Paul College Undergraduate Research Conference

Students presenting at the Paul College URC event are required to have a 36” x 48” mounted poster (Paul College will provide the easels and posterboard).

Paul College will pay for each students poster to be printed through the ESRC Print Shop in Morse Hall. If you choose to print elsewhere (i.e. Staples, etc.) you will incur the cost and be responsible for coordinating pick-up and payment.

Posters must be submitted as a PDF via the appropriate SharePoint link below no later than 11:59 p.m. on Friday, April 3.

Steps for creating, finalizing and submitting your posters are as follows:

Step 1: Finalize your 36”x48” poster* showcasing your research.

• View the "Poster Building Resources" accordion tab below for resources and tips that will help with the final draft of your poster.
• Save out the editable version of your poster (whether in PPT, Canva, etc.), along with a PDF of the final poster using this naming convention:

 LastName_PosterTitle_2026PaulCollegeURC.

Step 2:  Submit a PDF of your one-page poster by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, Apr.3 to SharePoint using the appropriate link below*:

• Poster Session I, ECON 775 (BS)
• Poster Session I, Organizational Insights Lab
• Poster Session II, ECO-G
• Poster Session II, Multi-Disciplinary/Honors: Other

 *USNH sign in is required. 

Step 3: Prepare for presenting your poster at the Paul College URC on Friday, Apr. 24 (see the event schedule in accordion section below).

Step 4: Present your research at the Paul College URC!

• Posters will be available for pick up on the ground floor of Paul College on the day of the URC.

Strategies for making your presentation more visibly appealing: 

• Use less text and larger font sizes so that the viewer can read clearly online.
• Use more bullet points and phrases vs. dense sections of text
• Use more visual representations of your methodology and/or conclusions (e.g., a flow diagram illustrating your approach, or representative graphs that highlight your research findings)  
• Powerpoint Template (Vertical - 36x48) *Save out a new copy to your computer
• Powerpoint Template (Horizontal -  48x36) *Save out a new copy to your computer
• Tips for creating successful research poster presentations *must be signed into a USNH account to access
• UNH and Paul College Logos (updated 3/20/2025)
• Connors Writing Center
• Research Conference Help: URC & GRC Guide
• URC & GRC Preparation Resources
• Additional resources 

Deniz Ozabaci– URC Co-Chair, Associate Professor, Economics

Shayna Sylvia– URC Co-Chair, Marketing Events Specialist

Andrew Earle - Management Department

Peter Masucci – Marketing Department

Aziz Saglam– Economics Department

Gorkem Turgut (G.T.) Ozer – Decision Sciences Department

John Hasseldine - Accounting and Finance Department

Aziz Saglam
Bingjin Xue
Bruce Pfeiffer
Daniel Winans
David Reynolds
Jennifer Griffith
Kyle Bi
Marco Vincenzi
Michael Goldberg
Michael Hanlon
Nikhil Awasty
Paul Harvey
Peter Masucci
Peter Zaimes
Peter Lane
Richard Kilbride
 

Advisor: Aziz Saglam  

Judges: Ju-Chin Huang, Masoud Abkenari

1st Place: Reece Apgar, Sam Croteau, Aiden Giarnese & Logan Patrick– State Electricity Prices & the Russia-Ukraine War

2nd Place: Mary Condon, Victoria Drake, & Joseph Skehan– GDP or GNH? Gross National Happiness

3rd Place: Drew Bircher, Kyle Burditt, & Ryan Luis, – Stock Market Effect on Consumption

Advisor: Daniel Winans  

Judges: Susan Soucy & Hayley Harmon 

1st Place: Caeleigh Reger – Saving Grains: Transforming Brewer's Spent Grain into Sustainable Food Solutions

2nd Place: Katie Johnstone – Shear Growth: Using Wool and Hair as Nature's Fertilizer

3rd Place: Emily Abrusci – The Cost of Local: Exploring Food Affordability on the NH Seacoast

Advisors: Various

Judges: David Reynolds & Courtney Paulson 

1st Place: James Webster - Deportations and Debt: How the Trump Administration’s Immigration Policies Affect our National Debt Situation

2nd Place: Peter Duriga, Rebecca Rainey, Will Theriault, & Andrew Turkington - Exploring BTC Proxy Companies: Valuation, Volatility, and Crypto Exposure

3rd Place: Tia DiMicelli - You'll Be Back: Sensory Cognition Influence on Audience Retention

Advisor: Jennifer Griffith  

Judges: Kim Clark, Dev Dutta, & Scott Lemos

1st Place: Eleanor McNamara - Analyzing the Effectiveness of ADHD Adjustments in the Workplace 

2nd Place: Ian Dowgiert, David Farris, Caleb Greene, Madeline Proulx, & Mia Ward - Non-Profit organizations and Retention: Impact of Leadership, Communications, and Meaning of Work on Volunteers and Employees

3rd Place: Nadia Goich, Caleb Johnson, Olivia Kennedy, Jack Sheridan, & Damon Smead - Rent, Stress, & Success 

Directions and parking. Paul College is located at 10 Garrison Avenue, Durham, NH.