A&S Students Take Top Honors at USRA

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Congratulations to our Best Poster Award A+S Winners from the 2025 Undergraduate Summer Research Award Poster Session!

 

Brett Schlosser & Reese Dudley at USRA 2025
1st Place - Humanities
Students: Reese Dudley & Brett Schlosser
Faculty Advisor: Phil Wanyerka
Project Title: Archaeological Investigations at the Fort Hill Earthwork Complex 2025

 

at USRA 2025
2nd Place - Humanities
Student: Taylor Lucas
Faculty Advisor: Grace Huang
Project Title: In Their Words: Family Structure, Roles, and Interaction in Resettled Congolese Families

 

Emily Schaffer at USRA 2025
1st Place - STEM
Students: Emily Schaffer (pictured) & Joel McRaven
Faculty Advisor: Andrew Resnick
Project Title: Characterizing Mechanical Properties of Primary Cilia Using Optical Trapping

 

Morgan Pychowycz  at USRA 2025
2nd Place - STEM
Student: Morgan Pychowycz
Faculty Advisor: Xue-Long Sun
Project Title: Profiling Desialylation and Sialidase Expression of THP-1 Monocytes and Macrophages Upon LPS Stimulation

 

Darren Gerrity at USRA 2025
3rd Place - STEM
Student: Darren Gerrity (pictured right)
Faculty Advisor: Ivan Soprunov
Project Title: Discrete Heine-Shephard Problem for Four Planar Bodies

 

Award winners received a gift card and lunch with Provost Dr. Nigamanth Sridhar and Associate Vice-President for Research Dr. Roman Kondratov.

Learn more about the 2025 URSA Session!

Contact Information

Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
College of Arts and Sciences
2121 Euclid Ave
Cleveland, OH 44115

Campus Location
Berkman Hall, 218
Science and Research, 353
216-687-5580
artsandsciences@csuohio.edu