Student Writing Contest
Student Writing Contest
The NEWSS Graduate Student Writing Contest supports the development of effective writing skills of our graduate students to communicate with a broader audience. Submission deadline is October 1
2024 Awards for Graduate Student Writing Contest
PhD First Place
Aleah Butler-Jones
Cornell University
It’s Electric! Notes on Electrical Weed Control

PhD Second Place
Preetaman Bajwa
Cornell University
Integrating Cover Crops with Herbicides for Effective Weed Management in Soybeans

MS First Place
Henrique Scatena
Cornell University
Biology and Management of Waterhemp

2023 Awards for Graduate Student Writing Contest
- First Place
- Laurel Wellman
- Making the Most of Winter Cover Crops for Weed Suppression
- Second Place (tie)
- Noelle Connor
- Does shorter corn mean more weed problems
- Second Place (tie)
2022 Awards for Graduate Student Writing Contest
MS First Place
Laurel Pineda-Bermudez
Cornell University
How important is cleaning your equipment? A tale of two pigweeds

MS First Place
Sophie Westbrook
Cornell University
Does drought favor crops or weeds?

MS Second Place
Bethany Schulteis
Vision-Guided Herbicide Spraying: An Opportunity for Vineyard Automation

2021 Awards for Graduate Student Writing Contest
- PhD First Place
- Emma Rice
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Cover crop root traits and associated benefits
- PhD Second Place
- Eric Jones
- North Carolina State University
- Confirmation of a five-way herbicide-resistant waterhemp (Amaranthus tuberculatus) population in North Carolina
- MS First Place
- Teala Ficks
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Planting Green: A Cover crop Management Strategy for Weed Suppression
- MS Second Place
- Ashley Isaacson
- The Pennsylvania State University
- Projected Changes in Invasive Weed Species in the Northeastern U.S.
