USSU Symposium Winners 2024

Award Value Winner Project
Health Sciences Placement Awards
First Place $1000 Anurag Sakharkar Systemic Genome Correlation Loss as a Central Characteristic of Spaceflight
Second Place $600 Caleb Hammond Exploring the MANF-NPTN Axis in Peripheral Nerve Regeneration
Third Place $400 Vanessa Phommavong Characterizing the Use of Prolonged-Release Once-Daily Tacrolimus (LCPT) Across Canada
Natural Science & Engineering Placement Awards
First Place $1000 Sunny (Shen Yi) Yang Foaming property of mildly fractionated faba bean protein under potential bakery application conditions
Second Place $600 Aaryan Patel Automation Software for the Canadian Light Source
Third Place $400 Tanner Cook Screening bread wheat and durum germplasm for resistance to Xanthomonas translucens causing bacterial leaf streak
Social Sciences, Humanities & Fine Arts Placement Awards
First Place $1000 Owen Deis Framing the Reich: Visual Narratives of Guilt in American-Occupied Germany and the Nuremberg Trials
Second Place $600 Abhineet Goswami Journey of Serenity
Third Place $400 Isra Banigesh Islamic Values and Their Manifestation in Management Control Systems
Additional Awards
The Vice-Provost’s Award in Indigenous Engagement Award $1000 Emma Wintermute Queering as Community: Making Space in the Classroom
Mayor’s & the University President’s Award in City-Building Award $500 Enactus University of Saskatchewan Build-a-Business
Signature Research Area Award $375 Carolyn Stadnyk/Carlie Meikle/Caitlyn Oakenfold/Kailee Wilson Attitudes and Practices Towards Eating with Others Among the University of Saskatchewan Community
Sustainability Award $200 Kara Walz Calf muscular changes following Bedrest
Sustainability Award $200 Sunny (Shen Yi) Yang Foaming property of mildly fractionated faba bean protein under potential bakery application conditions
Sustainability Award $200 Hassan Cheema Investigating the effect of Creatine Monohydrate on Brassica rapa subsp. Chinensis plants.
Sustainability Award $200 Brianne Symak The Effects of Chromium Exposure on Bumblebee Buzz Response
People’s Choice Award $250 Angi Patel/Jenil Patel/Hetvi Darji Mindful Spaces: Empowering Student Mental Health
University Library Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award $500 Wren Dahl Queering Menstruation: A Critical and Community Engaged Analysis of Queer Bodies Who Bleed