2025 Winners
First Place Winners

Ridwan Hossain, Economics, Ph.D. Candidate
Unlocking Student Potential: The Role of Incentives in Education

Medha Pandey, Biological Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
Clingy Hitchhikers: The Role of Birds in the Maintenance and Dispersal of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases

Saathvika Rajamani, Biological Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
Neurodegeneration Associated with a tRNA Processing Enzyme in Drosophila

Katherine Theiss, Economics, Ph.D. Candidate
Uncounted: How Survey Implementation Methods Miss 3 Million Annual Cases of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Worldwide
Second Place Winner

Nashrah Haque, Computer Science, M.S. Candidate
AI is Deciding Who Gets Hired: Can We Make It Fair?
Third Place Winner

Hyunjung Lee, Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology , Ph.D. Candidate
What Shapes 8th Graders’ Math Success? The Role of School Climate
People's Choice Winner

Medha Pandey, Biological Sciences, Ph.D. Candidate
Clingy Hitchhikers: The Role of Birds in the Maintenance and Dispersal of Ticks and Tick-Borne Diseases