In May 2019 the prize of $750 was awarded to Rachel DeLauder for her essay “Why Can’t Peace be Still? The Legacy Continues: A Choreographic Work and Reflection,” written under the direction of Professor Lynnette Overby, Deputy Director of the Community Engagement Initiative and professor in the department of Theatre.
The essay competition is on hiatus academic year 2021-2022. Look to this space for new developments in fall 2022.
Find a complete list of winners dating back to 1982 here. Latest winners include:
Spring 2021 – No award.
Spring 2020 – No award.
Spring 2019 – Undergraduate Research Essay Competition
“Why Can’t Peace be Still? The Legacy Continues: A Choreographic Work and Reflection,”
Rachel DeLauder, Degree with Distinction candidate in Exercise Science with minors in Dance and Theatre Performance.
Faculty Advisor: Lynnette Overby, Deputy Director of the Community Engagement Initiative and professor in the department of Theatre
Spring 2018 – Undergraduate Research Essay Competition
“Using Peak Bicycling Cadence to Assess Bradykinesia and Predict Training Responses in People with Parkinson’s Disease”
Benjamin Sibson, Exercise Science
Faculty Advisor: Christopher Knight, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology
Spring 2017 – Undergraduate Research Essay Competition
Filling in ‘No Man’s Land’: Marian Cruger Coffin and the Unification of the University of Delaware Campus”
Nora Alalou, History
Faculty Advisor: Guy Alchon, History
Spring 2016 – Undergraduate Research Essay Competition
Archaeological Copper Alloys In Situ: The Use of Accelerated Aging to Characterize Degradation
Adrienne Gendron, Art Conservation and Anthropology
Faculty Advisor: Jocelyn Alcantara-Garcia, Art Conservation
Summer 2014 – Undergraduate Research and Community Engagement Essay Competition
Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences:
Chopin’s Nocturnes: A Comparison of Empirical Analysis and Performance Analysis
Megan Lyons, Music Education and Music Theory
Faculty Advisor: Philip Duker, Music
Community Engagement:
Community Outreach through Design: Building Read Aloud Delaware’s Presence in the Community
Erin Lynch, Organizational and Community Leadership
Faculty Advisor: Anthony Middlebrooks, Public Policy and Administration
Science and Engineering:
Cancer Pathology and Risks in Germline BRCA Mutation Carriers in Large Hereditary Cancer Registry in Delaware
Shaivi Patel, Biological Sciences
Faculty Advisor: Zohra Ali-Khan Catts, Cancer Genertics Program at Christiana Care
Spring 2014 – Undergraduate Research Essay Competition
Young Children’s Preferences and Responses to Musical IPad Apps
Aimee Dorothy Pearsall, Music Education
Faculty Advisor: Suzanne Burton, Music
