Images of Research Competition winners announced

The Office of the Vice-President Research announced the winners of the 2016 University of Saskatchewan Images of Research competition on April 27. Students from the College of Arts & Science dominated this year's awards, taking the grand prize and top awards in five of the six categories.

Anthropology master’s student Rachel Phillips Hall received the competition's grand prize for her photograph, “Deep Hanging Out.” The photo captures a moment in the daily lives of a mother and daughter in southern Belize, where Hall studies the contributions of individual and social factors to the health and well-being of Maya communities.

View all the winners here.

The competition, now in its second year, is an avenue for U of S students, staff, faculty and alumni to showcase the groundbreaking research, scholarly and artistic work taking place at the U of S.

Nearly 100 submissions were received. The competition was divided into four thematic categories, a "Viewers' choice" category, and a new "Best description" category:

• From the field: Images which demonstrate the researcher’s experience doing field work anywhere in the world
• More than meets the eye: Images which reveal the subject in greater detail than is possible with the human eye (eg. x-rays, creative expression, microscopic images, computer models, etc.)
• Community and impact: Images which represent the impact the researcher’s work has had or could have on people, the environment, health, the economy, etc.
• Research in action: Images which demonstrate what the researcher's work is all about
• Viewers' choice: Images which received the highest number of votes during a public voting period
• Best description: Images accompanied by the clearest, most informative and most vibrant descriptions and titles

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