2023 Essay Competition

A collection of 30 posts
Finding Solutions to Make Housing More Affordable
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Finding Solutions to Make Housing More Affordable

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Duc Dung Nguyen In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.2 The agenda outlined the Sustainable Development Goals, one of
The Correlation between Clean Water and Quality of Life
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The Correlation between Clean Water and Quality of Life

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Max Min Introduction: A pressing global health concern that I wish to investigate more deeply is how we might remedy the lack of access to
The Alignment Problem
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The Alignment Problem

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Lucinda Peng The rampant rise of AI has rapidly resulted in real ethical and existential concerns for society. Not discrediting the plethora of potential positive
Technology for Good:
A Deep Dive into Deepmind's AlphaFold
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Technology for Good: A Deep Dive into Deepmind's AlphaFold

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 5 By Rohan Kuruvila Introduction For decades on end, scientists have been stuck on one singular issue that could lead to massive advancements in healthcare and the
Bridging Theoretical Ideals and Real-World Realities: Welfare Economics in the Pursuit of Balanced Societal
Well-being
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Bridging Theoretical Ideals and Real-World Realities: Welfare Economics in the Pursuit of Balanced Societal Well-being

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Nicholas Li “The term welfare economics refers to a general framework for normative analysis, that is, for evaluating different choices that society may make.” As
The Underdeveloped Healthcare System In Africa
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The Underdeveloped Healthcare System In Africa

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Linh Anh Hoang Tran “Africa’s problem is not its own,” said Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and Global Environment at
Leveraging Space Technology to Cure World Hunger
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Leveraging Space Technology to Cure World Hunger

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 10 By Junjie Yan and Zhouhan Wu As weeks pass by, the outline of her bones that once used to be hidden under her plump arms became
Global Health: Nutrition
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Global Health: Nutrition

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 5 By Julianne Tan “We’ve got the fattest, least fit generation of kids, ever.” This shocking statement by James O. Hill, a nutritionist at the University
The Potential of the Carbon Fee and Dividend System in Addressing Climate Change
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The Potential of the Carbon Fee and Dividend System in Addressing Climate Change

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 10 By Pham Tran Bao Chau Summer 2023 has broken existing records for heatwaves, wildfires, and many other natural disasters. Scientific reports all point toward climate change
Averting the Path to Environmental Doom: The Power of the Mushroom
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Averting the Path to Environmental Doom: The Power of the Mushroom

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 5 By Darren Chen and Allison Zhao “We are on a pathway to global warming of more than double the 1.5-degree Celsius limit” (United Nations 2022)
The Future of Drug Discoveries:
Target Identification and Artificial
Intelligence
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The Future of Drug Discoveries: Target Identification and Artificial Intelligence

GRC 2023 Global Essay Competition Top 30 By Kevin Chung As the Human African Trypanosomiasis (HAT) disease unfurls throughout sub-Saharan Africa, target identification using artificial intelligence (AI) powered analytics tools and software could