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Christy LaFlamme, a Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College student just won the (DoR) "," which was designed to solicit ideas on how to communicate the importance of research to broad audiences.

LaFlamme says her idea to share research was inspired by the , David Sun Kong, Ph.D., director of MIT Media Lab's Community Biotechnology Initiative.

ÌýLaFlamme recently attended the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for the National Symposium for Undergraduate Research ().

She is working in Matt Disney's lab as part of the Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵSummer Undergraduate Research FellowshipÌý(), and the Scripps Biomedical Laboratory Experience for Undergraduates (). She is also the president of the Council for Scholarship, Inquiry, Design, and Engagement () Jupiter.

Judges selected winners in two categories: students and faculty/staff. First place winners received an i-Pad; second, a Fitbit; and third place, a messenger swag bag.

Ìý Student winnersÌý

First –ÌýChristy LaFlamme, Wilkes Honors College

Second –ÌýChristine Erie, Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine

Third –ÌýAmanda Inerfeld, College of Engineering and Computer Science

Faculty/staff winners

First –ÌýJulie Lauderbaugh, assistant vice president for campaign communications, Division of Institutional Advancement

Second –ÌýKatie Hutton, office assistant, Division of Research, Office of Sponsored Programs

Third –ÌýAlethea Perez, manager of recorded sound archives, Â鶹¾«Æ·ÊÓƵLibraries