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2012 Library Research Award recipients announced
Posted 4/20/2012
MADISON, Wis. – The Undergraduate Research Awards selection committee selected two students to receive awards in 2012. The recipients are Catherine Harris for her research climate change as revealed by road and snowmobile trail conditions and Kelli Schweich for her research exploring social factors in the Sheboygan Community Garden.
Catherine Harris received a Research-In-Progress award for her work tracking changes in road and snowmobile conditions as an indicator of climate change with Adena Rissman of the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology. Catherine used local newspapers, archived in the Historical Society's microfilm collections, to gather data on trail opening and closing dates from 1989 to the present. Catherine was awarded a cash prize of $150 and a certificate honoring her accomplishment.
Kellie Schwieich received a Library Research Award for her research exploring how the spatial dimensions of the Sheboygan Community Garden relate to social interactions between gardeners. Kellie conducted an extensive literature review and used on-site behavior observations and individual interviews to collect primary data. Kellie's research was the basis for her honors thesis in Geography and was advised by Samuel Dennis of the Department of Landscape Architecture. Kellie was awarded a cash prize of $300 and a certificate honoring her accomplishment.
The Library Research Awards, now in their fifth year, were developed to recognize excellence and creativity in undergraduate library research. For more information about the Library Research Awards, please see College Library's website: http://college.library.wisc.edu/resources/researchaward/.
