Students Present at Tenth Annual Student Research Conference

Elmira, NY (05/16/2019) — The Tenth Annual Student Research Conference, held May 15, 2019, in Cowles Hall, showcased 32 independent research projects from 46 students representing multiple disciplines.

For the Academic Writing Session, first-year students are handpicked by the writing instructors to present their work. This year's presenters were Alex Ferber '22, Farrah Fiacco '22, Ally Poppiti '22, and Catherine Smugereski '22. While each received an honorable mention for being selected to present in this session, Farrah Fiacco won the grand prize for her paper entitled HIV criminalization laws: Necessary, but in need of reform.

For the other sessions, students submitted abstracts and were accepted to present in similarly themed paper or poster sessions. The winners of the four paper sessions were:

In addition, five winners stood out from 24 poster presenters in two categories:

Congratulations to all the student presenters and prize winners. This annual event is sponsored by the Provost's Office, and organized by faculty volunteers. To view a full photo album from the conference, visit the school's Flickr account.

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