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The following articles were submitted by SURE participants. This essay contest began in 1998 with the goal of encouraging the communication of scientific knowledge to the general public. Click on the hyperlinked titles to read the articles.
1st Place: Elizabeth Hesse
Working Too Close to Home
2nd Place (Tie): Anna Garr and Lisa Higginbotham
A Biotechnological Approach to Bioengineering Orange Flamingos
3rd Place: Wen Cai
Stereotyping for Dummies
1st Place: Tiffany Hodges
Is "Neuroprotection" Really Protective?
2nd Place: Elizabeth Hesse
What Makes Chili Peppers so Hot?
3rd Place: Lindsay Chura
Inherent Misfortune: Tiny Heroes Battling Canavan Disease
1st Place: Tim Dunaway
Nuclear Secret
Amazing Properties of Spider Silk
Transforming the Field of Agriculture Through Engineering
1st Place: Fang Bu
The Antivirus
2nd Place Tie: Rachael Blackman Kristan Hagan, and Eliza Nelson
Haikus for the SURE
2nd Place Tie: Joshua Wilcox
Resonance
3rd Place: Loretta Cain
Troubled Waters
Koriand'r Conyers
Color-Coded Crime: Driving While Black
1st Place: Joshua Wilcox
Waaaaay Faster than a Speeding Bullet
2nd Place: Colleen Gault
Animamorphism
Honorable Mention: Loretta Cain
You Too, Can be Rid of the Flu
1st: Joshua B. Wilcox
Research Indicates New Theory of Microbial Biodiversity
Honorable Mention: Koriand'r Conyers
Contributions
Honorable Mention: Bridgette Love
The Impact of Genetically Modified Organisms
