Posters Under the Dome

2025 Posters Under the Dome Winners

We recognize the first-place winners and honorable mentions for Undergraduate Research in Posters Under the Dome and their faculty mentors who helped them achieve this recognition. Below is a list of first-place winners and honorable mentions listed by academic department/division.

Applied Technology & Mathematics

First Place: Arthur Gramlich “How Professional Sports Teams Assess Injury Risk”
Honorable Mention: N/A

Arts, Languages, and Letters

First Place: Indiana Gallant “Promising Young Women: An Exploration of Hyperfemininity and Power”
Honorable Mention: Pasquale Travaglini “Climate change, do people know it, what is being done about it”

Business, Fashion, Leadership

First Place: Joseph Steff, “How do the MLB's rule changes affect viewership and fan interaction?”
Honorable Mention: Pamela Kontaras, “Is Electronic Line Calling the Future of Tennis”

Civic Engagement

First Place: Jessica Elliot “Analyzing The Predictive Factors For Burnout In Nursing Students”
Honorable Mention: Kylie McGowan “The Impact of Crisis on Individual and Community Resilience”

Education Division

First Place:Olivia Bodnar and Ava Rosenberg “Healthy Habits: How Teachers Can Promote Healthy Lifestyle in Early Childhood Education”
Honorable Mention: Olivia Lloyd and Alexa Hyman “Meeting the Writing Needs of Students with Dysgraphia”

Health, Nutrition, Exercise Science

First Place: Dylan Walter "Blood Lactate and Heart Rate Response Post Pre-Season Training in Collegiate Male Soccer Players: A Pilot Study"
Honorable Mention: Ivan Zavala Zavala "GetFIT@IU: A Cohort Analysis of 9 Years of Programming”

Music

First Place: Olivia Baker “What is the effect of live receptive music making on the heartbeat of neonates?”
Honorable Mention: Graciela Cohen “The effects of group music-making on socialization with young adults on the autism spectrum”

Natural Sciences

First Place: Aidan Doyle and Liam Semmler. Poster Title: Invertebrate abundances change with the presence of slugs (Gastropoda:Pulmonata) in pitfall traps
Honorable Mention: Diana Geditz and Brianna Hong. Poster Title: Comparing Cave Cricket (Orthoptera: Rhaphidophoridae) Communities on Harbor Island, Maine

Nursing

First Place: Colette Manco; Nicole Musial; Dana Lupo “Screens vs. Sleep: How Digital Devices Affect Children's Sleep”
Honorable Mention: Matt Bramucci; Aroun Kamara; Stone Gahagan “Factors Influencing the Recruitment and Retention of Male Nurses”