WRD 2026, Friday, May 8th
thanks to everyone for another terrific WRD!
this year’s Provost Prize winners:
| Title | Student(s) | Advisor |
| Danbury’s Lost Patriots | Nora Benson-Beckman with Sydney Hansen (Anthropology/Sociology), Elijah Crehan (Anthropology/Sociology) | Faline Schneiderman |
| Identification of Textiles with Infrared Spectroscopy | Victoria Caplan | Daniel Baluha |
| The Progressive Digging task: a naturalistic assay of effort-based food motivation in male mice | Milo Duch with Karla Mendez Vasquez, Jacob Calle, Mohammad Elawa, Jacob Lee, Wilmer Montero, Christa Piccorelli, Jo-Elle Rodriguez, Sherry Zhumi | Joshua Cordeira |
| Agentic AI Framework for Histopathological Breast Cancer Detection Using Wavelet Multi-View Learning and Spatial Transcriptomics | Nikita Karim | Xiaodi Wang |
| Examining Relationships Between Precipitable Water and Tropical Cyclone Precipitation in the Continental United States | Cameron Kurasz | Erica Bower |
| The Differences in Disparity between Nigeria and Chile | Christian Majeste with Yumin Park | Rotua Lumbantobing |
| Belonging to Two Worlds | Emelie Myhill | Heather Levy |
| The Impact of Professional Development, Data-Driven Feedback, and Coaching with Paraprofessionals | Alexa Perrefort with Marcia A. B. Delcourt, Katherine Roe, Lisa Daigle | Marcia A. B. Delcourt |
| Synthesis of JAK3 Inhibitors as Candidates for Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis | Tanner Poissant with | Nicholas Grecco |
| Skillsetter Simulation Training in Graduate Addiction Counseling: Confidence, Satisfaction, and Self-Evaluation Accuracy | Yadira Reinoso | Mary Murphy |