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On May 1, 2013 the Maxwell School celebrated the achievements of undergraduate scholarship in the Social Sciences in the first annual Maxwell Celebration of Undergraduate Scholarship. Our celebration consisted of individual events hosted by each department as well as a multi-disciplinary poster session featuring research undertaken by undergraduate students during the current academic year.Image Removed

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The following awards were presented during the celebration.

MAX 123/132 Exemplary Student Award, selected by MAX course faculty

• MAX 123 – Fall 2012 semester, the winner of this award

  is 

  is Alex C. Sternisha, who wrote a deliberative essay for Kellen Backer’s course in response to a final exam prompt focusing on ideas self-interest and democratic citizenship.

• MAX 123 – Spring 2013 semester, the winner

  is 

  is Benjamin Choe

   for

   for his paper

  titled 

  titled Reducing Health Care Costs for the U.S.

   for

   for Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn.

• MAX 132 – Fall 2012 semester, the winner

  is 

  is Devon Beebe

   whose

   whose essay for Professor John Western’s class was

  titled 

  titled Global Environment and Global Action.

• MAX 132 – Spring 2013 semester, the winner

  is 

  is Magenta Silberman

   for

   for her

  essay 

  essay Globalization’s Impact on Conflict and Identity, for Professor Miriam Elman.

Outstanding Student Research Paper, selected by a Maxwell faculty committee

• Awarded

  to 

  to Brittany Legasey

   for

   for her work in Professor Jonathan Hanson’s class

  entitled 

  entitled Congressional Media Strategy: House Members, Rhetorical Strategies and Press Releases.

• Awarded to Brendan Kotowski for his work in Professor Osamah Khalil’s class entitled Kissinger, Congress, and the Green Line: The U.S. and the 1974 Cyprus Crisis.

Best Poster Award, selected by viewer voting during the poster session

• Awarded

  to 

  to Jonathan Polo

   for

   for his work in Professor Mary Lovely’s class

  entitled 

  entitled Rentier States and the Arab Spring: Implications of Oil Economies on Revolutionary Movements in the MENA Region.

Congratulations to all the students who participated and thank you to all the faculty and staff who supported the students in this foundational endeavor.