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91ÁÔÆæ Grad Slam 2025

Grad Slam 2025 was a success! Congratulations to our winners: Tomy Tran, First Place; Lydia Durunguma, Second Place; and Anjali Sharma, Audience Choice.

What is Grad Slam?

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Grad Slam: Where 91ÁÔÆæ’s brightest minds tackle the world’s toughest problems. In Grad Slam, graduate students compete in front of a live audience and a panel of judges, and are scored on their ability to communicate their impactful, and innovative research, scholarship, or creative activity.

And the 2025 Grad Slam Winners are...

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First Place

Tomy Tran

Mechanical Engineering, MS

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Second Place

Lydia Durunguma

Applied Economics, MA

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Audience Choice

Anjali Sharma

Environmental Studies, MS

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Past Grad Slam Information

Grad Slam Archive

The Grad Slam Archive is where you can find past event information, such as event and past winner recordings, and information about our past judges.

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