Special Awards
Price Chopper’s Golub Foundation: Future Change Makers
“The Change We Make” by Josie Wilkinson, Josephine Cho, and Classmates at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
Central Hudson: Powerfully Scientific
“Impact of Distance from Cities on Hudson River Estuary Pharmaceutical Concentration” by David Wu, Taran Arulraj, Milind Aulraj, Grey Silviera, Rowan Elmgart, Chris Montesano, Cooper Yang, Jason Bernstein, Mahir Ahnaf, and Brady Yang at Avenues: The World School.
Advisor: Sam Choi
M&T Bank Award for Budding Scientists
“Pollenpuzzles” by Grace Ko and Tallulah Knapp at Packer Collegiate Institute
Advisor: Jessica Genter
Junior Data Jam: Elementary School
Grand Prize
“Birds Take Flight” by Samantha Leung, Claire Wang, Eliza Wood-Lee, Rinka Akayama, and Alisa Terekhov at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
Runners Up
“Mosquito’s Legend” by Jacob Benayoun, Benjamin Schuman, Everett Hastings, and Logan Chang at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
“Tic-Toc It’s Deer-O-Clock” by Brynn Goldstein, Liel Berger, Sienna Spektor, and classmate at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
Honorable Mentions
“AURAFUL EELS” by Jude Dickman, Thomas Dempster, and classmates at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
“Horror in the Hudson: The How's and Whys of Zebra Mussel Invasion” by Sun-Ah Neal, Xiao Le Zheng, and classmates at NEST+m.
Advisor: Joan Christou
“The Great Eel Migration: Journey of the American Eel” by Akiva Pradhan, Lyn Romin, Arthur Hoelscher, and classmate at NEST+m
Advisor: Joan Christou
Hudson Data Jam: Middle School
Grand Prize
“Jeffery and the Tick” by Anna Wheeler and Clara Peng-Ma at Packer Collegiate Institute
Advisor: Isaac Wheeler
Runners Up
“Long-Term Hudson River Fish Surveys” by Ann-Mae Limberger at Greene Hill
Advisor: Leah Dembinksi
“Pup Cup Podcast” by Ava Shalbaf, Lilly Hecker, and Chloe Zhou-Donohue at Marymount School of New York
Advisor: Krysta Camp
Honorable Mentions
“Despicable PCB Levels Throughout Varying Species” by Sloan Vassel, Alexandra Meta, and Madison Haines at Marymount School of New York
Advisor: Krysta Camp
“PCBs Under the Sea” by Samantha White and Anna Attea at Marymount School of New York
Advisor: Krysta Camp
“Mean Eels” by Abby Austin and Vivienne Boss at Marymount School of New York
Advisor: Krysta Camp
“Hudson River Fish” by Ava Carey, Red Mason, & classmate at Marymount School of New York
Advisor: Krysta Camp
“The Great Song of the Eels” by Mira Gould and Mina Wilms at Oakwood Friends School
Advisor: Sue Cianfrani
Hudson Data Jam: High School
Grand Prize
“What is this Invasion” by Iris Janicki, Rosemary Sanders, and Willie Im at Brooklyn Technical High School
Advisor: Diana Lennon
Runners Up
“All Along the Ponds” by Henry Cianfrani at Oakwood Friends School
Advisor: Sue Cianfrani
“How Stormwater Runoff is Affecting the Health of Our Waterways” by Nia Law at Saratoga Springs High School
Advisor: Susan Pienta
Honorable Mentions
“The Hudson Valley Paleobotany Game” by Zoe Potter-Gamage at Oakwood Friends School
Advisor: Sue Cianfrani
“Air Pollution Caused by Traffic in New York State” by Caz Murphy at Saratoga Springs High School
Advisor: Susan Pienta
“Storm Surge and Stream Flow: Hurricane Irene's Effect on the Hudson River” by Lola Martson and Mimi Battleman at Millbrook School
Advisor: Leigh Schmitt
“The PCB CEO” by Philip McArdle, Andy Cianfrani, Abe Spodek, and Seth Pincus at Oakwood Friends School
Advisor: Sue Cianfrani