24th Annual Undergraduate and Creative Activities Fair Agenda

Saturday, March 28, 2026
11:00 a.m.–2:15 p.m.
Adler Athletic Complex, Auxiliary Gymnasium

Presentations and Results

DISCIPLINARY AWARDS

Visual and Performing Arts

  • First Place—Taylor Wheeler for the exhibition “Creating: Whispering Pines”
  • Second Place—Grace Brown for the exhibition “What Once Was”
  • Third Place—Sophie Replogle for the exhibition “Tethers & Ties”

Engineering, Computing & Information Technology

  • First Place—Owen Hoover for the poster “Characterization of Continuously Rotating Detonation Engine Performance Across Variable Reactant Flow Conditions”
  • Second Place—Aiden Jacoby, Justin Bisel for the poster “Compliance Assessment & Management Frameworks for Enterprises”
  • Third Place—Blane Davidson for the poster “A Terracotta-Inspired Lattice with Superior Energy Absorption Performance”

Health, Life & Physical Sciences

  • First Place—Caitlin Blessel for the poster “More Than Just a Fancy Tank: The Impact of Enrichment on Behavior in a Zebrafish Model of Alzheimer's Disease”
  • Second Place—Jacob Ceglar for the poster “CURE: Got Wolbachia? Course-based Undergraduate Research: Wolbachia Prevalence in Local Arthropods”
  • Third Place—Kurt English for the poster “iPrMgCl-Catalyzed HBpin Reduction of Amides”

Social Sciences

  • First Place—Layna Henry for the poster “Premenstrual Syndrome and Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder: Risk Factors Among College-Age Women”
  • Second Place—Riley Fegley, Abigail Hayes, Maura Smith, Frankie Stricker, Emily Proctor for the poster “College Students’ Pornography Consumption: Examining the Relationship Between Aggressive Pornography, Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA), and Mental Health”
  • Third Place—a tie was awarded to Long-Yang (Simon) Li for the poster “Cigarette Smoking Initiation Among U.S. Adults with Intersectional Sexual and Racial Minority Identities” & Abigail Hayes, Devlin Glenn, Lilliana De Marco, Ally Black, Indira Barros, Yusra Haroon for the poster “How Has Law Enforcement Responded to the Opioid Crisis? An Empirical Assessment of Evidence-Based Strategies in Pennsylvania”

UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD

  • First Place—Rachel (Rae) Gallagher for the poster “Museum of the Unfiled Body: Glossary-of-Flesh as Living Art in Crip Time”
  • Second Place—Blane Davidson for the poster “A Terracotta-Inspired Lattice with Superior Energy Absorption Performance”
  • Third Place—Koryn Tisdale for the poster “The Language of Pain: Miscommunication and Medical Judgment”

SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

Lion’s Pride

A tie was awarded to Talon McKendree for the exhibition “The Warning” & Riley Fegley, Abigail Hayes, Maura Smith, Frankie Stricker, Emily Proctor for the poster “College Students’ Pornography Consumption: Examining the Relationship Between Aggressive Pornography, Rape Myth Acceptance (RMA), and Mental Health”

Community and Belonging

Koryn Tisdale for the poster “The Language of Pain: Miscommunication and Medical Judgment”