Friday, April 27, 2018
On April 20, the 2018 UCSB Grad Slam wrapped up two weeks of graduate students' competing for the best three-minute research talk with Mengya Tao of the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management taking home the Grand Prizee and $5,000. Materials student Neal Dolinksi and another Bren student, Lauren Menzer, both took home runner-up prizes of $2,500 each.
UCSB’s Anne and Michael Towbes Graduate Dean, Carol Genetti, (left) wtih (from left) runners-up Lauren Menzer and Neil Dolinski, 2017 winner Leah Foltz, and 2018 UCSB champion Mengya Tao, who will compete in the UC-wide finals. Photograph by Eric Isaacs, Instructional Development