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麻豆社 Centennial Honors College Announces Research Day Awards
May 7, 2024
MACOMB, IL - - The Centennial Honors College at 麻豆社 Illinois University has announced the winners of the 21st Thomas E. Helm Undergraduate Research Day, which was held April 17. A total of 66 scholarly presentations were delivered by 80 students, spanning 14 majors.
The awards included:
Podium Competition
First Place: Mitchell White, of Glen Carbon, with faculty mentor Jonathan Hammersley, Psychology 鈥� 鈥淎ssociations Between Avoidant Coping Styles and Interpersonal Indicators of Suicidality鈥�
Second Place: Maria Aleshina of Moscow, with faculty mentor, Scott Hemenover, Psychology 鈥� 鈥淕rowth and recovery: Exploring the relationship between PTSD symptoms, post-traumatic growth, and resilience in Russian-speaking asylum seekers鈥�
Third Place: Chirecce Robertson, of Saint Davids, with faculty mentor Dinesh Ekanayake, Mathematics 鈥� 鈥淧redicting area burned from forest fires using meteorological data鈥�
Poster Competition
First Place: Lilian Obasi-Uchechukwu, of DeKalb, Carlos Negron, of Galesburg, and Franca Adelu, of Chicago, with faculty mentor Lindsay White, Nursing 鈥� 鈥淓xploring Embeddedness of New Nurse Graduates in a Nurse Residency Program鈥�
Second Place: Kevin Delgado, of St. Charles, with faculty mentor, Shawn Meagher, Biology 鈥� 鈥淪ex-biased parasitism is due to sex, not size differences, in Illinois white-footed mice (Peromyscus leucopus)鈥�
Third Place: Haley McKinsey, of Clinton, with Kristy Keefe, Psychology 鈥� 鈥淎nger, Sexual Assault, Trauma, and True Crime; A Correlational Study鈥�
Winners are awarded monetary prizes of $200 for first place, $100 for second place, and $50 for third place. Winners鈥� abstracts can be viewed at bit.ly/3Qq41Oa. All Undergraduate Research Day abstracts are available at bit.ly/4a4c6Pv.
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