More than 300 students participated in presentation sessions during Student Research Days, with 127 graduate students and 183 undergraduate students presenting.
The 2025 Student Research Days Poster Sessions and Creative Exhibitions were held April 15-16.
Graduate students who were awarded competitive prizes for their scholarship and presentation skills received $400 toward travel grants to present their research regionally or nationally as well as support other research costs. Undergraduates were awarded prizes valued at $250 sponsored by their academic colleges. Additionally, undergraduate students were recognized by the University Honors Program for their research.
Hundreds of faculty, postdoc, staff and graduate student volunteer judges met with students during morning and afternoon sessions and evaluated their presentations.
Computer science student Alaa Ismail received the Overall Excellence Award, which recognizes an Honors student researcher whose work demonstrated outstanding achievement across all aspects of research and presentation, from originality and clarity to impact in sharing their work. Her project, “Access to Civil Justice: A Data-Driven Approach to Integrating Legal Resource Discovery with Interactive Geospatial Visualization,” was advised by School of Computing Charles Bessey Professor Leen-Kiat Soh.
View the full list of award recipients in Nebraska Today.
by Kali Patterson | Undergraduate Research and Fellowships
May 16, 2025
Following Student Research Days presentations and poster sessions, computer science student Alaa Ismail received the Overall Excellence Award.
