UNIVERSITY PARK, PA. — Thirty-one undergraduates were recognized for presentations of their research or creative ventures during the 2024 Undergraduate Exhibition for Research, Inquiry, and Creative Activity, held April 15-17.
Continuing as a hybrid event, more than 200 Penn State undergraduates from a multitude of disciplines, colleges and campuses participated online through the symposium. Many also chose to attend the in-person session on April 17 at the HUB-Robeson Center.
Each year, the Office of Undergraduate Education and University Libraries award students for outstanding work, some with cash prizes.
Gerard A. Hauser Top Presentation Award
- Joel Hodges
Arts and Humanities
- First place: Madelyn Hindman
- Second place: Arushi Grover
- Third place: Matthew Matour
Business and Entrepreneurship
- First place: Anna Shank
Engineering
- First place: Sonika Kohli
- Second place: Julian Kim
- Third place: Vancie Peacock
Health and Life Sciences
- First place: Charles Colvin
- Second place: Elle McGregor, Sarah Scott (tie)
Physical Sciences
- First place: Alex Galvin
- Second place: Nicholas Richardson
- Third place: Abishek Judah Mohan
Social and Behavioral Sciences
- First place: Hailey Paolercio
- Second place: Marjaan Khan
- Third place: Olivia Bratton
Oral and Performance
- First place: Arun Mohan
Engagement
First Place: Maggie Bopp presenting with Sean Gallagher, Sophia Briseno and Jack Linsey
Peter T. Luckie Awards, junior standing
- STEM: Sean Zsoldos
- Life and health: Hannah Bauer
- Social and behavioral: Emma Suplizio
Information Literacy Awards, University Libraries
- Grand prize winner: Yash Dixit
- First place winner: Elizabeth Timmins
- Second place winner: Saran Ashley Douglas
- Third place winner: Emma Hoorfar
- Honorable mention: Ciara Woodburn, Gabriella Esposito, Emma Kraft, Charles Colvin, Carolyn Oluwaseun-Apo
Data Visualization Awards
First place: Alexandra Kwiatkowski, "Integration Investigation: Feeding Regime Alters Patterns of Integration in Cichlids"
Second place: Derek Baldwin, "Leveraging Temporal Proximity to Amplify Strength of Memory Updates"
Honorable mentions: Ciara Woodburn, "Plastic Response in Zebrafish Fin Ray Patterning Induced by Alternative Feeding Strategies"; Mabel Tong,"The Exon Junction Complex Factor RBM8A in GFAP-expressing astrocytes Modulates Locomotion Behaviors"
How to participate in the Undergraduate Exhibition
Applications for the annual Undergraduate Exhibition, held each April, typically open in February. Undergraduate Research and Fellowships Mentoring offers workshops to help students prepare for academic exhibitions.
The Undergraduate Exhibition is coordinated by Penn State Undergraduate Education.