Geography students and geography-mentored students win awards at university showcase

The following geography students and/or geography-mentored students were awardees in the Discover USC poster competition:

Undergraduates

• First Place in their sessions:
  Logan Brodfuehrer (Environmental Science major; Theatre minor): “University of South Carolina Solar Energy Study.” Mentor: Dr. Conor Harrison (Geography)
  
  Jacquelyn Burnett (Geography & Global Studies major): “Savages, Victims, and Saviors in Film: Human Rights Brought to Life Onscreen.” Mentor: Dr. Meredith DeBoom (Geography)
  
  Ian Jin (Environmental Science major; Geography minor): “Phenotypic Responses of Hemiselmis pacifica to Changes in Spectral Environment.” Mentor: Dr. Tammi Richardson (Biological Sciences)
  
  
• Honorable Mention in their sessions:
  Blake Gibbons (Geography & Political Science major): “Creating a Sustainable, Equitable, and Walkable City via Improving Public Transportation.” (Experiential Learning & GLD)
  
  Lillian Self (Biological Sciences major; Geography minor): “Omnivory Effect on the Growth and Development of Invasive Agricultural Pest: Spodoptera exigua.” (Mentor: Dr. Eric LoPresti, Biological Sciences)

Graduates

• First place in poster session U:
  Sarah Jackson (Geography): “The Geographic Context of Tornado Risk: An Assessment of Illinois Counties.” (Mentor: Dr. Susan Cutter, Geography)