Student Research and Scholarship Celebrated at Fifth Annual Symposium

The Undergraduate Research and Scholarship Symposium celebrated the many contributions Duquesne undergraduates make to advance research and scholarship.

Now in its fifth year, the symposium received a record number of entries—more than 100, many involving teams—and attracted students from a wide array of disciplines and every undergraduate school on campus. It included poster displays, formal presentations and an awards ceremony.

To learn more about the breadth of academic work presented, watch a short video about this event.

Award winners are:

Phi Kappa Phi, National Honors Society, Outstanding Research
Kasey Devlin, Kimberly Daley, Meghann Moreau and Jacilynn Brant, Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Novel Hexagonally Derived Diamond-like Li2-II-IV-S4 Diamond-like Semiconductors

Honorable Mention
Sarah Meholick, Mary Pappert School of Music
Forsaking the House Carpenter: The Evolution of Folk Ballads

Eileen Wang, A.J. Palumbo School of Business
Using Game Shows To Test Gender Differences In Wage Negotiation

Gumberg Library, Award for Undergraduate Research
Melissa Meola and Ashley Leposky, School of Nursing
Prevention of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP)

Honors College, Outstanding Poster
Shannon Mickey, Maggie Qualey, Rachel Stoyanoff and Elizabeth Visco, School of Nursing
Grandparents Raising Grandchildren and the Effects on Both Parties

Office of the Provost, Outstanding Scholarship Award
Melinda Haulman, McAnulty College

Agricultural Emissions and the Environmental Kuznets Curve

Honorable Mention
Kelsey Heslin, Andrew Evans, Stephanie Fields, Austin Ramsey and Casey Schick, McAnulty College

Space, Time and Causality: An Eye-Tracking Study

Judith Meyers, School of Music
Transfigured Night and Schoenberg’s Musical Evolution

University Academic Sustainability Committee, Excellence in Sustainability and the Environment
Stefanie Cohn, Rachael Desmond, Emily Emsurak, Anna Hansen and Steven Helinski, School of Music
Availability of Sustainable Food in Urban, Low-Income Communities

Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Excellence in Research in the Basic Sciences
Katie Ratay, Bayer School

Effects of Ovariextomy and Estradiol Replacement on Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamanders

Kasey Devlin, Kimberly Daley, Meghann Moreau and Jacilynn Brant, Bayer School Novel Hexagonally Derived Diamond-Like Li2-II-IV-S4 Diamond-Like Semiconductors

Center for Catholic Intellectual Tradition and Center for Spiritan Studies, Award for Undergraduate Research
Megan Barber, Rangos School of Health Sciences
Religious and Spiritual Application in Healthcare

Stephanie Sloan and Rebecca Marie Yoder, School of Music
From Heavens to Hands: A Student’s Perspective on the Music of Charles Tournemire

School of Nursing, Undergraduate Research Award
Kerri Pavlik, Lauren Jenkins, Kait O’Dell and Morgan Leaventon, School of Nursing
Becoming Clinically Competent Nurses Through Community Based Research