Thanks to all who joined us for the Senior Project Seminar (GEOG: 4030) Poster Presentation Session, featuring 28 research posters. Geography and EPPL undergrads spent the semester conducting independent research, analyzing data, and creating maps to examine their unique research questions. Posters covered a wide variety of topic, including: Planned Parenthood Access, Climate change sentiment in Twitter, Expansion of Invasive Garlic Mustard, and Fertilizer use and impaired water ways in Iowa. 

Congratulations to our annual 2019 academic award winners and the winners for best research poster: 

Best Poster ($100 each)

• Cayla Baldus, "Sea level rise & sea turtle populations"
• Hannah White, "Hurricane Sandy buyouts in New Jersey" 

Chad E. Smith Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in Environmental Studies ($500)

• Katherine Bussell 

Nicholas Paape Memorial Award for Academic Excellence in GIS ($1,000)

• Bin Zhang

Martha L. Corry Award ($500 each) 

• Gregory Hardison for Academic Excellence in Health & Society
• Eric Small for Academic Excellence in EPPL

2019 Award Winners (from left to right): Hannah White, Cayla Baldus, Gregory Hardison, Bin Zhang, Katherine Bussell, and Eric Small.

Cayla Baldus with her award winning poster, "Global Sea-Level Rise Effects on United States Nesting Beaches of Loggerhead Sea Turtles" 

Hannah White's award winning poster, "Effects of Sociodemographic Characteristics on Federal Buyouts" 

Below are more photos from the poster presentation session: