Georgia State University

Teodora Mitroi won second place for their oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Optimizing a Neural Behavior Model of the Sea Slug Melibe leonine" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Aaliya Ahmad won first place for her oral presentation in Natural and Computational Sciences titled "Sensory System of the Second Antenna of the American Lobster, Homarus americanus: Distribution of Sensilla and Expression of Receptor Proteins" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Douglas Tiller won first place for his musical performance titled "Performance Practice in Malcolm Arnold's 'Divertimento for Wind Trio'" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Meklit Gebru, a honors student majoring in international economics and modern languages, has been named a 2019 Payne Fellow by the U.S. Agency for International Development.

The Friedrich William Ralf Munster Fellowship in Philosophy is given to an outstanding graduate student in Philosophy in honor of Ralf F. Munster, chair of the department from 1955 to 1976.

The Jenny Thurston Fellowship in Heritage Preservation is an annual award and internship with the Atlanta Urban Design Commission for an outstanding historic preservationist in Atlanta.

The Ethel Illges Woodruff Fellowship in Southern History is awarded to a graduate student who intends to pursue the master's program with a concentration in southern history. Mrs. Ethel Illges Woodruff, a native of Columbus, Georgia, was keenly interested in the history of Georgia, eastern Alabama, and the Chattahoochee Valley. This fellowship in honor of Mrs. Woodruff was established in 1995 in the Department of History at Georgia State by the J.W. and Ethel I. Woodruff Foundation of Columbus.

Kate Schwarz won first place for her presentation titled "Under Pressure: GSU musicians' responses to music performance anxiety" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

Donavon Mattox won second place for his presentation titled "Stress and college affordability" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

Nancy Tran won the People's Choice Award for her presentation titled "Mental Health and interpersonal violence in the lives of incarcerated women" at the Spring 2019 Honors Thesis Pitch Competition.

The Jacqueline Boles Graduate Teaching Fellowship is presented to outstanding graduate student instructors in the Department of Sociology. This scholarship was created by the Department of Sociology to honor Jackie Boles, a cherished faculty member for more than 30 years.

The Ahmed T. Abdelal Fellowship is given to outstanding doctoral students for achievement in the field of molecular genetics or biotechnology. This award is named in honor of former Dean Ahmed T. Abdelal, who established the molecular genetics and biotechnology program at Georgia State University.

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 microbiology programs at Georgia State University.

Catherine Rakowiecki, a student in the Honors College at Georgia State University, won second place for her film, "International Human Trafficking Institute (IHTI) Public Service Announcement," during the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Liv Fallon, a student in the Honors College at Georgia State Univeristy, won first place for the film, "Elohi," during the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

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

Tony Smart won third place for his photography display titled "Lampoonery" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Thanh Nguyen won third place for his graphic design display titled "The Guardian" at the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

Amina Daugherty won first place for the sculpture presentation titled "Lost and Found" in the 2019 Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference.

The Neurobiology and Behavior Graduate Fellowship is given in recognition of outstanding research and scholarship by a senior graduate student in the neurobiology and behavior program.

Georgia State University student Meklit Gebru has been selected for the Donald M. Payne Fellowship. The Payne Fellowship provides up to $22,000 annually towards tuition and mandatory fees for completion of a two-year master's program in international affairs or a related subject at an approved graduate school. In addition, there is a stipend, up to $16,000 per year, for each of the two years of graduate study, to help pay living expenses, books, and travel while in school under the Payne Fellowship.

Georgia State University College of Arts & Sciences student Ramesh Manyam - who is a computer science Ph.D. candidate - won second place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition in the doctoral candidate category. His research was titled "Deep Learning Model for Predicting Readmissions Following Cardiac Surgery." He was among many of the Georgia State College of Arts and Sciences students who were awarded top prizes at the university's Spring 2019 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 25, where they were challenged to explain their research and scholarship to a general audience in a short amount of time. The premise of the competition is to develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills. It supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience.

Georgia State University College of Arts & Sciences student Sara Gardner - who is an anthropology master's student - won second place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition in the masters student category. Her research was titled an "Experimental Study of Bone tools from Swartkrans Cave, South Africa." She was among many of the Georgia State College of Arts & Sciences students who were awarded top prizes at the university's Spring 2019 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 25, where they were challenged to explain their research and scholarship to a general audience in a short amount of time. The premise of the competition is to develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills. It supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Support for the competition was provided by the University Library and the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Programs.

Georgia State University College of Arts & Sciences student Amirah Hurst - who is a biology master's student - came in third place in the Three Minute Thesis Competition in the masters student category. Her research was titled "Effects of Early Life Opiate Exposure on the Brain." She was among many of the Georgia State College of Arts & Sciences students who were awarded top prizes at the university's Spring 2019 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition on March 25, where they were challenged to explain their research and scholarship to a general audience in a short amount of time. The premise of the competition is to develop academic, presentation, and research communication skills. It supports the development of students' capacities to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to an intelligent but non-specialist audience. Support for the competition was provided by the University Library and the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Programs.

Georgia State University College of Arts and Sciences student Mary Fernandes, a Ph.D. candidate in the university's clinical neuropsychology program, won first place and the people's choice award at the spring 2019 Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition in the doctoral student category.

College of Education & Human Development students Jennifer Grobeck, Elsie Jackson, Carrie Tahlor and Michael Vo were selected for the French Dual Language Fund's 2018 Future Immersion Teacher (FIT) Fellowship, which will prepare them to teach in dual language immersion settings.

George Greenidge, Jr., a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Georgia State University, delivered a presentation at the Annual Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities (CUMU) Conference about Georgia State University's College of Arts and Sciences Domestic Field Schools that included research topics on homeless youth, health outcomes for Atlanta Beltine residents, and migrant workers and housing stability in Atlanta.

A Georgia State University Honors College student presented her undergraduate research at the Society for Neuroscience's annual national conference in San Diego in November 2018.

Micayla Shirley, a student at Georgia State University's Perimeter College, participated in a 10-week, marine biology Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Connecticut in Groton and nearby Mystic Aquarium. The program was sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

A Ph.D. student in the School of Public Health at Georgia State University has successfully defended her dissertation into the perception of nicotine risk among tobacco users.