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| Monday, Dec. 12, 2005 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Virginia Long |
| 3:00 PM | |
| Devon Ducharme ('06) and Jon Bodansky ('06) |
| | Muon Experiments |
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| Monday, March 13 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Ken Thompson ('06) | Amplified Dye-Laser System for Atomic Experiments |
| | Kristoff Paulson ('06) | Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts in the Solar Wind |
| | Mao Zheng ('06) | Data Acquisition with LabView |
| | Drew Branden ('07) | Construction of a Pulse Amplified Diode Laser System |
| | Nick Beaird ('06) | Time-Domain Spectroscopy and Tensor Polarizabilities in Na Rydberg Atoms |
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| Monday, March 20 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Gene Kafka ('06) | Alternative Theories of Gravity |
| | Juan Urruela ('06) | Waste-to-Energy: Generating Electricity by Combusting Sugar-Cane Scrap (Bagasse) |
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| Monday, April 3 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Nick Stielau ('06) | Magneto-Optical Atom Traps: Construction, Operation, and Applications |
| | Ryland Brooks ('07) | Wonderful W3 |
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| Wednesday, April 5 |
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ENGLISH
English Honors Presentations |
Session Chair: Laurie Osborne |
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| Emilie Coulson ('06) | Northern Door |
| | Emily Tull ('06) | A Defense of Ted Hughes and his Decisions Concerning the Composition of Sylvia Plath's Ariel Through an In-Depth Look at the Major themes in her Writing and her Life |
| | Erica Dorpalen ('06) | Carrying Emptiness: The Ecology and Zen Buddhism of Gary's Snyder's Poetry |
| | Elizabeth Wyckoff ('06) | Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls. A Collection of Short Stories |
| | Eleanor Thermansen ('06) | Politics and Poetry: The Evolution of Adrienne Rich |
| | Ashley Jones-Pierce ('06) | Land, Consciousness and Continuance: The Poetry of Simon J. Ortiz and Joy Harjo |
| | Erin Rhoda ('06) | Beautiful Reckonings: Thought, Pain, and Complexity in John Keats's Letters and Poetry |
| | James McLaughlin ('06) | The Travel Imagination and the Hybrid Reality in the Wake of Colonialism |
| | Melina Markos ('06) | A Journey Through Memory and Self in the Works of Adwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez |
| | Lauren Woodward ('06) | The Human Heart in Conflict with Itself: The Modern and Postmodern Implications for Family and History's Effect on Individual Identity in Selected Works of William Faulkner |
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| Michael O'Brien ('06) | The Case of Raging Bull: Homophobia and the Masculine Cinema of Martin Scorsese |
| | Samuel Stark ('06) | Infinite Jest's Spectacular Resistance: Subversion and Hope in a Pluralizing Entertainment Culture |
| | Ryan Spanich ('06) | Literary Love Making in Nicholas Sparks' Novels: Finding the Balance between the Writer's Life and the Writer's Work in Bestselling Romantic Literature |
| | Russell Gullette ('06) | A Modernist Success in a Postmodern Failure: Jackson Pollock and Abstract Expressionism, The Avant-Garde and the Ascension of Late Capitalism, Art after 1943 |
| | Rebeccah Amendola ('06) | A League of Their Own: The Competition for Jewish-American Identity In the Novels of Philip Roth |
| | Marissa Chin ('06) | The Virtues of Impurity: Exploring Repulsion in the Works of Samuel Beckett |
| | Kara McCabe ('06) | A Journey Through Memory and Self in the Works of Adwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez |
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| Friday, April 7 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Rami Zahran ('06) | Epichlorohydrin Cross-Linking of Synthetic DNA Oligomers |
| | Rob Jacobs ('06) | Measurement of 6-Thioguanine Base Pairing Stability Through Imino-Exchange Rate Determination |
| | Leah Weitz ('06) | Inhibition of Prostaglandin D Synthase |
| | Lindsey Boyle ('06) | An Examination of the Current Mechanism of Hydrogen Peroxide Production in Lake Water |
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| Monday, April 10 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Frank Fung ('06) | Vector Theory of Spontaneous Lorentz Violation |
| | Todd Dixon ('06) | Effects of Pulse Amplitude on a Two-State Quantum Mechanical Phase |
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| Friday, April 14 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Hui Kim ('06) | Investigation of New Macrocyles with Orthogonal Aromatic Rings |
| | Harriet Egessa ('06) | The Synthesis of Biphenylene Aromatic Macrocyles |
| | Christabel Kwabi ('06) | Generation of Vinylcarbenes. |
| | Michelle Kim ('06) | Synthesis and Investigation of Naphthyl-appended Copper (I) Complex |
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| Monday, April 17 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
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| Drew Branden ('07) | Construction of a Pulse Amplified Diode Laser System |
| | Mao Zheng ('06) | Data Acquisition with LabView |
| | Kristoff Paulson ('06) | Magnetic Reconnection Exhausts in the Solar Wind |
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| Wednesday, April 19 |
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MUSIC
Music Honors Presentation | Pugh Center
Session Chair: Paul Machlin |
| 5:30 PM | |
| Garry J. Bertholf ('06) |
| | John Coltrane: Jazz Improvisation, Transcription, and Performance |
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| Friday, April 21 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Will Thompson ('06) | Engineering Perspective in a Instrumental Design for Measurements of Ultra Low Level Light |
| | Riley Doyle ('07) | Yeast Model for Loss of Chfr: Identification of Suppressor Mutants and Purification of Cdc123 |
| | Aaron Bradford ('07) | Carbamoylation Effects from Anticancer Sulfonylhydrazines on Homologous DNA Recombination in vitro |
| | Dan Fowler ('06) | Investigating the Mechanisms of a Novel rRNA Quality Control System |
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| Wednesday, April 26 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | |
| Alex Jospe ('06), Emily Sinnott ('08) and Bethany Peck ('06), Environmental Studies |
| | The Effects of Climate Change on Polar Bears |
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MUSIC
Music Honors Presentation | Bixler 154
Session Chair: Steve Saunders |
| 4:30 PM | |
| Stephen Planas ('06) |
| | Performance Practices in Carl Maria von Weber's Overture to Oberon: A History of Recorded Performances |
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| Thursday, April 27 |
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BIOLOGY
Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 1:00 PM | |
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| Callie McDowell ('06) | Breast Cancer and Latina Women |
| | Adam Newman ('07) | Hypoxia: A Major Regulatory Event in Tumor Growth |
| | Rachel Carr ('06) | Properties Found Naturally in Edible Plants: Cancer Causes and Remedies |
| | Kathryn Barus ('06) | Incidence, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Melanoma |
| | Luke L’Heureux ('06) | Smoking Under the Sun: Good, Bad, or “Reasonably Risky? |
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ENGLISH
Green Romanticism | Fairchild Room, Dana Dining Hall
Session Chair: Tilar Mazzeo |
| 11:30 -1:00 | |
| Kate Zeigler ('06), Liz Wyckoff ('06) and Holly Eydenberg ('06), English |
| | Constructing Wildness: Environmentalism and the Implications of Garden Design History |
| Christine O'Brien ('07) and Amy Weinfurter ('08), English |
| | Environmental Apocalypse from Romanticism to Global Warming |
| John DeBruicker ('07), Kerry Whittaker ('08), Steve Frechette ('08) and Liz Clark ('08), English |
| | Pantheism and NeoPaganism in Environmental History |
| Julie Wilson ('08), Adrian Walther ('06), Ryan Scott ('07) and Yvonne Baker ('08), English |
| | Public Landscapes: From the Inclosure Acts to National Parks |
| Jess Bernhard ('07), Kaitlyn Gangl ('07), Caitlin Blodget ('07) and Sheehan Lunt ('07), English |
| | Representing Botany and the Symbolism of Plant Species |
| Casey Turmelle ('07), Del Webster ('07), Laura Williamson ('07) and Dan Vassallo ('07), English |
| | The Camera: Images of the Landscape |
| Matt McPherson ('06), Matt Crane ('07), Ellen London ('09) and Conor Sullivan ('06), English |
| | The Politics and Economics of Meat Production and Vegetarianism |
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| Friday, April 28 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | |
| Courtney Larson ('08), Anna Barnwell ('08) and Ryan Scott ('06), Environmental Studies |
| | Are Debt-for-Nature Swaps an Effective Conservation Strategy? |
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RUSSIAN
Russian Student Research Symposium | Whitney Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Julie de Sherbinin |
| 1:30 - 5:00 PM | |
| | | This symposium included presentations in Russian from Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, and the University of Southern Maine students representing advanced independent work in literary and cultural studies. The Colby titles are listed in English translation below. |
| Adil D’Sousa ('06) | Madness in Victor Pelevin’s Novel Chapaev and Emptiness |
| | Cassandra Newell ('08) | The Subtext of Mandelshtam’s Poetry in Shalamov’s Labor Camp Story Sherry Brandy |
| | Todd Lohsen ('06) | Prince Andrey Bolkonsky and His Search for Place in Tolstoy's War and Peace |
| | Ka Ye Chan ('06) | The Russian Soul: The Rhythm of Natasha Rostova's Life in Tolstoy's War and Peace |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Natalie Wayne ('06) | Preparation for Protein Expression Studies of the Wheat Grain PKABA1-Interacting Protein TaWD40. |
| | Hillary Easter ('06) | Determination of Bioavailable Fe(III) in Natural Waters Using the Iron-Specific Ligand DFB. |
| | Adam Oesterle ('06) | Using Chemiluminescence to Detect Phosphorus in Freshwater Systems |
| | Colby Burns ('06) | Synthesis and Characterization of a Copper-Arene Complex |
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| Monday, May 1 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | |
| Sandy Beauregard ('06), Scott Shahverdian ('06) and Jenny Venezia ('06), Environmental Studies |
| | Ecotourism in the Developing World |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
| Alex Kozen ('06) and Josh Montague ('06) |
| | Low-Temperature and Magnetic Field Dependence of Ni(II) Compounds |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Science Presentations | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM | |
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| Nick Stielau ('06) | Interactive Databases for Everyday Use: the PHP and MySQL Outing Club Member Database |
| | Matt DeLoria ('06) | Developing a J2EE Task Management System |
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| Tuesday, May 2 |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Megan Watts ('08) | The Spirituality Behind The Sound of Music: Maria Augusta Trapp |
| | Ryan Connolly ('07) | Edith Stern: Transformation |
| | Randine Horibe ('07) | Nisei: A Homeless Generation |
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Lovejoy 307
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Chelsea Downs ('06) | Sex on the Internet: New Technologies of Sexual Consumption |
| | Lauren Erickson ('06) | Gender Identity Disorder: An Anthropological Approach to Diagnostic Categories |
| | Valerie Friedman ('07) | The Power of an Image: The Flapper |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Megan Watts ('08) | The Spirituality Behind The Sound of Music: Maria Augusta Trapp |
| | Ryan Connolly ('07) | Edith Stern: Transformation |
| | Randine Horibe ('07) | The 442nd Regiment |
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PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy Honors Presentations | Lovejoy 215
Session Chair: Cheshire Calhoun |
| 4:00 - 5:30 PM | |
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| Emily Brostek ('06) | The Impoverishment of Philosophy |
| | Greg Lusk ('06) | Knowledge, Understanding, and Virtue Epistemology |
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| Wednesday, May 3 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 | |
| Katie Renwick ('07), Jeff Carroll ('08) and Liza Mitchell ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | Gray Wolf Reintroduction in the Greater Yellowstone Area |
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| Thursday, May 4 |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Jen McAleer ('07) | Resistance in the Nazi Government and Army |
| | Robert Rosenbaum ('07) | The Third Reich Church |
| | Ryan Ahearn ('07) | The Khalsa in World War II |
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BIOLOGY
Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 1:00 PM | |
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| Peter Steinour ('07) | Glioblastoma multiforme: Hope for Pacification |
| | Nichol Penna ('06) | Synovial Cell Sarcoma: Diagnosis, Therapy, and Case Study |
| | Alexander White ('07) | The Genetics of Prostate Cancer |
| | Erin Schlossman ('07) | Ewing’s Sarcoma and Possible Gene Therapies Involving EWS/FLI-1 and CD99 |
| | Carolyn Litty ('06) | Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Incidence, Biological Features, and Treatments |
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ECONOMICS
Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics | Miller 319
Session Chair: Thomas Tietenberg |
| 2:30 - 3:45 PM | |
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| Emilia Tjernström ('06) | Co-management of Natural Resources: Evaluating the Concepts and Empirical Evidence from Protected Areas |
| | Charles Reed ('06) | Insurance and the Management of Environmental Risk: The Case of Climate Change |
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| Friday, May 5 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | |
| Sharon McMonagle ('06), Alaina Clark ('08) and Jenna Morrison ('06), Environmental Studies |
| | Effects of Climate change on Coral Reef Ecosystems |
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GEOLOGY
Geoseminar | Mudd 218
Session Chair: Robert Gastaldo |
| 1:00 PM | |
| C. Thompson ('08), B. Aigler ('08), S. Reid ('08), D. Pace ('06) and B. Cantor ('08) |
| | The Plastic Response of the Genus Quercus to Atmospheric pCO2 Concentration |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Mark Juhasz |
| 3:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Bram Geller ('06) | The Synthesis Of New Oxacalixarenes and Bicyclooxacalixarenes from 1,8-Naphthyridine Precursors. |
| | Adelajda Zorba ('06) | Synthesis of 2-Oxo-16-(3', 4'-methylenedioxyphenyl)-trans-15-hexadecene, an Inhibitor of M. tuberculosis. |
| | Zach Goldman ('06) | The Synthesis of RCLMs |
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GEOLOGY
Geology Honors Presentations | SSW Alumni Center
Session Chair: Robert Gastaldo |
| 5:00 PM | |
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| Katherine Curtis ('06) | A dynamic 3-D Model of the Seasonal Surface and Sub-surface Flow in the Belgrade Lakes Watershed, South-Central Maine |
| | Christopher Russoniello ('06) | Quantification of Seasonal Groundwater Flux through the Southern Portion of the Serpentine Bog in South-Central Maine |
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| Monday, May 8 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Tom Tietenberg, Philip Nyhus, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | |
| Hurd Room | Cassie Jendzejec ('08), David Lee Russell ('08), Claire Y. Thompson ('08) and James R. Silvestro ('08) |
| | What Factors Affect Why Some African Countries Are More Affected by the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Than Others? |
| Smith Room | Megan N. Schafer ('09), Morgan M. Davies ('08), Bryan J. Brown ('09) and Chelsea V. Eakin ('09) |
| | What Strategies Have Been Most Successful in Helping Urban Areas to Become Sustainable Communities? |
| Whitney Room | Katherine T. Klepinski ('08), Patrick J. Roche ('09), Kelly M. McKone ('09) and Emily C. Jenkins ('09) |
| | Are Countries with High Level of External Debt More Likely to Experience Higher Rates of Natural Resource Degradation? |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Conservation Biology Presentations | Olin 234
Session Chair: Russ Cole |
| 11:00 - 11:50 AM | |
| Joel Alex ('06), Sarah Hoskinson ('06) and Kerry Whittaker ('08), Environmental Studies |
| | How Effective are Seed Banks in Preserving Biodiversity? |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Senior Seminar | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 PM | |
| Amit Gaind ('06) and Dan Sack ('06) |
| | Thermodynamics of Waste Oil Combustion |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
Computer Science Presentations | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM | |
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| Nicolas Mwai ('06) | Creating a Code-Snippet Wiki Repository |
| | Patrick Rodjito ('06) | Position Tracking and Motion Prediction Using Fuzzy Logic |
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EDUCATION AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Senior Seminar in Education and Human Development | Miller 8
Session Chair: Mark Tappan |
| 7:00 - 8:30 PM | |
| Chris Juraska ('06), Kristen Russell ('06), Elizabeth Ghilardi ('06), Katie Roberts ('06) and Josh Berman ('06) |
| | Albert Hall School Climate Study |
| Colleen McGee ('06), Elizabeth Palten ('06), Elizabeth Shepherd ('06), Caitlin Peale ('06) and Lydia Joseph ('06) |
| | Girls Groups: From Adversaries to Allies |
| Christabel Kwabi ('06), Emily Brostek ('06), Keegan Albaugh ('07), Gabe Adams ('06) and Emilie Slack ('06) |
| | The Colby Cares About Kids Program: A documentary |
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| Tuesday, May 9 |
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BIOLOGY
Advanced Immunology Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Lynn Hannum |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
| Lindsey Boyle ('06) and Darcy Taylor ('08) |
| | Evaluating Three Cell Lines for Calcein AM Retention in Cytotoxicity Assays |
| Amanda McGarry ('07) and Chris Neil ('07) |
| | Phagocytosis of E. coli and Zymosan by Zebrafish Kidney Leukocytes |
| Brian Ward ('08) and Emily Wagner ('08) |
| | Phagocytosis of Labeled S. aureus by Zebrafish Kidney Leukocytes |
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Lovejoy 307
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Grey Brooks ('06) | Hollywood and the Construction of Gay Male Identities |
| | Sarah Fallon ('06) | The Role of Women in Post-1949 China |
| | Carolyn Deuschle ('07) | Adding a Beat to the Queer Movement: Electrosex and its Effects for Change |
| | Mike Piancentini | HIV/AIDS Prevention among Inner-City Populations |
| | Andrea Linney ('07) | Women's Labor and China's Industrial Boom |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Bobby Redwood ('06) | The Art of War: The Emotive Impact of World War II Propaganda Posters |
| | Brett Wagenheim ('09) | Bonhoeffer and Arendt |
| | Jess Wansart ('06) | The Initial Reception of Bonhoeffer’s Theology |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
GIS and Remote Sensing | Keyes 103
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | |
| Sharon McMonagle ('06), Randa Capponi ('06), Christopher Russoniello ('06) and Gregory LaShoto ('07) |
| | Estimating the Impact of Catastrophic Sea Level Rise in Maine |
| Rachel Terry ('07), Karen Prisby ('07) and Hilary Langer ('06) |
| | Prioritizing Land Purchases for the Belgrade Regional Conservation Alliance |
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BIOLOGY
Neurobiology Presentations | Olin 332
Session Chair: Andrea Tilden |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | |
| Cheryl Hahn ('08) and Will Cantley ('08) |
| | Electromagnetic Spectral Responsiveness in the Crustacean Visual System |
| Sara Manoli ('07) and Jess Egan ('08) |
| | Electroretinographic Response to Various Visual Stimulus Patterns in Crustaceans |
| Mike Butler ('08) and Geoffrey Buckle ('07) |
| | Environmental Copper Exposure: Effects on Thermal Sensitivity of the Cardiac Ganglion of Crustaceans |
| Margaret Jackson ('06) and Jenny Mooney ('06) |
| | Impact of Environmental pH Changes on the Neurological Cardiac Response of Crustaceans |
| Jessica Taylor ('07), Lindsay Carlson ('07) and Lauren Baard ('08) |
| | Neurological Habituation to Visual Predatory Stimulus in Crustaceans |
| Kris Dobie ('06) and John Swain ('08) |
| | Visual Sensory Modulation in Response to Conspecific Chemical Stress Cues in Crustaceans |
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ECONOMICS
Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics | Miller 319
Session Chair: Thomas Tietenberg |
| 2:30 - 3:45 PM | |
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| Jonathan Bodansky ('06) | NAFTA's Chapter 11: What is the Evidence? |
| | Max Nigrosh ('06) | Micro-Finance in Principle and Practice |
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| Wednesday, May 10 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Tom Tietenberg, Philip Nyhus, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | |
| Hurd Room | Caitlin E. Dufraine ('09), Hannah D. Taska ('09), Lisa M. Portis ('09) and Kerry A. Whittaker ('08) |
| | What are the Major Factors That Determine the Degradation of Coral Reefs or Their Sustainable Protection? |
| Smith Room | Amy Lu ('09), Katherine M. Butler ('09), Brian P. Lynch ('09) and Emily K. Stimpson ('09) |
| | What States or Towns in the United States Have Been Most Successful at Composting and Why? |
| Whitney Room | Sally E. Drescher ('09), Andrew M. Sherman ('09), Elizabeth J. Pfeffer ('09) and Brian W. Fulmer ('07) |
| | What Specific Factors Have Had the Most Significant Restorative Impact on Fisheries? |
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BIOLOGY
Molecular Ecology Project Presentations | Olin 213
Session Chair: Stacey Lance |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | |
| Rachel Terry ('07), Sarah Hoskinson ('06), Mike Fleming ('06), Matt Mitchell ('06), Julia Germaine ('07), Courtney Zecher ('06), Caitlin Rumrill ('08) and Andrew Johnson ('06) |
| | Using mtDNA to Assess Whether Color Polymorphisms in Southeastern Coyotes Are Due to Hybridization with Dogs and Analysis of Carnivore Distributions on Kennebec Land Trust Properties Using DNA from Non-invasively Collected Hair and Scat |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Biochemistry of the Cell II Posters | Olin Arcade
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 1:00 - 2:30 PM | |
| Brian Rodriguez ('06) and Chris Neil ('07), Biochemistry |
| | Gaucher's Disease |
| Adam Newman ('07) and Bram Geller ('06), Biochemistry |
| | Lesch-Nyhan Syndrome |
| Christabel Kwabi ('06) and Adelajda Zorba ('06), Biochemistry |
| | MELAS Syndrome |
| Colby Burns ('06) and Kim Mukerjee ('06), Biochemistry |
| | McArdle Disease |
| Eric Bergh ('07) and Cedric Owens ('07), Biochemistry |
| | Menkes Syndrome |
| Matthew Wahl ('07) and Trevor Hanly ('07), Biochemistry |
| | Morquio's Syndrome |
| Aaron Bradford ('07), Riley Doyle ('07) and Metabolic Disorder Posters, Biochemistry |
| | Porphyria |
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BIOLOGY
Neurobiology Presentations | Olin 332
Session Chair: Andrea Tilden |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | |
| Andrew Cox ('08) and Dan Dewey-Mattia ('08) |
| | Crustacean Cardiac Sensitivity to Environmental Hypoxia and Digestive Activity |
| Chelsea McCann ('07) and Monica Phillips ('07) |
| | Effects of Exogenous Serotonin on Agonistic Behaviors of Nondominant Crustaceans |
| Kristine Robin ('08) and Sasha Bartels ('08) |
| | Electroretinographic Response of Crustaceans to a Predatory Visual Stimulus: Effects of Habituation |
| Jaqueline Beaupre ('08) and Tim Miller ('08) |
| | Influence of Caffeine on the Neurocardiac System of Crustaceans |
| Leigh Audin ('07) and Rob Zondervan ('07) |
| | Influence of Muscle Mass on Fatigue Rate in Crustaceans in Response to Stimulation of Motor Neurons |
| Danielle Preiss ('07) and Paula Pelavin ('07) |
| | Response of the Crustacean Cardiac Ganglion to Exposure of Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors to Nicotine |
| Sarah Belden ('06) and Kaitlin Adams ('06) |
| | The Influence of Ethanol on the GABA-induced Cardioinhibitory Response of Crustaceans |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Climate Change Politics | Olin 234
Session Chair: Liliana Andonova |
| 2:30 - 3:45 PM | |
| Jennifer Venezia ('06), William Tyson ('09), Nicole Terrillion ('08) and Bethann Swartz ('06) |
| | Climate Change Politics |
| Andrew Sherman ('09), Eric Hansen ('08), Karen Bennett ('06), Kathleen Maynard ('09), Kristin Blodgett ('06), Mariah Hudnut ('07), Renzo Mendoza Castro ('07), Sharon McMonagle ('06), Aime Schwartz ('08) and Alexandra Jospe ('06) |
| | Climate Cooperation Beyond 2012 |
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COMPUTER SCIENCE
CS Fest | Mudd 415/416
Session Chair: Dale Skrien |
| 3:00 - 5:00 PM | |
| Nico Mwai ('06) and Taylor Snook ('07) |
| | All-Star Games Breakout |
| Tim Monahan ('06) and Mark Gaudet ('08) |
| | Berlin Wall Breakout |
| | | Computer Science Project Demos |
| Nicolas Mwai ('06) | Creating a Code-Snippet Wiki Repository |
| | Matt DeLoria ('06) | Developing a J2EE Task Management System |
| | Patrick Rodjito ('06) | Position Tracking and Motion Prediction Using Fuzzy Logic |
| Courtney Goodie ('07) and Tomas Vorobjov ('06) |
| | Harry Potter Breakout |
| Tomas Vorobjov ('06), Taylor Snook ('07) and Courtney Goodie ('07) |
| | It's Prom Time |
| Mark Gaudet ('08), Brian Putnam ('08), Peter Landwehr ('08) and Tom Goth ('07) |
| | Killer McDeathStrike |
| Tom Goth ('07) and Brian Butnam |
| | Stewie's Revenge Breakout |
| Trik Rodjito ('06) and Peter Landwehr ('08) |
| | Sultry Eyes Breakout |
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| Thursday, May 9 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environmental Health Determinants in the Local Community | Olin 1
Session Chair: Gail Carlson |
| 7:00 PM | |
| Dan Breen ('06) and Jackie Lauber ('09) |
| | Drinking Water Contaminants in Central Maine |
| Alex Richards ('09) and Kristina Shiroka ('08) |
| | Human Health Impacts of Energy Use at Colby College |
| Randa Capponi ('06) and Amy Weinfurter ('08) |
| | The Causes and Effects of Outdoor Air Pollution in Central Maine and The Health Impacts of Indoor Air Pollution in Maine |
| Jenny Mooney ('06) and Bethany Peck ('06) |
| | The Hidden Nature of What You Eat: How Colby's Food Choices are Affecting You |
| Katie Chamberlin ('06) and Sarah Ayres ('06) |
| | The Price of Beauty: A Look at Toxicants in Your Personal Products |
| Jackie Rolleri ('06) and Cait Cleaver ('06) |
| | The implications of Pesticide Use within the Colby Community |
| Aime Schwartz ('08) and Callie McDowell ('06) |
| | Tidiness & Toxicity: An Examination of Cleaning Products and Household Chemicals at Colby College and Their Potential Health Impacts |
| Beth Hirschhorn ('07) and Katie Himmelmann ('07) |
| | When Recycling Isn't Enough: The Hazards of Waste Management in Maine |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
GIS and Remote Sensing | Keyes 103
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 11:00 AM - 12:15 PM | |
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| Alexander McPherson ('07) | Developing a Model for Pedestrian Route Selection at Colby |
| | Jacqueline Rolleri ('06) | Spatial Analysis of Colby College Trails: Perkins Arboretum and Runnals Hill |
| | Katherine Renwick ('07) | An Analysis of the Area Covered by Impervious Surfaces at Colby |
| Caitlin Cleaver ('06), Samuel Weeks ('06), Liza Mitchell ('08) and Caroline Polgar ('06) |
| | Feasibility of the Reintroduction of Wolves (Canis lupus lycaon) in Maine: A GIS Study |
| Scott Shahverdian ('06) and Sarah Kelly ('06) |
| | Solar Panel Modeling on Suitable Roofs at Colby |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 05/11/2006 | |
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| Nani Phillips ('06) | St. Christopher and the Spiritual Protection of the Soldier |
| | Bryan Sanders ('06) | The US Response to Genocide: World War II and Darfur |
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Anthropology of Gender and Sexuality | Lovejoy 307
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 11:00 - 12:15 | |
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| Danielle Preiss ('07) | Impotence, Fertility, and Prostitution: Hijras as a Third Gender |
| | Aya Costantino ('07) | Changing Status of North American Berdache |
| | Nathan Downes ('06) | Constructing Masculinity at the Workplace |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Atlas of Maine Project | Olin Arcade
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 1:00 - 4:00 PM | |
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| Sarah Kelly ('06) | Aquifers and Wells of Maine |
| | Hilary H. Langer ('06) | Primary Nesting Sites of the Piping Plover, Least Tern, Roseate Tern, and Bald Eagle |
| | Jackie Rolleri ('06) | Lighthouses and Shipwrecks of Maine |
| | Karen Prisby ('07) | Maine Public Water Supplies |
| | Katie Renwick ('07) | Soil Types of Maine |
| | Greg LaShoto ('07) | Shorebird Nesting Sites on the Maine Coast |
| | Randa Capponi ('06) | Average Annual Wind Resource Potential in Maine |
| | Cait Cleaver ('06) | Wetlands and Conservation Lands of Maine |
| | Caroline Polgar ('06) | Atlantic Salmon Habitat on Maine's Rivers and Streams |
| | Rachel Terry ('07) | Conservation Land and Human Presence Surrounding Roseate Tern, Lest Tern, and Piping Plover Nest Sites in Maine |
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| Sharon McMonagle ('06) | Educational Opportunities and Average Income in Maine Towns |
| | Chris Russoniello ('06) | Maine Ski Areas: Past and Present |
| | Sam Weeks ('06) | Omes and Cahs: The Locations of Mainers and Their Roads |
| | Alex McPherson ('07) | Emergency Resources in Maine |
| | Liza Mitchell ('08) | Woodlot Ownership and Forest Cover in Maine |
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BIOLOGY
Cell Cycle and Cancer | Olin 234
Session Chair: Paul Greenwood |
| 1:00 PM | |
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| Meredith Lowmaster ('06) | If You Had to Get Cancer…What Makes Some Cancers Easier to Treat Than Others? |
| | Natalie Wayne ('06) | Targeted Cancer Therapies |
| | Emily Pugach ('07) | Immunotherapy as a Means of Treating Cancer |
| | Andrew O’Connell-Shevenell ('07) | Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Cancer as a Door to Outside the Scientific Mind |
| | Tenzin Tsewang ('07) | The Effects of Gender on Lung Cancer and Breast Cancer |
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ECONOMICS
Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics | Miller 319
Session Chair: Thomas Tietenberg |
| 2:30 - 3:45 PM | |
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| Jennifer Radcliffe ('06) | An Ex Post Economic Evaluation of the Decision to Use Geothermal Energy in the New Alumni Center |
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PSYCHOLOGY
Psychology Poster Presentation | Robbins Room, Roberts
Session Chair: Diane Winn |
| 4:00 PM | |
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| Johanna Black ('06) | The Decision between Action and Inaction and the Inertia it May Create |
| | Kate Gilroy ('06) | Methylprednisolone and 6-Chlorotryptophan Administered to Attenuate Secondary Deficits of Spinal Cord Injury in Guinea Pigs |
| | Kristen Russell ('06) | Deliberate Self-Harm: Risk Factors, Functions, and Implications |
| | Ben Crane ('06) | A History of the Treatment of Schizophrenia by Family Therapy |
| | Alan Chang ('06) | The Placebo Effect |
| | Lauren Olmsted ('06) | Parental Influence on the Construction of Gender Schemas of Children |
| | Lauren Erickson ('06) | Hypnotherapy as a Treatment for Cancer |
| | Steve Luke ('06) | The Relationship between Multiple Sclerosis and Unemployment |
| | Ronny Bachrach ('06) | Getting Older: A Diagnostic Comparison of Alzheimer's Disease and Semantic Dementia |
| | Melissa Crawford ('06) | A Buddhist Approach to Psychotherapy: Using Mindfulness to Treat Generalized Anxiety Disorder |
| Johanna Black ('06), Daniel Burke ('06) and Lauren Olmsted ('06) |
| | How Age Influences Mood State Effects in the Deese-Roediger-McDermott Paradigm |
| Madeline Ragan ('08) and Stephen Luke ('06) |
| | In Your Face! The Effect of Name Frequency on Creating a Feeling of Knowing State |
| Marissa Meyer ('07) and Katie Gilroy ('06) |
| | Memory and Metamemory Accuracy for Visual Information: A Transfer Appropriate Processing Effect |
| Rebecca Reisman ('06) and Meredith Stauffer ('06) |
| | Overconfidence After Exposure to Misleading Post-Event Information |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Tom Tietenberg, Philip Nyhus, and Liliana Andonova |
| 7:00 - 7:50 PM | |
| Lovejoy 202 | Cantor, Bradford M. ('08), Daniel B. Wasserman ('09), ES118, Emma McLeavey-Weeder ('09), Environment and Society and Peter G. Raymond ('09) |
| | What State Programs Are Most Effective in Promoting Energy Efficiency? |
| Lovejoy 203 | Benjamin S. Morse ('09), Caitlin G. Casey ('09), Samantha N. Given-Dennis ('09) and Megan C. Saunders ('09) |
| | How Does a Nation's Involvement in International Organizations Affect Its Domestic Actions Towards Sustainability? |
| Lovejoy 205 | Rachel M. Freierman ('09), Nicholas J. Nassikas ('09), Nolan M. Collins ('09) and Nicholas J. Baranowski ('09) |
| | What Role Does Local Participation and Decision-making Play in Terms of Wildlife Conservation Efforts? |
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| Friday, May 12 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society |
Session Chair: Tom Tietenberg, Philip Nyhus, and Liliana Andonova |
| 10:00 - 10:50 AM | |
| Hurd Room | Suzanne M. Merkelson ('09), Michael C. Ambrogi ('09), V. Alexandra Praggastis ('10) and Rebecca E. Lipson ('09) |
| | Under What Conditions Can Foreign Aid Be Effective in Helping Countries Develop Sustainably? |
| Smith Room | Tarini Manchanda ('09), Kristin B. Gates ('09), Linnea E. Rooke ('09) and Geoffrey T. Malick ('09) |
| | What Are the Most Effective Methods Being Used by Drought-ridden Countries to Solve Their Water Crises? |
| Whitney Room | Jennifer K. Burke ('09), Emily S. Kissner ('08), Meghan R. Kuhn ('08) and Eitan S. Green ('09) |
| | What Conditions or Influences Seem Effective in Encouraging States or Countries to Turn to Renewable and Alternative Energy (Biodiesel, Wind, Etc.)? |
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| Saturday, May 13 |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Dreams Documentaries | Given Auditorium
Session Chair: Phyllis Mannocchi |
| 4:00 PM | |
| Elizabeth Foxwell ('06), Dave Burtonperry ('06), Gillian Butsch ('06), Sarah Kelly ('06), Kendra King ('06) and Nate Werlin ('06), American Studies |
| | Controlled Chaos: A Documentary on the Maine Handicap Skiing Racers |
| Rachel Carr ('06), Gregory Ortiz ('06), Lindsey Brewer ('06), Drew Rausch ('06), Andrew O'Connell-Shevenell ('07) and Juan Jung ('07), American Studies |
| | Dennis Dechaine |
| Katie Packard ('06), Tara Bouton ('06), Marina Stakes ('06) and Sarah Burrows ('06), American Studies |
| | Waterville Rape Crisis Assistance and Prevention Center |
| Allison Hertzberg, Kate Emery, Elizabeth Ghilardi, Emily Judem and Kara Fagan, American Studies |
| | Wooden Boat Building in Maine |
