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

• Information and submission form (pdf)
• Information and submission form (doc)

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.