The NCUIRE research symposium for 2024 is proud to announce its award winners. Winners were decided by faculty members and audience members. There were awards for students who are enrolled in NCUIRE, students who are not affiliated with NCUIRE, and awards based on student and audience member impressions.
NCUIRE
Award winners
Awards for NCUIRE students*
1st place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Cyan Cornett, Tatianna Gladu, Barry Cromer III, Allie Baker, Katherine O'Brien, Isabel Maldonado | What’s in the Bag? Factsheets for Commonly Trafficked Arthropods |
| Riley Samarzja | The Influence of Under-Confidence on Perceptions of Less-Than-Highly Confident Identifications |
2nd place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Kaitlyn Bowe, Micah Collins, Serenity Garcia, Kasey Kutcher, Lily Moskowitz, Audrey Zelinka | From “Colossal Shrimp” to 100 Options: Restaurant Menus as Tools to Understanding Socio-economic Values and Inequalities |
| Mobin Doost |
Unlocking Therapeutic Potential: Synergistic Activation of VDR-RXR Heterodimers by Vitamin D and Rexinoids |
|
Rhiannon Burin |
Stinknet Restoration Study |
*as judged by faculty
Awards for non-NCUIRE students*
1st place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Al Nieva | Emulation in Video Game Preservation |
| Jessie Torres Acosta, Al Nieva | AimBeat: a Gyroscopic Rhythm Game Proposal |
2nd place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Jiya Singla, Sudeep Sharma | Socioeconomic Inequality and School Shootings |
3rd place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Alessia Daniele, Kirstin Austin | Analysis of Siberian Hamster (Phodopus sungorus) Follicle Distributions in Response to Photoperiod |
| Jaime Del Cid | Analysis of Microbiome of Moved Remains after Treatments of Soil with Select Chemicals |
*as judged by faculty
People's choice awards*
1st place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Rachel Adair et al. | Analysis of the Pollen Community in Arizona |
2nd place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Gracie Thompson and Alexandier Brossia | A Genetic Survey of Phoenix, AZ, Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Populations |
3rd place
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Daniela Bermudez | Beyond the Uniform: Mental and Physical Health Experiences of Female Veterans in Arizona |
Honorable mention
| Student names | Poster names |
|---|---|
| Sabelle Reeder, Abigail Zagala, Kylie Smith, Samantha Rylander, and Hannah Rath | The Use of a Filler-Control Method to Calibrate Forensic Evidence Analysis |
*as judged by audience members