Awards Overview
Awards Overview
The winners are chosen based on their ability to approach the topic in an imaginative way, making an original contribution or using innovative research methods; 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.
Every year, we celebrate the winners of the Livingstone Undergraduate Research Awards with a special ceremony and reception. We hear from university administrators on the importance of undergraduate research at Temple, and winners are introduced by their faculty mentors to present their research projects. In lieu of this year’s ceremony, we have collected these video messages from the Dean of Libraries and the awards sponsors, along with written statements from members of Temple’s administration, who often speak at the ceremony. Each winner has also 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 (chair), Marcus Bingenheimer, Lara Davidson, Julie Drzymalski, Will Forrest, Becca Fülöp, Andrea Goldstein, Tom Ipri, Sarah Jones, Robin Kolodny, Rick Lezenby, Jill Luedke, Jess Martin, Julie Randolph, Katy Rawdon, Fred Rowland, Jackie Sipes, Natalie Tagge, Nancy Turner, Shaun Vigil, and Lizzie Yazvac.
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. These awards highlight the importance of undergraduate research at Temple and the way the Libraries support that process.
The winners are chosen based on their ability to approach the topic in an imaginative way, making an original contribution or using innovative research methods; 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: Nancy Turner (chair), Tom Ipri (committee), Mary Rose Muccie (committee), Brian Boling, Olivia Given Castello, Andrew Diamond, Julie Drzymalski, Lindsey Eldred, Andrea Goldstein, Justin Hill, Lauren Kogen, Rebecca Lloyd, Tom McAllister, Travis Nace, Julie Randolph, Courtney Smerz, Van Bich Tran, Shaun Vigil, and Lizzie Yazvac.
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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