PRESENTING!
THE 2026 FRANKE HONORS PINNACLE PRESENTERS
This year, Franke Honors students have the chance to present their work at the Franke Honors Pinnacle through a new modality. During 10-minute sessions, students will present their artifacts through video, displays, etc. Join us to see creative inquiry in action!
Session A | 1:00 - 1:45 pm
Dani Haims
Fueling Championships:
Faculty Mentors: Alexandra Samarron Longorio
EMGHonors Thesis
Diya Nandeesh
The Inner Mind: Visualizing Depression Through Art
Faculty Mentors: Patrick Baliani
Quest
Amelia Sommerhauser
Dear National Park Service
Faculty Mentors: Stephanie Pearmain and Ander Monson
QuestEMG
Rishi Chunduru
The Uses of NMR in Drug Discovery: How a helium-cooled superconductive magnet and some creativity can let us see drugs in action
Faculty Mentors: Vlad Kumirov
Honors Thesis
Karyna Kuzhelnykova and Felista Nabintu
StudyPal: An Adaptive AI System for Student Collaboration and Connection
Faculty Mentors: Scott Hessell
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Kabir Rathore Muthu and Tanya Agarwal
Beyond Blame: The Dual Health Impacts of Systemic Racism on Minoritized Communities and Police
Faculty Mentors: Victor Braitberg
EMG
Cristina Rebecca Valencia
La Fuerza de la Memoria en Movimento: El Cuerpo como Archivo de Salud y Justicia Global The Force of Memory in Motion: The Body as an Archive of Health and Global Justice
Faculty Mentors: Melissa A. Fitch, Rick Wamer, and Dan Xayaphanh
Honors Thesis
Session B | 1:50 - 2:35 pm
Eli Tank and Mikayla Baker
Dance Resource Center Restoration
Faculty Mentors: Dan Howarth
EMG
Alivia Alexander
Creativity and Wellbeing through Songwriting
Faculty Mentors: Kate Alexander, Jennie Gubner, and Nadia Alvarez Mexia
EMGHonors ThesisVIP
Daryl Ijaola
The Fall of Mr. Romantic
Faculty Mentors: Claire McLane
EMG
Ira Puranik
A 2D Patient Simulation for Motivational Interviewing
Faculty Mentors: Winslow Burleson and Kyle McLemore
Honors ThesisVIP
Session C | 2:40 - 3:25 pm
Delaney Chenevert
Mind Your Business: Promoting Personal Wellness Using Management Strategies.
Faculty Mentors: Erin Paradise
Honors Thesis
Yona Kleinerman and Eiza Stanford
Lynnapse: Software Matching Students to Academic Research Worldwide
Faculty Mentors: John Pollard, Parker Antin, and Steve Rains
EMG
Nagasriya Ramisetty
bit·ter·sweet: Reflections on Asian American Mental Health Stigma through Research-Based Reflective Poetry
Faculty Mentors: Claire McLane and Ashley Martin-Casler
EMGHonors Thesis
Olivia Gibbons
The Role of Secretory Phospholipase A2 Group 10 for Immunotherapy Resistance in Non-small Cell Lung Cancer
Faculty Mentors: Floyd Chilton, Sarah Kyte, and John Pollard
Honors Thesis
Taryn Mayer
A Feral Season — An Original Musical Workshop Production Based on Interviews
Faculty Mentors: Roweena Mackay and Kristin Dauphinais
EMGHonors Thesis