2024 Multimodal Contest Winners:

Welcome to the 2024 Contest Winners! The Grand Prize Winner for this year comes from Campus Involvement, with James Hemmingway鈥檚 Celebrating 10 Years of the Gender and LGBTQIA Center. Congratulations to him, and congratulations to all of the winners from this year. Let鈥檚 take a look at the rest!
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School of Arts and Sciences:

馃弳 Winner: Anna Vassallo 鈥24 (Economics & Psychology)

Anna won with her project, 鈥淧olice Officer Interrogation Tactics: Adolescent Suspects & Suspects with Mental Illness鈥. Anna’s project targets educated individuals with a basic understanding of psychology, who are specifically interested in the nuances of police interrogation tactics. It explores differences in approaches when interviewing adolescents and suspects with mental illness, shedding light on how police settings affect investigations.

Runner-up Delaney Guidi created a poster entitled, 鈥淭he Muffler.鈥

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School of Communications:

馃弳 Winners: Claire Cohen 鈥25 (Cinema & TV Arts & Marketing)

Claire’s, 鈥淪omewhere Between Pigs and Anchovies鈥 is for anyone who enjoys nature documentaries, satire, and mockumentaries. It aims to engage a broad audience that includes college students, teachers, alumni, and anyone connected to college life, hoping viewers find the film both enjoyable and relatable.

Runner-up Jenna Manderioli聽wrote an article called, 鈥淔inding Folk: The Festival of Discovery.鈥

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School of Education:

馃弳 Winner: Mandy Hefferman 鈥24 (Psychology)

Mandy’s advocacy brief, 鈥淥utdoor Education: The Lack of Access in Fairfield County鈥 focuses on the lack of educational resources. It is intended for K-12 students and their families, specifically addressing Connecticut’s State Department of Education and school officials to implement new policies.

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School of Health and Sciences:

馃弳 Winner: Kyle Lambert 鈥23 (Physician Assistant) & Allison Russo鈥23 (Physician Assistant)

Kyle and Allison’s project, 鈥淪kin Deep鈥 leverages YouTube Shorts and TikTok to educate about dermatological conditions with visual examples. They highlight conditions affecting people with darker skin tones, using humor to make clinical facts more engaging.

Runner-ups Alex Miller, Nick Bush & Chaney Patton created their poster called, 鈥淗ow Does Dual Tasking Effect Gait in Individuals Who Use Prosthetics?鈥 ______________________________________________________________________________

School of Law:

馃弳 Winner: Jennifer Benavides (Law)

Jennifer won for her video, 鈥淚nterview with Dean Kramer.鈥 This video is meant to resonate with first-generation law students. The point of creating this video is to discuss common misconceptions that many students may have when entering law school.

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Campus Involvement:

馃弳 James Hemmingway 鈥25 (Marketing & Public Health)

James Hemmingway created a commemorative booklet titled 鈥淐elebrating 10 Years of the Gender and LGBTQIA Center鈥. The booklet was given out to attendees in print to show the history of the GLC and sent out in digital form via email to donors, alumni, faculty, staff, and students.

Runner-up Kara Mckinley created a video titled, 鈥淭he Kernodle Center: The Heart of Civic Life鈥

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