The College of DuPage Library's Eighth Annual COD Library Student Research Symposium took place Monday, May 11, 2026, 4:30 pm, in the COD Library. The Symposium showcased exemplary COD student research, such as papers, posters, and presentations. The evening concluded with the Participation and Awards Ceremony.
This year's award winners:
- First Place: Eddie Contreras, A Three-Criteria Framework for U.S. Immigration Reform: Humane Treatment, Resource Reallocation, and Proportional Fallback. $750.00
- Second Place: Taryn Prater, When Healing Becomes Horror: Medical Malpractice and Institutional Fear. $500.00
- Third Place: Ana Paula Andrada, Shaped by the Feed: Big Data, Identity and Power. $250.00
- Original Research Award: Tim Gaumer, A Prehistoric Presentation of Osteoarthritis (degenerative joint disease) in the Marine Reptile Tylosaurus. $750.00
- Tim Gaumer, Alzheimer's Disease as a Systems Problem.
- Abigail Hendricksen, Ramen: A History of the Globally Loved Delicacy.
- Abdul-Rahman Kassak, BDNF Signaling Dysfunction in College-Aged Males: MAPK/ERK Contributions to Mood, Cognition, and Motivation.
Honorable Mention: Three awards of $100.00 each
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| Monday, May 11th | ||
| 4:30 PM |
Laura Burt-Nicholas, College of DuPage Library Upper Floor 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Alzheimer's Disease as a Systems Problem Tim Gaumer, College of DuPage Library 3114 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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Evaluating and Improving Wayfinding at College of DuPage Rishi Vithani, College of DuPage Library 3114 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Ramen: A History of the Globally Loved Delicacy Abigail Hendricksen, College of DuPage Library 3152 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Shaped by the Feed: Big Data, Identity and Power Ana Paula Andrada, College of DuPage Library 3104 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Spinning Away from Coal, Into a New ‘Generation’ of Power, Literally Coushatta Darbonne, College of DuPage Library 3104 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
The Postmodernist Search for Purpose with Hong Kong Cinema Ryley Salazar, College of DuPage Library 3152 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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Hannah Campbell, College of DuPage SRC 3104 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Liam King, College of DuPage Library 3152 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 5:00 PM |
Tutoring, Motivation, and the Elusive Quick Fix: Original Research at College of DuPage Tim Gaumer Library 3114 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Eddie Contreras, College of DuPage Library 3152 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Abdul-Rahman Kassak Library 3114 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Capitalism and Identity: Tracing Economic Foundations in 20th Century Liberation Theory Mohammed Ayman, College of DuPage Library 3152 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Elizabeth Marszalek, College of DuPage Library 3114 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Meg Thompson, Dupage Library 3104 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Ethicality Versus Legality: What is Ethical Political Rhetoric? Devin Larimer, College of DuPage Library 3152 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
Graf St. Genois d'Anneaucourt: Body as Commodity Sofie Geraci, College of DuPage Library 3104 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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Rewriting First-Year Writing Instruction: Neurocognitive Frameworks for Multilingual Students Justina Rodriguez Carrozzo, College of DuPage Library 3114 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 6:10 PM |
The Importance Altamaha-ha In South of Midnight Meridian Sutton, College of DuPage Library 3104 6:10 PM - 7:10 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
From Slavery to Today: Black Women in Medicine Trinity Mcwillie Johnson, College of DuPage Library 3104 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
Medusa: A modern retelling and feminist synthesis Maggie (Margaret) Brophy, College of DuPage Library 3152 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
Neuroplasticity and Hippocampal Impacts Associated with Obstructive Sleep Apnea Rumaysa Aliniazee Library 3114 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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The Effects of Water Quality on the Physiological Responses of Daphnia Magna Sara Al Shekha, College of DuPage Library 3114 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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The Hierarchy Between Humans and Other Natural Living Beings Amilia Zdenahlik, College of DuPage Library 3104 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
There's Nothing Tragic About Being Fifty: An Introduction to Hagsploitation Kayla Brabant, College of DuPage Library 3152 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
Uncovering the Impact of YouTube's Hidden Algorithm on Its Users Oscar Perez, College of DuPage Library 3152 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 7:20 PM |
When Healing Becomes Horror: Medical Malpractice and Institutional Fear Taryn Prater, College of DuPage Library 3104 7:20 PM - 8:20 PM |
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| 8:30 PM |
Laura Burt-Nicholas, College of DuPage Library Upper Floor 8:30 PM - 8:45 PM |
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