The Graduate College is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Research Live! showcase.
Now in its tenth year, Research Live! is a fun, fast-paced competition that celebrates graduate student research at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Thirteen finalists shared their passions in three minutes or less at the Campus Instructional Facility Atrium on Tuesday, April 8.
The winners are:
The Visionary Award: $200
Cade Boggan, Aerospace Engineering
The Storyteller Award: $200
Matt Grenier, Theatre – Design
The Impact Award: $200
Hannah Heath, Food Science and Human Nutrition
The Design Award: $200
Jennie Lee, Educational Psychology
The People's Choice Award: $200
Kevin Kleiner, Physics
The Grand Prize: $500
Olive Wang, Informatics
Watch all of the 2025 finalists