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Undergraduate Research Fair coordinator Meg Van Etten poses for a photo with winners from this year's research fair.

Corporate Communication major Maria Veniamin, who in addition to presenting at this year's fair was also an opening speaker for the event, garnered first place in the Visual Arts category, for her project "Making Purple”. In her remarks, Veniamin shared her personal experience and the satisfaction she felt after completing a research project for a class report last semester that resulted in faculty at Penn State Scranton adopting her solution to student exhaustion. (see sidebar story)

Marston Jamieson and Alexandria DeWolfe receive their second place award in science award from UGR fair coordinator Meg Van Etten for their project, “Plant Interactions Perceived as Stress Relieving During COVID-19 Pandemic”.

Marston Jamieson and Alexandria DeWolfe receive their first place University Libraries' Undergraduate Research Award for Excellence in Information Literacy for their project, "Plant Interactions Perceived as Stress Relieving During COVID-19 Pandemic".

Kaylah Simmons receives her second place award in social science from Fair Coordinator Meg Van Etten for her project, “The Psychological Influences Behind the Fear of Phone Detachment Among Teens Using the Nomophobia Questionnaire”.

UGR Fair Coordinator Meg Van Etten presents Kayla Kozlowski with her first place award in Nursing: Injury and Disease for her project, Efficacy of Needle Exchange Programs”.

Johannah Carr receives her second place award for her Nursing: Prenatal and Pediatrics project, “The Impact of Breastfeeding on Infants Experiencing Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS)”.  

Olivia Maikranz receives her first place award in the Nursing: Health and Aging category for her project, "The Effectiveness of Music-Based Interventions in Addition to Pharmacological Interventions To Manage Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia”.

Alexandra Trinovitch, Timothy Nelson and Michael Border receive their first place award in technology and engineering for their project, “3D-printed Spring-like Novel Bar Mechanism for Simplifying the Design of Robotic Grippers”.

UGR Fair coordinator Meg Van Etten presents Sarah Sherpinskas her first place award in science for her project: “Using Brassica rapa mutants to measure the long-term effects of pollinator declines: First steps”.