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RISE Undergraduate Awards and Recognition
Thank you for your interest in the UTSA RISE Undergraduate program. After a long run at UTSA, the RISE Program has come to an end. Undergraduate training positions continue in our MARC program. Thank you!
2022
Tanya Cruz |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
2021
Naomi Alyafei |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention |
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Cynthia Perez |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
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Kaitlyn Varela |
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2020
Naomi Alyafei |
Goldwater Scholarship |
Elizabeth Cervantes |
First Place 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase) |
Samantha Eaton |
Third Place Poster Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase) |
Amanda Gomez |
Life Sciences, Cell/Molecular Biology Presentation Award (SACNAS) |
David Hall |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
Linh Tram |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention |
Sara Valdes |
Second Place 3-Minute Thesis Presentation Award (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase) |
Maria Carmen Varela |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
2019
Paola Montufar Soria |
Psychology Presentation Award (SACNAS) |
Jessica O'Berry |
Life Sciences, Microbiology Presentation Award (SACNAS) |
Cynthia Perez |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention |
2018
Alexis Catala |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
Sean Tritley |
Neuroscience Presentation Award (ABRCMS) |
Maria Carmen Varela |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Honorable Mention |
2016
Jessica Burch |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
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America Ruiz |
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Maria Carmen Varela |
Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Neurobiology (UTSA COS Research Conference) |
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Jennifer Watts |
Best in Show (UTSA Undergraduate Research & Creative Inquiry Showcase) |
2015
Melina Acosta |
Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation-Mathematics and Statistics (UTSA COS Research Conference) |
2014
Zeliene Brown |
Rising Researcher's Award |
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Trisha Hinojosa |
First Place Undergraduate Poster Presentation Award (UTSA COLFA Spring Conference) |
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Ana Maldonado |
Rising Researcher's Award |
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Mayra Pedraza |
Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Chemistry & Biochemistry (UTSA COS Research Conference) |
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Edgar Sherman |
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Marissa Wechsler |
Best Undergraduate Student Poster-Regenerative and Molecular Medicine (UTSA COS Research Conference) |
2013
Stephanie Ikediobi |
Selected for Dean's Student Council |
2012
Alexis Catala-Pepo |
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2010
Stephanie Ikediobi |
Best Microbiology Poster Award (SACNAS) |
