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Monday, May 23, 2016

 

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From:  Jody Clark Vaisman, Associate Director & Academic Program Manager

Dear faculty,

Thank you for your support of Creative Inquiry Day. In total, a record number of students participated—over 225 undergraduates. A list of winners and their projects is below. The complete program of all participants is available on the Creative Inquiry Day webpage.    

We hope you will continue to create course projects and encourage students to participate in Creative Inquiry Day 2017.

 Creative Inquiry Day Award Winners 2016

 Andreassi Prize in Psychology

First place winners:    Rachel Parroco, Gina Marie Mathew, Dr. Mindy Engle-Friedman, PhD, and Rose Deng for “Life Seems Harder When You Haven't Slept Well”  Faculty mentor:  Mindy Engle-Friedman

Second place winners:  Brianna Vernoia, Stephanie King, Carolina Montes, Margia Shirit, Tiffany Narrain, Stephanie Rene, Samantha Cortes, Abigail Oot “Understanding the Differences Between Sedentary and Physically Active Individuals” Faculty mentor:  Daniele Artistico

 School of Public Affairs

First place winners:    Hasin Ishraque, Michelle Wagner, Nickolas Anzalone, John Capano, “Student Economic Services” Faculty mentor:  Richard Hochhauser

Second place winner (tie):    Sherlana Rooplal “A business Plan for Stac Media, Inc.” Faculty mentor:  Richard Hochhauser

Second place winner (tie):    Diana Arias “Light Pollution in NYC” Faculty mentor:  Chester Zarnoch             

 Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Arts and Humanities

First place winner (tie):    Danielle James “Breach” Faculty mentor:  Ely Shipley

First place winner (tie):    Monika Jankowski “Popular Culture in 1970s and 1980s Poland” Faculty mentor:  Thomas Heinrich

Honorable mention:   Sarafina Charlier, “Celebrating the 71st anniversary for the end of World War II through Design” Faculty mentor:  Chun-Wo Pat

Honorable mention:   Yuliya Gubaydullina, “Celebrating the 71st anniversary for the end of World War II through Design” Faculty mentor:  Chun-Wo Pat

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Natural Sciences

First place winners (tie):    Kitae Kwon, Elena Votto, Anastasiya Badziai “Theoretical Investigation of Metalla-Diels-Alder: Introducing Transition Metal Fragments to 1,3-Butadiene to Trigger Chemoselectivity” Faculty mentor:  Edyta Greer

First place winner (tie):    Marium Sarder “The Juvenile Hormone Sensitivity of an Enhancer Region on the Foraging Gene” Faculty mentor:  Rebecca Spokony

Weissman School of Arts and Sciences, Social Sciences

First place winners (tie):    Jessica Kraker “Mental Health in New York” Faculty mentor:  Corey Mead

First place winner (tie):    Alanna McAuliffe “Disability v. Diversity: Emerging Perspectives on Neurodiversity” Faculty mentor:  David Gruber

Zicklin School of Business

First place winners (tie):    Genrietta Avrutskaya, Michal Jaszewski,  Kisuk Nam “Fast Fashion: The Unsustainable Business Model?” Faculty mentor:  Nadeem Firoz

First place winner (tie):    Ly Bach “IWardrobe” Faculty mentor:  Allison Lehr Samuels

The Lawrence N. Field Center for Entrepreneurship’s Design & Make competition

First place winners:    Michelle Sheu, Iris Kim, Mohamed Hassan, Alexandra Perez, Ivan Calderon, Alyssa D’Angelo “Cardboard Worlds” Faculty mentor:   Katherine Behar

 

Regards,

Jody

On behalf of the Creative Inquiry Day team

Nancy Aries, Jody Clark Vaisman, Meechal Hoffman, Heather Samples

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Jody Clark Vaisman, PhD

Associate Director & Academic Program Manager

137 E. 25th St; New York, NY 10010

Phone 646-312-2130

http://blsciblogs.baruch.cuny.edu/honors/

  

Congratulations Creative Inquiry Day participants and winners!