DANVILLE - The third annual Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Symposium was held Aug. 6, at Geisinger Medical Center's Henry Hood Center for Health Research.
Jointly sponsored by Geisinger Health System, Bloomsburg University and the Bucknell University Institute for Public Policy, the symposium showcases research and projects by central Pennsylvania undergraduates, including Geisinger interns.
A record 67 research abstracts were submitted by area undergraduates, many with multiple authors, for inclusion in the symposium, which was attended by approximately 150 participants.
Prize winners were: Lillian McKinley, Geisinger (oral talks, clinical translational); Aulin Dincer, Bucknell (posters, clinical translational); Mahder Etuma, Bucknell (posters, natural sciences); Bradley Witcoskie, Geisinger (audience favorite); Beckey Boucher, Bucknell (oral talk, social sciences); Charles Cole, Bucknell (oral talk, natural sciences); Christine Sharp, Geisinger (audience favorite), and Caleb Meyers, Bloomsburg (poster, social sciences).
Cash prizes were awarded for the best posters and oral talks in the clinical translational, natural sciences and social sciences categories respectively, with two being chosen in the audience favorite category.