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Nine outstanding undergraduates have received the spring 2021 Rising Researcher awards. The Rising Researcher program celebrates students who excel in research, scholarship or creative activity.

This year, persistent UMass Amherst undergraduates adapted to COVID-19 restrictions as they engaged in substantial research, exercised their creativity and elevated campus and the community. They found ways to thrive—they worked on campus when permitted and capitalized on remote research, learning, and volunteer opportunities

UMass honors these nine students for challenging their intellect, contributing to research, and exercising their exceptional creativity.

The spring 2021 Rising Researchers were:

• Ali Abdel-Maksoud ’21, electrical engineering
• Samantha Hano ’22, public health sciences and psychology, Commonwealth Honors College
• Claire Healy ’21, political science, Commonwealth Honors College
• Isabel Levin ’22, sociology, Commonwealth Honors College
• Kathleen Loonie ’21, pre-veterinary sciences, Commonwealth Honors College
• Eugenia Roberts ’21, biochemistry and molecular biology, Commonwealth Honors College
• Nicholas Sbalbi ’22, chemical engineering, Commonwealth Honors College
• Alan Simon ’21, interdisciplinary studies, University Without Walls
• Solomon Siskind ’21, sport management and sociology

Read more about the 2021 Rising Researchers.