Congratulations to the Grad Slam 2025 Grand Prize Winners!
The Graduate Center is excited to announce the winners of Grad Slam 2025! After an intense final round filled with excellent presentations, the following graduate students were selected for top prizes:
First Place: Mourad Abdennebi, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Graduate Interdisciplinary Program
Second Place: Beihua Guo, Studio Art (Photography, Video and Imaging), College of Fine Arts
Third Place: Mudith Weerabaddanage, Geosciences, College of Science
Thank you to the Office of Research, Innovation, and Impact for sponsoring our grand prizes, and to our esteemed judges: Susan Dumon, Executive Vice President, Sun Corridor, Inc., Kelly Huber, Executive Director, Marshall Foundation and John-Paul (JP) Roczniak, President and CEO, The University of Arizona Foundation.
Join us in celebrating the remarkable achievements of these winners and all participants in the Grad Slam competition. Their success is a testament to the vibrant academic community at the University of Arizona.
Congratulations to all participants!
Grad Slam 2025 Finalists and Judges at the Final Round and Awards Ceremony.
Dean Kirsten Limesand and 3rd place winner Mudith Weeradabbanage at the Grad Slam 2025 Final Round and Award Ceremony.
Dean Kirsten Limesand and 2nd place winner Beihua Guo at the Grad Slam 2025 Final Round and Award Ceremony.
Dean Kirsten Limesand and 1st place winner Mourad Abdennebi at the Grad Slam 2025 Final Round and Award Ceremony.
The Grad Slam 2025 Finalists (from left to right): Hosain Heshmati, Elizabeth Brown, Mudith Weerabaddanage, Mourad Abdennebi, Beihua Guo, Eka Oktavia Kurniati.
The Grad Slam 2025 Grand Prize Winners (from left to right): 3rd place winner Mudith Weerabaddanage, 1st place winner Mourad Abdennebi, 2nd place winner Beihua Guo.
The Grad Slam 2025 Finalists, Judges, and Emcee Dean Limesand. From left to right: Hosain Heshmati, Judge Kelly Huber, Elizabeth Brown, Dean Kirsten Limesand, Mudith Weerabaddanage, Judge Susan Dumon, Mourad Abdennebi, Beihua Guo, Judge John-Paul (JP) Roczniak, and Eka Oktavia Kurniati.
Mudith Weerabaddanage chatting with David Bradshaw and Judge Kelly Huber.
Beihua Guo and audience members associated with the School of Art at the reception.