The Results Are In - See the Winners from the 2025 Graduate Research Symposium

The Department of Horticulture and Crop Science's (HCS) Graduate Research Symposium (GRS) has successfully concluded. The GRS, coordinated by the HCS Graduate Student Association (GSA), is a highly anticipated event that brings together students and faculty from our Wooster and Columbus campuses to share their research endeavors. This year, the symposium saw participation from over 110 students and faculty members, featuring 11 oral presentations and 40 posters.

Events like this are a massive undertaking and we'd like to give a special shout-out to the GRS Organizing Committee: Madison Dahn, Lydia Balogh, Katelyn Boyce, Mirai Inaoka, Maranda Berger-Morrow, Frolence Fidelis, Kelly Mikhail, Thiranya Wanigarathna, Alexandra Espinoza, Janhavi Maurya and Kirti Tyagi.

Without further ado, here are the full results of the 2025 HCS GRS...

Oral Presentations

1. Dan Borrenpohl

2. Lydia Balogh

3. Katie Fulcher

4. People's Choice: Corinne Mira Marfori-Nazarea

Proposal Posters

1. Brenda Medina Privatt

2. Brynn Johnson

3. Kavya Sekar Susitha

4. People's Choice: Addie Knight and Olivia Liebing

Results Posters

1. Jonah VanRoekel

2. Ella Poling

3. Kelly Mikhail

4. People's Choice: Mirai Inaoka and Prabath Senanayaka Mudiyanselage

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