Robert J. Huskey, our keynote speaker.

This year's exhibition featured approximately 100 presentations on a wide range of research, including:

  • Surprise Black Holes
  • Place and Face Memory Bias
  • 1950s Mass Media
  • US Trade Policy
  • Inequality in Global Water Use
  • Appreciation of Artwork
  • Racial Variability in Pain Perception
  • Using Ultrasound to Deliver Targeted Tracers to Brain Tumors

Click to see the 2011 ProgramPDF and the oral and poster presentation abstractsPDF. Stay tuned for photos from the 2011 Research Exhibition and the list of award recipients.

Oral Presentation Winners

Oral Presentation Winners - Arts and Humanities
    1. Gabriel Hankins, Shelli Poe
    2. Emily Gravett, Kirstin Ek
    3. Ana Alves
Oral Presentation Winners - Biological and Biomedical Sciences
    1. Christy Nichols, Evonne Johnson, Roshan James
    2. Olivia Mullins, Caitlin Burke, Melissa Aikens
    3. Matt Rannals
Oral Presentation Winners - Physical Science and Mathematics
    1. Tim Pennucci, Amy Reines
    2. Amanda Steber, George Trammell
    3. David Hondula
Oral Presentation Winners - Social and Behavioral Sciences
    1. Kaycie Kuss Tayler, Rachel Riskind
    2. Shushanik Hakobyan, David Seekell
    3. David Szwedo, Blair Gross
Poster Session Winners

Poster Winners - Biological and Biomedical Sciences
    1. Ruth Castellanos, Monica Lee, Michaela Levin, Stacey Gorski, Molly Tinius
    2. Nick Hargus, Christopher Jacobs, Anthony Awojoodu, Cynthia Huang, Neethi Rao
    3. Jakub Bielnicki, Lucia Tejada
Poster Winners - Physical Science and Mathematics
    1. Tiandong Liu, Ami Riscassi, Jingyi Li
    2. Joseph Houck
    3. Nguyen Nguyen, Trisha Vickery
Poster Winners - Social and Behavioral Sciences
    1. Kelly Marie Hoffman, Carolyn Palmquist, Meg Bryce
    2. Samantha Tornello
Architecture Winners

    1. Gray Graham
    2. Aja Bulla-Richards
    3. Lin Jia

Thanks to all our presenters for 2011:

Jessie Abbate, Melissa Aikens, Ana Alves, Anthony Awojoodu, Tim Bevins, Jakub Bielnicki, Meg Bryce, Aja Bulla-Richards, Katie Burke, Caitlin Burke, Ruth M. Castellanos, Alison Dewald, Charli Dominguez, Holly Earls, Kirstin Ek, Daniel Fox, Kristin Gilger, Stacey Gorski, Gray Graham, Emily Gravett, Blair Gross, Michael Gutknecht, Cheryl Hahn, Shushanik Hakobyan, Gabriel Hankins, Nick Hargus, Nathan Hedges, Jenny Hodges, Kelly Marie Hoffman, David Hondula, Geoffrey Horwitz, Joseph Houck, Cynthia Huang, Christopher Jacobs, Roshan James, Lin Jia, Evonne Johnson, Joseph Johnson, Evan Joslin, Jennifer Joy-Gaba, Ye-Hyun Kim, Heejung Kim, Robyn Kondrad, Brett Kroncke, Kaycie Kuss Tayler, Calvin Lai, Melissa Lansey, Monica Lee, Jianyi Lee, Michaela Levin, "Li" OR "Jingyi" Li, Tiandong Liu, Ryan Lo, Michael Marsh-Soloway, David Morris, Emily Moser, Olivia Mullins, Justin Neill, Nguyen Nguyen, Christy Nichols, Jennifer O'Brien, Carolyn Palmquist, Woo-sin Park, Tim Pennucci, Shelli Poe, Kunal Poorey, Kosta Popovic, Matt Rannals, Neethi Rao, Kelly Reed, Amy Reines, Eric Rettberg, Ami Riscassi, Rachel Riskind, Adam Robinson, Ashley Ross, Roscoe Scarborough, Kathleen Schmidt, David Seekell, Shaili Shah, Laura Shankman, Rupesh Silwal, Amanda Steber, Laura Strausberg, David Szwedo, Lucia Tejada, Ben Thiede, Molly Tinius, Samantha Tornello, Janet Trammell, George Trammell, Petra Turner Harvey, Sunil Unnikrishnan, Trisha Vickrey, Li Xiao, Songpan Xu, Qin Yu

Awards

Over $8,000 in prize money is expected to be awarded at this year's Huskey Exhibition. The exact allocation of prize amounts will be determined after the presentation schedule is finalized; however it is typical for first-place presentations to earn a prize in the range of $300 to $500.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Student Council, the Office of the Vice President for Research, the Office of the Dean for Graduate Academic Programs, and the School of Architecture.

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