ATLANTA—The GSU student center was filled with Panther pride and curiosity as nearly 60 College of the Arts undergraduate students participated in the recent Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference (GSURC), the premier annual interdisciplinary undergraduate research conference at Georgia State University. The 20th year edition drew more than 400 presenters from across the university who showcased their research and creative projects before an audience of peers, faculty and staff, and professionals in their respective fields.
College of the Arts creatives represented one of the top colleges to showcase student research, which was incorporated into their visual arts displays, musical performances and film screenings. Hosted by the newly established Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry (CURCI), the one-day event included volunteer judges in each discipline who recognized outstanding student work. Among this year’s College of the Arts winners include:
Artistic Display
1st Place – Ten to Midnight
Sabrina Roundtree, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Anthony Drennen
2nd Place – The 1 Dollar Bill
Edna Frimpong, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Jess Jones
3rd Place – Commemoration of Labor by Georgia Inmates
Kendyl “KC” Taylor, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Emily Baker
Film & Media Presentation
2nd Place – Outside Albuquerque
Max Wilson, School of Film, Media & Theatre
Project Sponsor: Professor Robbie Land
Musical Performance
1st Place – "Inner Man for Saxophone Quartet" by Ian Burns
Performed by Ian Burns, Nic Thomas, Chris Lopez, and Nathan Cano, School of Music
Project Sponsor: Dr. Jackson Thorpe
2nd Place – Portraying Jazz Characters in Classical Music
Nova Davis, School of Music
Project Sponsor: Dr. Kenneth Long
Community & Belonging
Ooh La La, Cameron Brown, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Anthony Craig Drennen
Signature Experience
Periodic Table Element Video Ad, Patrick Bernabe, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Xinran Hu
Sustainability Category
Blazing Spark. Lyndyn Frazer, Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design
Project Sponsor: Emily Baker
For the complete list of GSURC winners, please click here. For the program of all the 2026 GSURC participants, please click here.
[Photo Clockwise: Inner Man for Saxophone Quartet by Ian Burns
Performed by Ian Burns, Nic Thomas, Chris Lopez and Nathan Cano, Ten to Midnight by Sabrina Roundtree, and Outside Albuquerque by Max Wilson]