The Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ Library is excited to announce the winners of the Library Prize Competition. This award is given to Ä¢¹½´«Ã½ students whose work illustrates exemplary levels of research, writing ability and best use of library resources.
2014
- Wentao Chen – Tracking in Education in Secondary Schools
- Beth Harding – Bridging the Academic Achievement Gap Between Low-Income and Upper Middle-Income Prekindergarten Children
- Joryn Harris – What is the value of Mammogram Screenings?
- Jamie Hill – Growing Justice
2013
- Kesheena Doctor – William Adolphe Bouguereau: Revising a Reputation
- Seung Hee Han – Speed or Safety
- Armaan Roshani – A Case for Computer Brain Interfaces
- Angela Bublik, Catherine Hopkins, Olivia Jelley, and Cassie Taylor – Trash to Table: Comparing the Effects of Compost, Commercial Organic and Inorganic Fertilizers on the Stem Growth of Zea mays
2012
- Ji Yeon Kim – Needed Change for Korean College Entrance System
- Dana Schmidt – Green Means Go: The Role of Pigments in Photosynthesis as Measured By Starch Storage
- Rebecca Jamieson – Humanity’s Complex Relationship with the Natural World: An Exploration of Donald Hall’s “Names of Horses”
- Monique Sevy – The Agustus of Primaporta
2011
- Andreas Correa – Violent Video Games and Young People: Does Exposure to Video Games Cause Aggressive Behavior
- Seth Francis – A Thin Membrane Called Honor
- Hamda Jama – No One is Illegal: U.S. Immigration Policy Violates Human Rights
- Nicole Ritz – Mirrored Identities: Comparing the Lives and Works of Marjane Satrapi and Frida Kahlo
2010
- Evelyn Maria Aranda Acuña – Going Dancing…Is it Dangerous?
- Michelle Elmquist – Opportunities and Risks: Marketing in a Web 2.0 World
- Mary Fitzpatrick – Antimicrobial Action of the Tea Tree Oil (Meialauca Alternifolia) on Five Common Bacteria
- Kimber Nelson – Causes of and Responses to the Increasing Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome
2009
2008
- Susannah Bodman – Comparison of the Inhibiting Effects of Tea Tree Oil, Fresh Garlic and Commercial Garlic on Bacterial Growth
- Wendy Gleason – Searching for Shinto: The Interplay of Politics and Religion from the Yamato to the Heian Era
- Kindra Kerp – When the Word “Meningitis” Darkens the Room
- Erika Moon – Chinook Subsistence: A Society’s Role on the Success of the Salmon
2007
- Yume Delegato – Splendor in the Sinai: St. Catherine’s Monastery in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages
- Amy Huseby – Comparative Examination of the Sacred Feminine Symbolism in the Poisonwood Bible and the Secret Life of Bees
- Graham Seaton – Synergistic and Individual Anti-microbial Impacts of Green Tea on Ginger on Common Gastro-Intestinal Bacteria
- Jamie Wolff – Photosynthesis
2006
- Sara Kutten – Science v. Tradition
- Harold Mansperger – The Bull Run Watershed: Our Treasured Water Supply
- Nigel O’Shea – Port Townsend
- Carie Schultz – The Aesthetic Roots of the Pine Tree by Andre Derain
2005
- Tanny Cresto – Where the Wild Things Are: An Introduction to Wildlife Rehabilitation
- Leah Hinson – Violent Protesters or Reactionary Police
- Angela LoSasso – A Geologic History of the Columbia River Gorge from the late Eocene to Present
- Lindsay Mayer – The Electoral College: The Best System?
- Brittney McAlmond – A Cake in the Chain
- Annessa Morey, Sara Day-Brewer, Stacy Larsen, and David Wickham – The Effects of Sodium Chloride (NaCl) Solution on the Growth of Tomato Plants (lycopersicon esculentum)
- Jacques von Lunen – A Call for Indian Unity
- Heather Webb – Organs for Sale or Rent