Four Boise State University graduate students earned top honors at the annual Three Minute Thesis competition, held Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025. In this highly competitive event, 14 graduate students from four academic colleges were tasked with presenting their research in just three minutes – a challenge equivalent to summarizing an 80,000-word paper in the time it takes to brew a cup of coffee.
Mason Bull, a master’s student of geosciences, claimed first place for his presentation, “Tracking Greening of Alpine Watersheds: Classifying Landcover Change via Remote Sensing.” Hannah Hedelius, a master’s student of biomolecular sciences, earned second place for her work, while Jet Taylor, a master’s student of kinesiology, took third. Patricia Azike, a doctoral candidate in computing, was selected as the audience choice winner.
The top four students will now represent Boise State at the statewide competition in Idaho Falls on Feb. 11. There, they will compete against peers from Idaho State University and the University of Idaho for the chance to win top in state honors. Participants will also be eligible for the audience choice award.
The statewide competition will be streamed virtually at 2 p.m. MST, offering the public an opportunity to support Boise State’s talented graduate students. For more information about the statewide competition, visit the Boise State Three Minute Thesis website.