The Winner's of the Library Research Prize are...

Date: 04-30-2026

Time: 03:00 PM

Location: DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Auditorium

The winners of the 2026 Library Research Prize are Ellie Dodd' 27 and Sidharth Kumar Pradhan MS'26

The DiMenna-Nyselius Library and Faculty Library Committee invite all faculty, staff, and students to a reception in their honor and to learn more about their award-winning projects.

Library Research Prize Winner's Reception
Thursday, April 30th
3:00pm-4:00pm
DiMenna-Nyselius Library, Auditorium (rm 101)

Ellie is a junior in Meditz College of Arts & Sciences, majoring in Environmental Studies with minors in Biology, Peace & Justice Studies, and American Studies. She won for her project in Dr. Peter Bayers' course, AMST 2201 Roots of American Culture, "Pushed into the Past: Evaluating the Preservation of Indigenous Place-Names in Hingham, Massachusetts."

Sidharth is graduating this winter with a dual Master's in Business Analytics and Finance. He is a student in the Dolan School of Business and the School of Engineering and Computing. His project titled, "StagAI: A Hybrid Deep Learning and Signal-Processing Approach for Multi-Modal Aerial Translation", is from BIEG-6971 Biomedical Engineering Thesis I and BIEG6972 Biomedical Engineering Thesis II  with Dr. Sidike Paheding.

Many thanks to Tiara Arnold, Research Services Coordinator, and the 2026 Library Research Prize judges: 
Nicole Fletcher, Assistant Professor of Education Studies and Teacher Preparation
Nicholas Allred, Assistant Professor of English
Joseph DeLuca, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences
Brendan Aucoin, Head of Systems, DiMenna-Nyselius Library
Emily Porter-Fyke, Teaching & Learning Coordinator, DiMenna-Nyselius Library

For more details about the Library Research Prize, awarded annually, visit fairfield.edu/library

Related Web Site : https://www.fairfield.edu/library/about/researchprize/


For more information, contact Lisa Thornell / 2138 / lthornell@fairfield.edu