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2021 Image of Research 1st place Winner Name: Kristy McAndrew Title: A picture’s worth 16,659 bugs

Image of Research

A picture can say more than a thousand words … and sometimes more than an entire dissertation. Mississippi State University’s Graduate School annually hosts the Image of Research Competition to give students the opportunity to engage creatively with their Name: Macy Gosselaar research by sharing behind-the- Title: Frozen in Time; A Snapshot of scenes views of their research an Environmental Moment processes or portray their academic study in visual form. Participants are asked to submit their chosen image, along with a title and a 100 to 150-word narrative articulating the connection between the image and their research. Competition judges select 15 submitted images for a two-week exhibition, which was held earlier this year at the Colvard Student Union Art Gallery. To read the narratives of these images, see more submissions and find out the winners of the 2022 contest, visit https:// www.grad.msstate.edu/students/graduate-studentdevelopment/image-of-research/2022. 2021 Image of Research 2nd place Winner Name: Jessica Leesburg Title: A photographic journey through the beauty that is Sweeting’s Pond

Name: Olivia Lappin Title: Radio-Collared Mississippi Bobwhite

2022 Image of Research finalists

Name: Vanessa Francieli Vital Silva Title: Learning from the resilience of herbicide-resistant weeds Name: Jacinda Leopard Title: The G. O. A. T. Name: Holly Todaro Title: Bachman's Sparrow: A Friend of Fire

Name: Lacy Dolan Title: Mother and Cub: Evidence of Mississippi’s Recovering Bear Population

Name: Lorena Chavarro-Chaux Title: Assessing Effects of Livestock Production on Stream Water Quality

Name: Rebecca Bracken Title: A Feeling Like No Other