The ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø presented its 2026 LEAF Awards for Excellence in Research, Creativity and Scholarship for undergraduate student projects as part of the . Honorees are below. 

Business
Shelton Edwards – B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Ainsley Gauthier – B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Creative Work and Media Production
Caleb W. Dixon – College of the Arts
Aniyah Mallard – College of the Arts
Education
Susannah R. Donoghue – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Bree Landry – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Engineering and Technology
Riley Guillory – College of Engineering
Nina C. Kanonye – College of Engineering
Health
Torin Cage – College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Reese Provost – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Humanities
Addison Spencer – College of Liberal Arts
Ava Thibodeaux – College of Liberal Arts
Emma Thomas – College of Liberal Arts
Life Sciences
Tyler A. Borel – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Clinton Vincent – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Math and Statistics
Sydney Francois – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Mikaela Woodard – College of Engineering
Performing Arts
Jacen Agregaard – College of the Arts
Matthew Cooley – College of the Arts
Physical Sciences
Izamary Lara – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Liberty M. Plasek – College of Engineering
Social Sciences
Elizabeth Drell – College of Liberal Arts
Sydnee Johnson – B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Community Impact
Kathryn Carrere – B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Abbey A. Poirier – College of Education & Human Development
International Impact
Lana Gaspard – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Claire C. Glaeser – College of Liberal Arts
Diversity and Social Justice
Jacques Laughlin – College of Liberal Arts
Ivy Hailar – B. I. Moody III College of Business Administration
Exceptional Performance in Dissemination
Mikaela Woodard – College of Engineering
Izamary Lara – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Matthew Cooley – College of the Arts
Ethan Adams – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Sedric Newman – College of Liberal Arts
The Provost Award
Ethan Adams – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Caleb W. Dixon – College of the Arts
Izamary Lara – Ray P. Authement College of the Sciences
Abbey A. Poirier – College of Education & Human Development
Mikaela Woodard – College of Engineering
Photo caption: UL ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø has awarded its 2026 Leaf Awards for Excellence in Research, Creativity and Scholarship in recognition of undergraduate student projects. Leaf Award honorees were recognized during a recent ceremony at the Lite Center. Photo credit: Paul Kieu / ÀÏ˾»ú¸£ÀûÍø