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The Robert W. Woodruff Library announces the winners of the 2013 Undergraduate Research Award.

From an impressive array of submissions by Emory undergraduate students, judges have selected three projects to be honored with this year's Undergraduate Research Award:

Megan Corbat—“Descriptive and Substantive Representation of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Persons in Connecticut’s Legislature: Single-Axis, Intersectional, and Qualitative Approach”
Faculty sponsor: Beth Reingold

Elizabeth Graham—“Cultural Relativism versus Human Rights: US Foreign Policy on Female Genital Circumcision”
Faculty sponsor: Carol Anderson

James Zainaldin—“Asclepius at Epidaurus: An Interpretation of the Sacred Space of Healing”
Faculty sponsor: Philippa Lang

Each winning entry will receive a prize of $500, supported by the Elizabeth Long Atwood Fund.

The judges also selected one project for an Honorable Mention:
Sweta Maturu—“United States Involvement in International Conflicts and Civil Uprisings: American Human Rights Policy towards Egypt during the Arab Spring”
Faculty sponsor: Carol Anderson

The awards will be presented at the Undergraduate Research Symposium on Wednesday, April 24 at the Dobbs University Center. The winners will share their work with the Emory community via poster presentations from 3 to 6 p.m.

Judges for this year’s research award were:
Tanya Molodtsova, Department of Economics
Daphne Norton, Department of Chemistry
Rob O’Reilly, Electronic Data Center
Nathan Suhr-Sytsma, Department of English
Stewart Varner, DiSC

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The Robert W. Woodruff Library invites undergraduates to submit a research project for consideration for the 2013 Undergraduate Research Awards!

The Undergraduate Research Award recognizes and rewards Emory College undergraduate students who make extensive use of Woodruff Library’s collections and research resources in their original scholarship while simultaneously showing evidence of critical analysis in their research skills. There will be up to three awards of $500 made this year, and at least one will be made to a first-year student.

To be eligible, research projects must have been completed since March 1, 2012. So many projects from Spring 2012 and all of those from Fall 2012 can be included. Projects in all media are encouraged.

In addition to the final version of the research project, students will submit a short (500-750 word) essay describing their research strategies, an abstract of the project, and a bibliography of sources used. Finally, there must be a letter of support from the faculty member who supervised the project.

The due date for all of these materials is 5pm on Wednesday, March 6, 2013. But don't let that let you procrastinate on the process.