Excellence in Library Research Award Winners

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Congratulations to the winners of the Library Research Prize!

Spring 2024 Winners

1st Prize - Jacob Hatzenbuehler, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Exploring the Power of Modern Gaming
2nd Prize - Jodie Spagnolo, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Repairing Drug Policies in America
3rd Prize - Maedyn Bogy, PSYX 290 (Munn), Young People's Perspective of Suicide Prevention: A Thematic Qualitative Study

Fall 2023 Winners

1st Prize - John Dunwell, BIOB 160 (Henry), Nanotechnology in Living Systems
2nd Prize - Daniel Katzbeck, WRIT 101 (Reeves), The Art of Meditation
3rd Prize - Grace Day, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Hunting Wolves? Why Trapping is Intolerable

Spring 2023 Winners

1st Prize - Charles Buck, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Mental Health in Montana and Marijuana
2nd Prize - Racene Kent, WRIT 101 (Reeves), Book Banning Negatively Affects Us and Should Be Stopped
3rd Prize - Lois Steinbeck, LIT 213 (Henderson), Montana Treasure: Language in its Literature

Fall 2022 Winners

1st Prize - Jadyn Peterson, BIOB 275 (Henry), The Role of Gene Therapy in Psychiatry 
2nd Prize - Mary Hohn, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Fighting the Obesity Crisis
3rd Prize - Amber Baker, WRIT 101 (Abraham-Shea), Fruiting Bodies of Evidence

Spring 2022 Winners

1st Prize - Cyrus Cannon, WRIT 101 (Lewis), The Biggest Issue in America Today
2nd Prize - Jasmine Hruska, ENST 230 (Henry), Removal of Dams for Salmon Survival 

Fall 2021 Winners

1st Prize - Karlie Graham, BIOB 290 (Sawatzki),  Antibiotic Resistance in Staphylococcus Aureus and the Effects of Methylation and Epigenetic Inheritance Within Bacterial DNA
2nd Prize - Corey Wagner, ENSC 105 (Henry),  Alternative Energy Electric Vehicles
3rd Prize - Hailey Stone, WRIT 101, (Henderson), Abortion Stigma

Spring 2021 Winners

1st Prize - David Poelman, LIT 234, (Lewis), From Sisyphus to Samsa
2nd Prize - Jadyn Peterson, WRIT 101 (Henderson), The Importance of Music in Difficult Times
3rd Prize - Austin Stewart, WRIT 201, (Lewis), Men Suffer More

Fall 2020 Winners

1st Place - Corey Wagner, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Technology: Deepfakes
2nd Place – Amanda Bakkestuen, NRSG 234 (Rapaport), Cultural Care of Ashkenazi Jews

Spring 2020 Winners

1st Place - CotyLynn Dunwell, BIOB 170 (Henry), Brucellosis in the Greater Yellowstone Area
2nd Place - Ann Nagel, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Virtual Victory

Fall 2019 Winners

1st Place - Mishwa Bhavsar, WRIT 101 (Henderson), Downsides of Virtual Communication Sites
2nd Place - Gabby Clark, WRIT 101 (Lewis), English-Only Movement
3rd Place - Ann Olson, LEG 121 (Micu), Statewide Analysis of Advance Directives Utilization

Spring 2019 Winners

1st Place - Zach Antonick, BIOH 211 (Bergner), Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig's Disease)    Watch Zach's presentation
2nd Place - Caitlin L. Jenner, PSYX 120 (Munn), Human Altruism Towards Diverse Individuals

Fall 2018 Winners

1st Place - Lauren Kuntz, NRSG 220 (Gibson), Havasupai Tribe, Genetic Research, Informed Consent, and Cultural Sensitivity 
2nd Place - Lynette Davis, WRIT 101 (Reeves),  The Effects of Positivity on Health 
3rd Place - Jennifer Tarner, BIOB 272 (Henry),   Influenza Virus

Spring 2018 Winners

1st Place - Addyson Knox, BIOM 250/251 (Sawatzki),  Transformation of the methicillin resistance gene (mecA) from methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) into Escherichia coli
2 nd Place – Katie Manion, BIOH 221 (Bergner), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): An Autoimmune Disease 
3 rd Place – Regan Clancy, WRIT 201 (Lewis),   Cultural Myths of Gender

Fall 2017 Winners