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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. The RISE Undergraduate program will end in March 2025, after serving its final cohort of undergraduates. Undergraduate training positions continue in our MARC program. Thank you!
2024
Luis Flores |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
Enrique Piedra |
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program Award |
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) |
