An awards ceremony kicked off Northern Michigan University's 24th Annual Celebration of Student Scholarship on April 11. Undergraduate and graduate students were honored in various categories of poster presentations. There were also awards for an essay competition, projects using Lydia Olson Library and/or NMU Archives resources, and technology innovation.
The award categories and honored students were:
Undergraduate Lower Division Awards
Primer Assessment for a Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assay for Glioblastama Multiforme: Isabella Oldani, 1st place
A Phylogenetic Analysis of the Parasitic Pinworm Eugenuris sp. In Ochotana sp.: Annika Desai, 2nd place
Finish Time Gaps in Elite Athletes: Gender Comparisons in Cross Country Running and Nordic Skiing: Tara Myers, 3rd place
Undergraduate Upper Division Awards
Comparing Trends in Solar Radiation over the Laurentian Great Lakes: Myles Walimaa, 1st place
Population Structure of Graphidiella ochotonae, a Parasite of American Pikas (Ochotona princeps): Erin Brino, 2nd place
Geospatially Tracking the Placement of African Americans in the Redline Neighborhoods of Detroit, MI: Garrett Raubinger, 3rd place
Undergraduate Group Awards
Can Animal Personality Facilitate Adaptation to Climate Change?: Brooke Krysiak and Grace Freitag, 1st place
Should You Shower Before Getting into the Pool?: Janean Fabino and Stephanie Parks, 2nd place
Influence of Habit Structure on the Diet and Gut Microbiome of the American Marten: Chris Kailing, Sierra Gillman, Lane Jeakle and Myles Walimma; 3rd place
Graduate Poster Awards
Feeding the Beast: Are Human Foods Another Pressure on Wildlife Health?: Sierra Gillman, 1st place
West Nile Virus: Applying a Novel Genetic Assay to Blood and Tissue Samples of Wild Birds: Carly Paget, 2nd place
A Preliminary Investigation on the Tropic Ecology of Sport Fish on Little Bay de Noc: Jon Whitinger, 3rd place
Essay Competition
Antecedents of Workplace Deviance: Taylor Harder
Library and Archives Research Award
The Underground Railroad in the Upper Peninsula: Emily Wros
Technology Innovation for Students
Computational Simulations of Hydrogen with Titanium Dioxide: Mariah Goeks and Jarryd Horn
This event was sponsored by the McNair Scholars Program and the NMU Office of Graduate Education.
