Awards Overview
Awards Overview
Temple University Libraries’ Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards celebrate excellence in undergraduate work. This initiative addresses the depth and breadth of undergraduate research subjects, methods, and projects at Temple through six distinct categories: humanities; social sciences; science, technology, engineering, and mathematical disciplines; creative works and media production; general education courses; and diversity and social justice. The awards highlight the importance of undergraduate research at Temple and the ways in which the Libraries support this work.
In addition to the project, applicants submit an essay describing their research process, including the ways in which they engaged with and used library resources. The winners are chosen based on their effective use of those resources and their ability to bring together information and ideas from a variety of sources or perspectives; cite and credit sources correctly in a standard citation style, with notes as appropriate; demonstrate an understanding of format, sources, and research methods used in the discipline; and engage with selected sources in a meaningful way, evaluating them for authority and quality. Each winner has prepared a video presentation, and we invite you to visit each of their pages to learn more about the winners and their projects.
A special thank you to the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards committee members and judges: Mary Rose Muccie (co-chair), Nancy Turner (co-chair), Brian Boling (committee member), Andrew Diamond, Julie Drzymalski, Rob Faunce, Becca Fülöp, Justin Hill, Lauren Kogen, Karen Kohn, Rick Lezenby, Rebecca Lloyd, Ryan McGinnis, Travis Nace, Fred Rowland, Casey Shiflet, Van Bich Tran, Kimberly Tully, and Shaun Vigil.
Temple University Libraries’ Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards celebrate excellence in undergraduate work. This initiative addresses the depth and breadth of undergraduate research subjects, methods, and projects at Temple through six distinct categories: humanities; social sciences; science, technology, engineering, and mathematical disciplines; creative works and media production; general education courses; and diversity and social justice. The awards highlight the importance of undergraduate research at Temple and the ways in which the Libraries support this work.
In addition to the project, applicants submit an essay describing their research process, including the ways in which they engaged with and used library resources. The winners are chosen based on their effective use of those resources and their ability to bring together information and ideas from a variety of sources or perspectives; cite and credit sources correctly in a standard citation style, with notes as appropriate; demonstrate an understanding of format, sources, and research methods used in the discipline; and engage with selected sources in a meaningful way, evaluating them for authority and quality. Each winner has prepared a video presentation, and we invite you to visit each of their pages to learn more about the winners and their projects.
A special thank you to the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards committee members and judges: Mary Rose Muccie (co-chair), Nancy Turner (co-chair), Brian Boling (committee member), Andrew Diamond, Julie Drzymalski, Rob Faunce, Becca Fülöp, Justin Hill, Lauren Kogen, Karen Kohn, Rick Lezenby, Rebecca Lloyd, Ryan McGinnis, Travis Nace, Fred Rowland, Casey Shiflet, Van Bich Tran, Kimberly Tully, and Shaun Vigil.
It is my honor to acknowledge and celebrate the accomplishments of this year’s Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awardees. Undergraduate research has the potential to positively shape our collective future, especially when it is work that crosses disciplines, seeks to answer difficult questions, and identifies solutions to global challenges. Your intellectual curiosity and tenacity to create new knowledge, discover, and advance innovative ideas has propelled you to this moment, and I am certain you have a bright future ahead. Congratulations to you all.
I also want to recognize the librarians, library staff, faculty, and supporters who encouraged the students and worked with them to develop outstanding research, information evaluation, and writing skills. The Libraries provide an invaluable service to our students that advances the academic mission of our university.
I am pleased and humbled to congratulate this year’s winners of the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards. It is fitting that Temple Libraries, as the symbolic representation and actual home of Temple’s commitment to the ideals of advancing knowledge and creativity across all disciplines, should honor our highest achieving undergraduates with this prestigious award. The students receiving awards have shown their dedication to the ideals the Libraries and the university stand for. Each has seen through an intensive research project or creative endeavor, achieved a lasting result, and given the Temple community opportunity to engage with and understand their work. And the work is fascinating, impressive, and diverse! The creativity, autonomy, persistence, and critical thinking of our Livingstone winners are Temple qualities that will bring a lifetime of returns. Please join me in congratulating this year’s winners, and thanking the Libraries for sponsoring this outstanding competition.
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