Since its inception over two decades ago, the Learning and Research Fair has been a wonderful opportunity for faculty, staff, and students to share their research, teaching/learning innovations, creative efforts, and scholarly achievements.
Visit the Fair to get to know your colleagues and students better, learn about and celebrate their scholarly contributions and accomplishments, share your knowledge and expertise, and suggest possible new projects and future collaborations.
Student presenters at the Fair are eligible to compete for awards administered by the Lougheed Center for Applied Learning.
All students (and faculty submitting course entries) will submit abstracts and poster files.
- Staff in the Lougheed Center for Applied Learning will post each entry on the L&RF website. The website will serve as the program for the live event.
- Students who wish to be considered for one of our research cash awards will be asked to engage in judging process.
- In addition to the poster, they will submit a short video, audio file, or PowerPoint about their research, to be posted on the L&RF website.
- Judging will take place immediately following the event on May 8 and will run through Friday May 10th.
- Judges will consider the quality of students’ abstracts, posters, and virtual interactions in their scoring.
- Winners will be announced on campus social media, by email, posted on the Fair website, and posted on this website.
Please direct any questions to (315) 267-2507 or appliedlearning@potsdam.edu. We look forward to your continued support and participation in the Learning and Research Fair
2024 Learning & Research Fair
May 8, 2024
Location: Barrington Student Union
Registration deadline: March 7, 2024
Abstract deadline: March 28, 2024
Poster & Video deadline: April 11, 2024
Judging: May 8-10, 2024 - Barrington Student Union
Past Winners
Frederick B. Kilmer Research Awards
1st Place
Lacie Castile Berea
College and African American Educational Development (1855-1912)
Faculty Mentor(s): Thomas Baker
2nd Place (tie)
Zamani Ackie-Davis
Using Dinosaur Fossil Deposits to Predict Eustatic Sea Level Change
Faculty Mentor(s): Jessica Rogers
2nd Place (tie)
Rebecca Gomez
How has the Removal of Nixtamalization Impacted Mesoamerican Cuisine and Culture?
Faculty Mentor(s): Timothy Messner
Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Awards
1st Place
Yaricuyay Moran
Adirondack Inventory and Monitoring Camera Trapping at SUNY Potsdam
Faculty Mentor(s): Katherine Cleary
2nd Place
Mckensey Biggie
What's for Dinner? Beetle Herbivory as a Biological Control for Purple Loosestrife
Faculty Mentor(s): Jessica Rogers
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research
Dr. Robert Hinckley’s Kilmer Survey Research Lab
How the COVID-19 Pandemic Polarizes American Public Opinion
Faculty Mentor(s): Robert Hinckley
Students: Justin Brandon Berrios, Ayisha Khalid, Robert Patterson, Jessica Perez, Jack Rice, Slade Wright
Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Katherine Cleary
Frederick B. Kilmer Research Awards
1st Place
Emily Vierno
Development of Photogrammetry Techniques to Investigate Musicians' Posture
Faculty Mentor(s): Tracy Lipke-Perry
2nd Place
Lucas Scalcione
Thermostability of Heteropolymer Ferritin with Different H to L subunit Ratios Studied by Differential Scanning Calorimetry
Faculty Mentor(s): Fadi Bou-Abdallah, Ayush Srivastava
2nd Place
Aisha Laguda
Is the Proteasome Involved in Elc1 Mediated Degradation of Polyadenylations Factors?
Faculty Mentor(s): Fathima Nazeer
Ram L. Chugh North Country Research & Public Service Awards
1st Place
Samuel Rosenberg
Archaeology of the Jewish Communities of St. Lawrence County 1855-1945
Faculty Mentor(s): Hadley Kruczek-Aaron
2nd Place
Madison Shammas
Exploring Campus Recruitment Methods: A Dive into Social Media
Faculty Mentor(s): Raymond Bowdish
Provost’s Award for Excellence in Student Research
Cassandra Spillane
Use of Red Ochre in Burial: Reason to Ritual?
Faculty Mentor(s): Timothy Messner
Outstanding Faculty Mentorship of Undergraduate Research
Timothy Messner