RIT Student Earns Top Honor from Rochester Academy of Science for Concussion Research Proposal

Ella Mahnke

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Ella Mahnke, a graduating senior at the Rochester Institute of Technology, has been named the 2026 recipient of the Dr. William L. Hallahan Award for Excellence in Grant Proposal Writing, presented annually by the Rochester Academy of Science (RAS).

Mahnke received first place in the RAS undergraduate grant competition for her proposal titled EEG Markers of Audiovisual Integration Impairments in Asymptomatic Individuals with a Concussion History, developed under the sponsorship and advisement of RIT’s Dr. Elena Fedorovskaya…

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