Georgia State University

Neuroscience major Ilona Goylnker won second place for poster presentations in the Natural & Computational Sciences category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Biology major Kennex Lam won first place for poster presentations in the Natural & Computational Sciences category and received the Provost Award during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Music composition major Ian Hardemon wins second place for poster presentations in the Fine Arts & Humanities category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Music education major Rachel Odendahl won first place for poster presentations in the Fine Arts & Humanities category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Political Science major Kelsi Quick won second place for oral presentations in the Social & Behavioral Sciences category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Anthropology major Savannah Setter won first place for oral presentations in the Social & Behavioral Sciences and won the Provost Award during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Neuroscience major Adriene Davis wins second place for oral presentations in the Natural & Computational Sciences category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Neuroscience major Mariana Holguin-Lopez won first place for oral presentations in the Natural & Computational Sciences category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

English major Jami Johnson won first place for oral presentations in the Fine Arts & Humanities category during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Seven Georgia State University undergraduates received Sustainability Awards for their presentations during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Petra Goettel, a film and media major, won second place for film displays during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Art education major Adela Lopez won first place for artistic displays during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Sculpture major Miranda Creagan won second place for artistic displays during the virtual 2020 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second, third place and honorable mention are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First and second place are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

The Lewis College Graduate Research Conference, which is sponsored by the Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions Office of Research, provides graduate students in nursing, nutrition, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and respiratory therapy the opportunity to exhibit their research in a poster presentation to colleagues in the university. First, second, third place and honorable mention are selected by a panel of judges from disciplines across the university.

The Boykin Fellowship was established in 1999 to honor former chair David W. Boykin of the Department of Chemistry. It is awarded to an outstanding Ph.D. graduate student in medicinal chemistry.

The Ambrose H. Pendergrast Fellowship provides scholarships to M.S. and/or Ph.D. level students who are pursuing or intend to pursue a degree in Chemistry with a specialization in analytical chemistry with the College of Arts & Sciences.

The Donald Ahearn Endowed Fellowship in Applied and Environmental Microbiology was established on the occasion of Dr. Ahearn's becoming a Research Professor Emeritus in recognition of his outstanding contributions in instruction, research, and service in the development of applied and environmental micro-biology programs at Georgia State University

Andrew Young School of Policy Studies doctoral candidates Hala Altamimi (Public Policy), Nicardo McInnis (Economics) and Youngwan Song (Public Policy) attended the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management's (APPAM) 41st Annual Fall Research Conference.

Georgia State University's Julia Watzek is the lead author of a research paper published in the journal Scientific Reports. Watzek, of Atlanta, is a Ph.D. candidate in psychology in the College of Arts and Sciences. Watzek holds a master's degree in Psychology from Georgia State University. Watzek's research is titled "Capuchin and rhesus monkeys but not humans show cognitive flexibility in an optional-switch task."

The Brains & Behavior Summer Scholars Program provides summer fellowships to selected Georgia State undergraduates to support their research efforts in faculty laboratories.

Eleven students in the Honors College at Georgia State University presented their undergraduate research during the 2019 National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

Kiana Colquitt, a Master of Science in Marketing student of the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University, successfully completed a graduate assistantship for the Office of the Provost as the first person to hold the position, where she provided valuable assistance with writing, editing, photography and background research during the 2018-19 academic year.

Andre Chevalier Jr. won second place for his photography display titled "The Escape Room" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Kim Myers won second place for a poster presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences and Humanities titled "Putting the Wolf Before the Plow: Why the First Domesticates Were So Much More Than Food" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Several students at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference won the Sustainability Award, presented by the university's Office of Sustainability for research focused on environmental protection and ecological problem-solving.

Donovan Giardina won second place for an oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "Local Policy Staffing" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Jeffery Yang won second place for a poster presentation in Natural Sciences titled "Creature Comforts, Convict Cichlids: Social Buffering in the Highly Social Amatitlania" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Richard Powers won the Provost Award and first place for his oral presentation in Social & Behavioral Sciences titled "A Study on the Integration of Refugees Through the Lenses of Time, Language and Institutional Navigation" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.