time lapse photo of cable bridge during golden hour

The InFocus Town Hall is all about creating and developing bridges: between courses and the most thorny and urgent research questions facing human beings and the planet; between different disciplines working together to expand our perspectives and understanding; between the college and the wider community, as we draw on one another's work, expertise and experience in the search for solutions, action and advocacy that can increase the possibility for flourishing -- in our individual lives, communities and even world.

Please see the Flickr link to the album of photos from the 2022 InFocus Town Hall!

https://flic.kr/s/aHBqjzMtUv

Awards for the 2022 InFocus Town Hall

Category #1: “Best Individual Exhibit in a Gallery”

Gallery	Student Award Winner(s)	Research Exhibit Title
1	Bryan Bendig	“The Constant Threat of Cyber Terrorism Due to Company Greed”
2	Hannah Maggio	“Difficult Decisions in Hospice Care”
3	Aidan Kleckner	“Neuroplasticity and Mental Health Tools”
4	Jacy Farace and Fabiana Popolla	“The Positive Effects of Covid-19 on Ecosystems”
5	Alexis Cruz	“Gun Policy: Federal Vs. State”
6	Meara Kuhfahl	“Examining the Need for Speed and Language Services in Prison Settings”
7	Emily Shingara	“Interviews with Stakeholders about Barriers and Solutions to Address Homelessness in the Lehigh Valley, PA, 2022”
8	Kara Smith	“Climate Anxiety: The Effects of Climate Change on Mental Health”
9	Joelis Rodriguez Santos	“High Rates of Cancer in Vieques, PR, and its Connection to the U.S. Military Occupation”
10	Nicolette Lubert, Gabriella Bruno, Tyler Countess, and Kylee Schwind	“Access to Healthcare”
11	Scott Jordan, Kiersten Gregory, and Wattanai Manasurangkul	“Food Deserts: Addressing Nutritional Inequalities and Barriers to Healthy Foods”
12	Jamie Bader, Devyn Jordan, and Brittany Schleicher	“The Effects of Social Isolation on Humans”
13	Cesar Covera, Jessica Mann, and Blake Schuck,	"The Mental Health and Well-being of Children with Intellectual Disabilities."
14	Madison Van Duzer	“Gentrification: More than Just Neighborhood Revitalization”
15	Kristen Rommens	“Forgetting Myself”
16	Taylor Fox	“Racial Disparities in Mortality Rates from Breast Cancer”
17	Hunter Schantz, Jaret Muller, Talea Gordon, and Steven Nakhlah	“Investigating the Injustice in Rural Healthcare”
18	Charlotte Reed and Nadea Dundore	“Intersection of Access to Clean Water and Health Outcomes, Flint MI”
19	Madison Stolarski, Anna LaDuca, and Victoria Kately	“Coping with loss: Adaptive & maladaptive behaviors”
20	Erin Druding, Molly Burton, and Damian Katarsky	“The Influence of Knowledge on Substance Abuse”
21	Grainne Schroeder	“Inner Peace, Wellbeing and the Bridge to Outer Peace”
22	Mikayla Jucewicz	“Acquired Speech and Language Anxiety”
23	Emily Miles and Cielo Disla	“`Jars of Joy’ as a Method of Mindfulness for Children”
24	Julianna Riehl and Charlene Weiner	“Mental Health Implications on Weight Change in University Students”
25	Sarah Gross	“Unintentional opioid-related overdose fatalities in Philadelphia in 2020”
26	Claudia Krautkremer	“Help for People Struggling with Traumatic Brain Injuries”

Category #2: Award winners for "Best Insights in an Individual Gallery" (see the report on all the Galleries' insights here)

- Gallery # 19 “Health Promotion and Education #1”; led by faculty moderator Prof. Kim Wynarczuk and community expert Amanda Buss, Executive Director for Cancer Support Centers for Lehigh Valley
- Morgan Blessing
- Gabriella Angelone
- Kate Mastronardi
- Jessica Slobiski, Nicoletta Capasso and Giana Firetto
- Madison Stolarski, Anna LaDuca, and Victoria Kately
- Jessica Hoke
- Dina Hazim
- Madison Hummel