Penn State Greater Allegheny students showcased their posters and videos at the campus Student Research and Creativity Conference on Thursday, April 14.
There were 28 projects representing business, science, math, communications and social sciences. Some of the projects related to Teaching International’s 2015-16 Global Pittsburgh focus and theme of literacies.
Members of the campus honors program presented the results from honors options or independent research.
Best submissions were determined by votes from the campus community. The winning entries are listed below.
Honors category
First place
Brian Alvino, "The Chemistry of Acid/Base Homeostasis," CHEM 212
Second place
Gabriela Selmi, "Stem Cells," BI SCI 004
Global Pittsburgh category
First place
Melissa Loftus, "Heinz," MKTG 301
Second place
Emily Taylor, The Biology of Breast Cancer, BMB 001
Literacies category
First place
Veronica Goetz, "Nutrition Cognition," PSYCH 301W
Second place
Jessica Boros, "Amphibian Declines," BIOL 220
Creativity category
First place (tie)
John Ciorra, Scott Valko, "A Sheet of Paper" (VIDEO), COMM 242Tawnya Pirch, "Man's Best Friend" (VIDEO), COMM 242