Overview:

Penn State Greater Allegheny holds two Student Research & Creativity Conferences in which all students are invited to present their research projects and creative accomplishments. These conferences are sponsored by Teaching International & the Honors Program. Students work closely with faculty advisors to develop their projects. Most projects are presented in poster format, but other formats may be used. Faculty judges and attendees vote on projects for awards in one or a combination of these categories: Honors, Teaching International, Creativity, Library Literacy, Racial Equity, STEM, Sustainability, and Audience Appreciation.  

Please note that all Honors Options require a poster or video unless the student is a freshman or sophomore taking a 400-level course. 

Spring 2022 - Research and Creativity Conference 

Awards

  • Racial Equity: $250 award 
  • Library Literacy: $250 award 
  • Honors: bookstore gift card 
  • Teaching International (the focus this year is inequity, and the project must have an international scope to qualify): bookstore gift card 
  • STEM: bookstore gift card 
  • Creativity: bookstore gift card 
  • Sustainability: bookstore gift card
  • Audience Appreciation:  bookstore gift card

We are delighted to announce the winners of the Fall 2021 Undergraduate Research and Creativity Conference at Greater Allegheny:

Racial Equity Awards:

First prize tie:

Zachary Petrulak,  Discrimination Against Minority Protestors
Ke'ira Williams, Asian American Mental Health'ira>

Honors Award:

First prize:

Neila Raveen, Detection of Dopamine Neurons Using Antibodies

Second prize:

Bobur Rakhmatullaev, Response System to a Sexual Assault Claim in Women’s Prison

Creativity:

First prize:

Stalin Oaks, Haikai no Renga

STEM:

First prize:

Cody Brown, How Pure is Your Alcohol?

Audience Choice Award:

First prize:

Sarah Kish, Hypertension: Psychological and Neurological Contributions 

Library Undergraduate Research Awards:

First prize:

Neila Raveen, Exploring the Social Determinants of Breast Cancer in American Women

Second prize:

Taylor Speeney, Interpersonal Violence: Gender and Sexual Orientation Disparities

Honorable Mention:

Sarah Kish, Hypertension: Psychological and Neurological Contributions 

Samantha Marsden, How Safe are Biometrics as a Method of Security?

 

Please join us in congratulating our students on their excellent work!