2025 Photo/Art Contest

Our 4th annual biology photo/artwork contest included 27 submissions from faculty, staff and students, representing a wide range of images and artwork. We awarded two first place and one honorable mention winners.

Winning photos/artwork will be hung by early June on our Gallery Wall in Gottwald, in the hallway around off the Atrium near the Biology and Chemistry office in B100.

2025 Winners:

First Place-Anna Garcia, student, “From Chrysalis to Emergence”
First Place-Jamie Wagner, staff, “Tiny Hero”
Honorable Mention-Aiden Cohen, student, “Sunlit Camouflage”

2025 PHOTO/ART CONTEST SUBMISSIONS

Jamie Wagner, staff: "Tiny Hero"" in honor of Biomedical Research Advocacy Day 2025. Pastel and Charcoal on 14" X 17".
Julian Moore, student: A loud bird in a blossoming tree on campus.
Rosemala Agarwala, student: These are grapes from Mountain Rose Vineyard located in Rural Appalachia.
Emily Lekas, Student: A juvenile bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) surfaces for air with its mother in Veli Loinj, Croatia. Photograph taken during my study abroad program through The School for Field Studies.
Laura Eastman, staff: Inquisitive Garden Greeter - This Bold Jumping Spider (Phidippus audax) caught my eye with its bright green chelicerae. It was so curious and approachable as I tended to my back yard flower pots. It was also, clearly, very well fed.
Ethan Knight, staff: Students on Westhampton Lake, as the shadow of THC follows behind.
Ryan Poulsen, student: Two scarlet macaws, guacamayos, in a tree in the Peruvian Amazon. Taken on the Amazonia Connected SSIR trip in October 2024 at the Tambopata Research Center where scientists work to research the ecosystems and wildlife of the Amazon as well as protect species like the pictured Scarlet Macaws.
Yifei Qi, student: A sloth enjoying an afternoon nap amidst the lush canopy of La Fortuna, Costa Rica.
Sanskriti Basnyat, student: Taken during URSF-funded research with Dr. Carpenter’s lab, summer 2024. A lakeside encounter with a campus favorite.
Brunnet Makava, student: Blue and yellow macaws in Tambopata Amazonia Rainforest (Peru).
Britt Harty, student: An ecosystem of gooseneck barnacles inhabiting a lone green bottle washed ashore, which highlights nature's resilience and adaptability.
Eliza Freytag, student: Elephants in Tanzania, Africa .
Kalynn Cheeks, student: A squirrel scurrying up a tree directly outside of the dining hall, looking at me.
Abigail Ali, student: Azaleas in the Azores .
Abigail Fuller, student: Sculpture of a shoe made out of pinecones with needles and branches trailing after it.
Jacob Bennett, student: A monarch butterfly resting on a leaf. Taken in the University of Richmond's Eco-Corridor.
Ela Hebeka, student: Glacier in Iceland.
Rebekah Smith, staff: Crocosmia blooms add a burst of color to the shaded redwood grove at San Francisco Botanical Garden.
Charlie Cooperman, student: A photo of a whale in Alaska.
Anna Garcia, student: Transformation of a butterfly from chrysalis to emergence. The row of pupae each in different stages of metamorphosis represents the incredible biological process of complete metamorphosis and highlight nature’s precision and complexity. The varying colors and textures of the chrysalises showcase the intricate adaptations that ensure survival while the blurred butterfly in the background symbolizes the culmination of this transformation and gives the viewer a visual metaphor for growth, resilience, and renewal.
Paxton Mills, student: Framed by an impressive cliffside and rocky Pacific shore, a male New Zealand sea lion asserts dominance over other colony members. This species is considered vulnerable and is experiencing population declines. Captured at Sandfly Bay in the Otago Region of New Zealand in February 2025.
Lillie Wendt, student: An acrylic painting of a cow wearing a snorkeling mask standing on the seafloor. Although the image is a silly one, the premise is a commentary on climate change and habitat destruction -- if we continue to destroy our beautiful planet, where will we, as well as our means to live, be able to exist?"
Aiden Cohen, student: Sunlit Camouflage- a green anole blending into the leafy surroundings.
Landry Kimball, student: Red eyed leaf frog (Agalychnis callidryas) at La Selva Biological Station in Sarapiqui, Costa Rica.
Nicholas Parlavecchio, student: This photo is of a Dusky Titi Monkey. I took this photo during my SSIR, Amazonia Connected, trip to the Tambopata Research Center in Peru.

2025 PHOTO/ART CONTEST WINNERS

Jamie Wagner, staff: "Tiny Hero"" in honor of Biomedical Research Advocacy Day 2025. Pastel and Charcoal on 14" X 17".
Anna Garcia, student: Transformation of a butterfly from chrysalis to emergence. The row of pupae each in different stages of metamorphosis represents the incredible biological process of complete metamorphosis and highlight nature’s precision and complexity. The varying colors and textures of the chrysalises showcase the intricate adaptations that ensure survival while the blurred butterfly in the background symbolizes the culmination of this transformation and gives the viewer a visual metaphor for growth, resilience, and renewal.
Aiden Cohen, student: Sunlit Camouflage- a green anole blending into the leafy surroundings.

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