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Colby Undergraduate Research Symposium 2013

May 1 - May 3, Colby College, Waterville, Maine

Keynote Address
May 1, 7:30 pm Ostrove Auditorium


Poster Sessions - Robins Room, Roberts

PLEASE NOTE - Posters will be set up before 12 noon on the day assigned and taken down between 5 and 6 PM on the same day. They will be on display for one day only. Posters will be attended by the authors from 12 noon to 2:00 p.m.

- No. Molly Susla ('13), Biology
The Rockweed Harvest:
         
- No. Paul Macklis ('15), Biology
The Impact of Acute Ethanol Exposure on the Innate Immune System of Zebrafish
         
- No. Katherine Bell ('15), Melissa Preziosi ('15), Molly Hodgkins ('15) and Victoria Falcon ('15), Psychology
The Blame Game: Exploration of Crime, Context and Blame Attribution
         
- No. Katherine Kimball ('15), Kyle Rogacion ('15), Matthew Willett-Jeffries ('14) and Molly Robertson ('15), Psychology
Self-Affirmation as a Buffer against Threats to External Control
         
- No. Rebecca Newman ('13) and Arthur Huber ('13), Economics
The Legalization of Marijuana and Violent Crime Rates in the United States
         
- No. Georgina Hurst ('13), Global Studies
A Trojan Horse in Senegal: Exploring the Economic Implications of Chinese Merchants in Dakar, Senegal (SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
         
- No. Lauren Fisher ('13), Government
Oy Gavult! Jewish Violent Extremism in the West Bank
         
- No. Patrick Martin ('13), Government
Filling the Gap of Governance: Communal Violence in India and the Naxalite Insurgency
         
- No. Erin Caputo ('15), Anna Doyle ('15) and Kaitlyn O'Connell ('15), Psychology
The Giving Three
         
- No. Jillian Riendeau ('15), Madeleine Tight ('15), Megan MacKenzie ('15) and Nkosingiphile Shongwe ('15), Psychology
The effects of viewing nature pictures and music on short and long term memory
         
- No. Anne Epstein ('15), Alice Anamosa ('14), Anna Rabasco ('15) and Anna Thin ('15), Psychology
Are You Judging Me? The Effects of Moral Credentials on Prejudice toward Asian Americans
         
- No. Kaitlyn Bern, Amanda Lavigueur ('13) and Samantha Eddy ('13), Sociology
Learning by Giving: YMCA Camp of Maine
         
- No. Anna Caron ('13) and Miia-Liisa Termonen ('14), Psychology
Utilizing Physical and Mental Activity to Decrease the Rate of Cognitive Decline
         
- No. Cassie Clemmer ('15), Janie O'Halloran ('16), Julia Mitchell ('15) and Kyle McBrierty ('15), Psychology
The Effect of Weight-Coded Words and Social Behavior on Judgment
         


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