Recent Awards Winners

Here are the 2025-2026 Undergraduate Research Awards winners! To see the work of winners from years past, please see our collection in Deep Blue. 

Global Project Awards

Melaniya Zazovskaya
Patterned on Heritage - Узор на наследии

Blue Award (multi-term projects)

First Place: Tace Harris
Substantially Limited: Examining the Relation Between Legal Language and Social Perception of Disability

Second Place: Alexander Mamonov
Femoral Fixation of Hamstring Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction with Interference Screw Versus Suspensory Fixation Has No Difference in Clinical Outcomes or Complications: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Third Place (tie): Alina Murata
Exploring Anime: Collections Research and Outreach Programming Project

Third Place (tie): Tiffany Sudijono
Digital Interventions for Emotional Awareness and Regulation During the Transition to Parenthood: A Scoping Review

Third Place (tie): Elizabeth Starks
Authenticity is a Must: Re-Examining the Queer Legacy of Danny Kaye

Outstanding First-Year Research Project

Stacie Young
The Everett Massacre

Creative Project Award

Jiayun Ou
The Rainforest

Team Award

Liv Menture and Sophia Homyak
The Lavender Scare: Government Persecution and the Criminalization of Homosexuality