2025 Winners
Capstone Project or Senior Thesis Award
First Place
Áine Heaney
College of Architecture, Architecture
Na Fáilte: Country House & Farm Sean Patrick Nohelty, advisor
Second Place
Chloe Miller
College of Arts & Letters, English, Africana Studies
‘A Metaphysical Dilemma’: The Language of Black Female Subjectivity in the Poetics of Ntozake Shange Cyraina Johnson-Roullier, advisor
Sophomore, Junior, or Senior Award
First Place
Michael Li
College of Science, Neuroscience and Behavior
Artificial Intelligence-Powered Detection of Skin Cancer Jianneng Li, advisor
Second Place
Luke Reynolds
College of Arts & Letters, Neuroscience and Behavior, Philosophy
Borrowed Sensation: Sensory Metaphor and Neurological Simulation in Gertrude of Helfta CJ Jones, advisor
First Year Student Award
First Place
Rachel Cooper
Keough School of Global Affairs, Global Affairs, Korean
Peacebuilding Across Parallels: Korean-Irish Nonprofit Collaboration for Peace and Disarmament Orla Stapleton, advisor
Second Place
Maria Eduarda Grill da Silveira
Keough School of Global Affairs, Global Affairs, Economics
Private Prisons and Mass Incarceration – Profits Over Justice Jason A. Springs, advisor
Group Project Award
First Place
Faith Groody
College of Science, Environmental Science
Kaitlin Mohlenkamp
College of Science, Biological Sciences
Population density and vocalization patterns of the Galápagos sea lion in wild and urban environments Gary Lamberti, advisor
Emerging Scholar
Gayoung "Bona" Park
College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Soft Everting Prosthetic Hand and Comparison with Existing Body-Powered Terminal Devices Margaret Coad, advisor
Hayden Kirwan
College of Arts & Letters, History
Conservation Occupation: How the Virginia Blue Ridge Became Shenandoah National Park Jon T. Coleman, advisor
Navari Family Center for Digital Scholarship
Award Winners
Gaspar Larrain Varas
College of Business, Business Analytics
Redreport, Technological Innovation Blueprint Regarding Sexual Assault Alexi Orchard, advisor
Jamie Reintjes
College of Arts & Letters, International Economics, Chinese
The Impact of Fentanyl-Related Deaths on U.S. Press Coverage of China Lakshmi Iyer, advisor
Xiaoyu (Rain) Zhang
College of Arts & Letters, Medieval Studies, Theology
The Rise and Fall of Ministers in Pre-Imperial China: A Case Study of Li Si and Zhang Yi Liang Cai, advisor