{"id":13181,"date":"2025-04-30T13:51:03","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:51:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/?p=13181"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:51:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:51:03","slug":"spring-2025-undergraduate-research-conference-winners-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/30\/spring-2025-undergraduate-research-conference-winners-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2025 Undergraduate Research Conference winners announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:48.20524%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.lib.purdue.edu\/news\/files\/2025\/04\/Riley-Ann-knudsen-1-1024x768.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600&#038;ssl=1 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The event featured over 900 student research projects from various disciplines, and Purdue Libraries was proud to support several projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Libraries faculty served as mentors to guide students through the research process. Three student projects stood out in the Information and Library Science (ILS) category and earned awards, listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1st place: Riley Ann Knudsen<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Scoping Review of Patient-Centered Communication in Healthcare: An International Comparison of Curriculum and Recommendations&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentored by: Bethany McGowan<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poster presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2nd place: Makenzie Albert, Taylor Graham, and Yaajushi Valluri<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How Audience Relations, University Practices, and Logistics of Student Journalism Impact the Journalistic Practices Used by Student Journalists&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentored by: Rachel Fundator and Clarence Maybee<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oral presentation<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3rd place: Zonghan Lei<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Leveraging ChatGPT for Qualitative Data Analysis: A Case Study on Data Management Practices Among Computer Vision Scholars&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mentored by: Wei Zakharov<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poster presentation<br \/>Congratulations to all the winners and participants for their outstanding contributions to undergraduate research this year! View a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/undergrad-research\/conferences\/spring\/archive\/documents\/2025AbstractBooklet.pdf\">full list<\/a> of student researchers and their mentors, and learn more about the annual conference, on the OUR <a href=\"https:\/\/www.purdue.edu\/undergrad-research\/conferences\/spring\/index.php\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From April 8 to 11, undergraduate students showcased their undergraduate research projects at the annual Spring Undergraduate Research Conference, hosted by the Office of Undergraduate Research (OUR). The event featured over 900 student research projects from various disciplines, and Purdue Libraries was proud to support several projects. 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