2020 Honorable Mention – Alain Sullivan Matched DNA is a double helix nucleic acid containing the genetic information which forms the basis of all life. They contain a four letter alphabet, made of base pairs: Adenine, Thymine, Guanine, and Cytosine. These base...
2020 Honorable Mention – Hollyann Stewart How Do Frogs Breathe During Different Seasons The purpose of this playful yet scientific illustration is to educate upper elementary and middle school age children about how frogs, such as the northern leopard frog,...
2020 Best Drawing/Painting – Isabel Holtan The Universe Inside of Us The glowing, almost spiky things you see here are cells—human dermal fibroblasts to be exact. I was in my lab, studying them for their extracellular matrix (ECM), when I took the reference...
2020 Best Literary Arts – Kelsea Chen flight of the red bird what you feel in your chest is not a heart,but a bird on thunderous wings. their feathers drip a crimson hue,scraping the inside of an ivory cage,a mighty, rhythmic song,echoes off chamber walls,their...
2020 Best Photography – Monica Babits Child of the Universe Humans have always been drawn to the night’s sky. As one of the most ancient natural sciences, astronomy has mesmerized our oldest ancestors and influenced entire civilizations; and, to this day,...