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| Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011 |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Seminar: Nature and Nation |
Session Chair: Laura Saltz |
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| Gordon Lessersohn ('12) | The White Pass and the Yukon Route: From Conquering to Conserving Nature |
| | Aarika Ritchie ('12) | Simulation in the Great North Woods: A Tourism Reality |
| | Zoe Sherman ('12) | The Call of Glacier National Park: Advertising from 1910-1930 |
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| Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011 |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Seminar: Nature and Nation |
Session Chair: Laura Saltz |
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| Caitlin Burchill ('12) | Women and Weather: Our Society's Obsession with Having Control over Both |
| | Katie Ricciardi ('12) | Crumbling Luxury: Upper-Class Identity at the Mountain View House during the Great Depression |
| | Margaret Kruithoff ('12) | The Remaking of a Natural Woman in Our Bodies, Ourselves and Spiritual Midwifery |
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| Thursday, Dec. 6, 2011 |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Seminar: Nature and Nation |
Session Chair: Laura Saltz |
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| Sarah G. Janes ('12) | The Impossibility of Knowing Animals: Patterns of Natural Desire in Modern America |
| | Bailey Girvan ('12) | Reviving 'Sacagawea': Trailblazing for Women's Suffrage through Appeasement of Male Skittishness |
| | Coco Cowan ('12) | The Fishing Industry: Friend or Foe? Understanding the Unknowable Stories of The Perfect Storm |
| | Sandy Johnson, | Wendell Berry, Michael Pollan, and New Agrarianism in Contemporary American Society |
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| Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011 |
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GOVERNMENT
Government Department Presentations | Diamond 122
Session Chair: Joe Reisert |
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| Emma Eschweiler ('14) | Citizenship and Migration: the Roma of Europe |
| | Kayla Lewkowicz ('14) | Identity and Marginalization: the Berbers of Morocco and France |
| | Katy Lindquist ('14) | The Confused Identity of the Banyamulenge |
| | Allison Nolan ('14) | Standing for Change: The Mobilization of Indigenous Movements in Bolivia |
| | Rachel Rosenbaum ('13) | Brazilian Travesti: Spaces of Abuse and Agency |
| | Jenny Sher ('14) | Religion and Land: The Uyghurs of Northwestern China |
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| Thursday, Dec. 8, 2011 |
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AMERICAN STUDIES
American Studies Seminar: Nature and Nation |
Session Chair: Laura Saltz |
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| Mike Mastrocola ('12) | The Major Issues with Major League Baseball Stadiums: The Deterioration of America's Pastoral Pastime |
| | Aurore Spiers | Painting Niagara Falls in the Nineteenth Century: Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, William Hunt, and George Inness's Role in the Creation of a National Symbol |
| | Sam Deeran ('12) | Our Past Is in the Future: The Non-Linear HIstory of the American Frontier, and How Science-Fiction Texts Influence Expansionist Ideology |
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| Monday, Feb. 27 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| David Furman ('12) | Two lasers: a Pulsed Dye Laser and a Q-switched Nd:YAG Laser |
| | Anika Lindemann ('12) | What Does a Stable Network Look Like? |
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| Monday, Mar. 5 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
| Sam Grant ('12) and Austin Duncanson ('12) |
| | Smoothed-Particle Hydrodynamics |
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| Thursday, Mar. 8 |
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EAST ASIAN STUDIES
East Asian Studies Student-Faculty Research Colloquium | Robins Room, Roberts Union
Session Chair: Hong Zhang |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | |
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| John O'Brien ('12) | An Appreciation of Political Pressure: Does US Political Pressure Motivate China's Exchange Rate Policy? |
| | Genevieve Hsueh ('12) | Cosmetic Surgery in South Korea: Multi-dimensional and Evolving |
| | Taro Gold ('12) | Entrepreneurship: Is Japan Willing to Take the Risk? |
| | Yuri Min ('12) | Foundations and Development of Nationalism in the South Korean State Under Park Chung Hee: Focused Analysis of Park's Saemaul Undong (New Community Movement) Policy |
| | Christopher Crabbe ('12) | China's Healthcare Assistance in Zimbabwe |
| | Peter Graham ('12) | Learning from the Social Web of Japan:What Makes Online Communication Engaging? |
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| Monday, Mar. 26 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| William Voigt ('12) | Constructing a Magneto Optical Trap for Potassium Atoms |
| | David Jensen ('12) | Continuous-Wave Laser Excitation of Rydberg States in Rubidium |
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| Monday, April 2 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Chris Halladay ('12) | Fluid Dynamics and Biolocomotion at the Interface |
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| Monday, April 9 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Andrew McDonough-Lee ('12) | Development of Improved Comprehensive Models of High Mass Protostellar Objects |
| | Erik Baish ('12) | Formation of Very-High Mass Stars |
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| Friday, April 13 |
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GOVERNMENT
Government Department Presentations | Waterville Senior High School
Session Chair: Joe Reisert |
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| Kayla Chen ('12) | Democracy in Argentina |
| | Mike Whalen ('12) | Military in Brazil, South Korea and Turkey |
| | Yuri Min ('12) | Civil Society in South Korea |
| | Katie Selin ('12) | West Bank v. Gaza, Palestine |
| | Kelsey Werner ('12) | Botswana v. Swaziland on HIV-AIDS |
| | Luke Siebert ('12) | Boliva v. Paraguay on Ethnic Heterogeneity |
| | Clay McMickens ('12) | Haiti v. Chile on Agricultural Exports |
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| Monday, April 16 |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Nirakar Poudel ('12) | Ultra-Cold Neutral Plasmas |
| | Kent Momma ('12) | Pattern Formation in Excitable Media: Stripes, Spirals, and Stirring |
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| Tuesday, April 17 |
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BIOLOGY
Evolutionary Analysis Presentations | Diamond 242
Session Chair: Judy Stone |
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm | |
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| Victoria Abel ('14) | Conservation Genetics of the Red Panda (Ailurus fulgens) |
| | Emily Arsenault ('14) | The Evolution of Mimicry and Coevolution in Heliconius Butterflies |
| | Stefan Davatz ('13) | The Molecular Basis for Intelligence in Octupuses |
| | Sarah Fensore ('13) | Maternal Effects of Nutrient Deficiencies in a Modern Diet |
| | Allison Hess ('13) | Coevolution of Languages and Genes Amongst the Bamiléké, in the West Region of Cameroon |
| | Zakary Jaques ('13) | Population Genetics and Conservation of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) |
| | Adam LaViolet ('13) | The Speciation of the Giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) into Six Separate Species |
| | Drew Mealor ('14) | The Effects of Pine Nut Availability and Genotype on Grizzly Bear Diets in Yellowstone National Park |
| | Allana Sanborn ('13) | Evolution of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Protein and its Role in Reproduction |
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| Thursday, April 19 |
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BIOLOGY
Evolutionary Analysis Presentations | Diamond 242
Session Chair: Judy Stone |
| 11:00 am - 12:15 pm | |
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| Brittney Bell ('13) | Amylase Activity, Taste Preference, and Oral Health in European-American and Somali Ethnic Groups of Central Maine |
| | Michelle Burt ('14) | The Evolution of Mimicry in Octopuses |
| | Laura Crowley ('13) | Epigenetic Alteration of Drosophila Genes Through Polycomb Group Proteins in Response to Temperature |
| | Maxwell Hogue ('13) | The Generational Impact of Maternal Care as Expressed Behaviorally and Epigenetically in Mice |
| | Alice Hotopp ('15) | The Evolution of Cooperative Hunting in Orca Whales |
| | Ashley Johnson ('13) | Environmental Factors and Evolution of Influenza A |
| | Hilary Perrey ('13) | Pathogen-induced Selection and Autoimmunity in Sjogren’s Syndrome |
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EAST ASIAN STUDIES
East Asian Studies Student-Faculty Research Colloquium | Robins Room, Roberts Union
Session Chair: Hong Zhang |
| 5:00 - 6:30 pm | |
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| Fiona Masland ('12) | Northern Dragons: The Transformation and Balancing of Ethnic and Gender Identities in the Imperial Court of the Early Qing (1644-1722) |
| | Annie Chen ('12) | Party Rhetoric and Corrupt Action: A Study of Systemic Corruption in the People's Republic of China |
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| Friday, April 20 |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Major Research Presentations | Arey 5
Session Chair: Das Thamattoor |
| 11:00 - 11:50 am | |
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| Josie Thiele ('12) | TBA |
| | Michael Verschoor-Kirss ('12) | TBA |
| | Vanesa Silvestri ('12) | TBA |
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GEOLOGY
Geology Honors Banquet and Thesis Defense | Roberts Union
Session Chair: Robert Gastaldo |
| 6:00 pm | |
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| Chishala Kapupu ('12) | Characterization of a Middle Permian Deltaic Distributary Channel, in the Karoo Basin, South Africa |
| | Daren McGregor ('12) | Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Fjord-Floor Sediments in Kongsfjorden, Svalbard, Norway |
| | Nathan Katsiaficas ('12) | Geodynamic Constraints on the Flow of Samoan-plume Mantle into the Northern Lau Basin |
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| Monday, April 23 |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
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| Laura Gigliotti ('12) | The Effect of Temperature on the Foraging of Ladybeetles (Coccinellidae) on Aphids (Aphidoidea). |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Greg Merritt ('12) | Isometries and Spontaneous Lorentz Violation in General Relativity |
| | Austin Hoag ('12) | Cosmological Effects of Spontaneous Lorentz Symmetry Breaking |
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MATHEMATICS
Mathematics Department Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Andreas Malmendier |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | |
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| Sarah Harmon ('12) | Recurrence Relations, Fractals, and Chaos |
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| Tuesday, April 24 |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II Presentations | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Jay Holman ('13) | Zen and the Art of World War |
| | Kristen Robinson ('14) | Can Divinity Be Bombed?: A Look at the Emperor Cult and the State of Japan During World War II |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Marine Conservation and Policy Presentations | Diamond 223
Session Chair: Loren McClenachan |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Trip Smith ('12) | Mislabeling of Seafood |
| | Anna Leavitt ('12) | The Marine Stewardship Council: Certification of Unsustainable Fisheries |
| | Taylor Witkin ('14) | The Effect of Trade and Regulation on the Sustainability of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna |
| | Matt LaPine ('13) | Atlantic Salmon: A Species in Peril |
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| Wednesday, April 25 |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
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| Charlotte Veazie ('12) | The Effects of Copper and EDTA on Growth and Mortality in a Freshwater Amphipod (Gammarus) |
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ENGLISH
On With the Story: Advanced Projects in Prose I | Hurd
Session Chair: Jennifer Boylan |
| 3:45 - 5:15 pm | |
| Lindsay Roberts ('13), Katherine McCarrick ('13), Grant Patch ('12), Jenna Gundersen ('12), Emily Stuart ('12), Courtney Yeager ('12) and Michael Southard ('12), English |
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| Thursday, April 26 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Marine Conservation and Policy Presentations | Diamond 223
Session Chair: Loren McClenachan |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Peter Smithy ('12) | Managing Ballast Water Invasive Species Introductions |
| | Tierney Dodge ('14) | Invasive Marine Algae in Hawaii |
| | Leti Douglass ('12) | Improving Fisheries Management: Solutions to Ecosystem Degradation and Stock Depletion in Indonesia |
| | Michael Stephens ('13) | Nassau Grouper Spawning Aggregations: A Dangerous Game to Find a Mate |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II Presentations | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Geoff Bell ('12) | Baptism in Crisis: How God Changed During World War II |
| | Allison Polchinski ('13) | Circumstantial Faith |
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ENGLISH
On With the Story: Advanced Projects in Prose II | Hurd
Session Chair: Jennifer Boylan |
| 1:00 - 2:30 pm | |
| Tyler Parrott ('13), Eli Dupree ('13), Matthieu Nadeau ('12), Lucy Wilhelms ('12), Mike Rifkin ('12) and Jennifer Cox ('12), English |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religious Studies Presentations | Lovejoy 205
Session Chair: Nikky Singh |
| 4:00 - 6:30 pm | |
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| Maddie Berger | Islam in the Black-American Experience |
| | Andy Estrada | A Divine Being Clothed by Humanity: A Comparison of Jesus in the Gospel of Judas and the Gospel of Mark |
| | Rachel Frenkil | The Face of the Church on the Unborn Child: The Abortion Debate in the American Catholic Church |
| | Jena Hershkowitz | Religio-Cultural Identity and Law in Muslim India |
| | Allison Stitham | Playing the Part: An Examination of Civil War Era Mourning and the Performance of Social Identity |
| | Trip Venturella | Zen Aesthetics in Paula Vogels The Long Christmas Ride Home |
| | Jack Vihstadt | The Good (Face) Book: Catholics and Social Media |
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| Friday, April 27 |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
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| Corey Park ('12) | The metabolic effect of multiple stresses on levels of lactate and glucose in the fiddler crab, Uca pugilator |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Major Research Presentations | Arey 5
Session Chair: Das Thamattoor |
| 11:00 - 11:50 am | |
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| Alex Hymanson ('12) | Synthesis of Ortho and Para Bridged Tetraaza[1,4]cyclophanes |
| | Emily Kaye ('12) | The Apoptotic Cleavage of Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase by Laromustine and its Subspecies |
| | Kristina Blazanovic ('12) | Experimental Evolution of Plasmid Compatibility |
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CHEMISTRY
Senior Chemistry Major Research Presentations | Keyes 105
Session Chair: Das Thamattoor |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Lindsay Dale ('12) | The Effects of the Anticancer Prodrug Laromustine on DNA Ligase III |
| | Erin Powers ('12) | Modeling Liver Alcohol Dehydrogenase: The Study and Synthesis of Tridentate Pincer Complexes |
| | Catherine Gallagher ('12) | Determining ASK1 Activation in Endothelial Cells Via Apoptosis-Inducing Laromustine |
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| Monday, April 30 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society Research Presentations | Diamond 142
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
| Lily S. Crane ('15), Anne E. Schechner ('15), Elizabeth C. McCormack ('15) and Matthew R. Lipman ('15) |
| | From Seattle to Boston; Factors Affecting Public Transportation Ridership In Select U.S. Cities |
| Andrew J. Newcomb ('15), Lindsay C. Jarrett ('14), Olivia R. Avidan ('15) and Peter B. Quayle ('15) |
| | Removing America's Dams: Influences of Dam Removal Across the United States |
| Ruth C. Hawley ('15), Amara M. Weiss ('14), Rumbidzai Gondo ('14) and Madison M. Scheer ('15) |
| | What's in a Rate? A Comparative Analysis of Total Fertility Rates in African Countries |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
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| Sara Mason ('12) | The effect of acclimation temperature on metabolism and respiratory quotient in the Asian House Gecko, Hemidactylus frenatus |
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HISTORY
Introduction to History Presentations |
Session Chair: Raffael Scheck |
| 1:00 - 2:15 pm | |
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| Jena Hershkowitz ('12) | From Captivity to Independence: Indian POW Uprisings and the Indian Independence Movement |
| | Beth Fleming ('13) | The Venetian Ghetto in the 16th and 17th Centuries through the Lens of Civilian Internment |
| | Stephanie Marano ('14) | Italian American Internment during the Second World War |
| | Stephanie Ruys de Perez ('14) | Hell Ships: The Transport of Allied POWs by the Japanese in World War II |
| | Mckenzie Love ('13) | What Was the Big Deal? Reactions to the Treatment of Rebel Prisoners of War on the British Prison Hulks of the American Revolution |
| | Luke Henneberger ('14) | POW and MIA: Where the Lines Blur |
| | Patrick Martin ('13) | POWs in the Korean War |
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PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
Physics Department Senior Talks | Keyes 102
Session Chair: Robert Bluhm |
| 3:00 pm | |
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| Dan Pennachio ('12) | Long-Term Frequency Stabilization of Cavity Diode Lasers using Digital Feedback |
| | Chris Hoder ('12) | Theoretical Study of the Manipulation of Entanglement with Laser Pulse Sequences |
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GOVERNMENT
Government Department Senior Thesis Presentations | Diamond 141
Session Chair: Joe Reisert |
| 4:00 - 6:00 pm | |
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| Samantha Bassman ('12) | Vlaanderen voor de Vlamingen: A Historical Exploration of the Vlaamse Beweging and the Flemish Quest for Autonomy |
| | Laura Maloney ('12) | Should She Run? The Decision for Female Candidates |
| | Mason Roberts ('12) | Anti-Intellectualism in American Politics |
| | Desiree Shayer ('12) | The Expulsion of the British from Iraq and Egypt: Analysis and Conclusions |
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MATHEMATICS
Mathematics Department Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Andreas Malmendier |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | |
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| Jennifer Beatty ('12) | The Radon Transform and the Mathematics of Medical Imaging |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Science, Technology, and Society Senior Research Posters | Robins Room, Roberts Union
Session Chair: Jim Fleming |
| 4:00 - 5:30 pm | |
| | | ST483 honors |
| Canning, Robert T. ('12) | Forecasting the Future: The Early United States Weather Bureau |
| | Kasprak, Christopher J. ('12) | Hurricanes as Social Probes: Galveston 1900, New England 1938, New Orleans 2005 |
| | Meehan, Thomas P. ('12) | Electronic Health Records and the Future of Health Care in Connecticut |
| | Sintetos, Nicole G. ('12) | The Sexual Brain: Essentialism in Queer Popular Science |
| | Weiner, Margie L. ('12) | Computer Clashes in the Classroom: Teachers as Agents of Reform in American Public Schools |
| | | Senior Posters |
| George C. Carpenter ('12) | Your Brain in the Cloud: Online Learning and the Paradigm of Education |
| | Kyle P. Donovan ('12) | Saving Hollywood? The Struggle to Protect Intellectual Property Rights |
| | Katherine E. Graichen ('12) | Your Brain in the Cloud: Online Learning and the Paradigm of Education |
| | Elliot A. Mermel ('12) | Breaching Boundaries: The Impact of Intellectual Property Laws on The Healthcare Industry |
| | J. Arya Moallem ('12) | Blooming Industry, Ancient Roots: Green Buildings in Red China |
| | Spencer C. Phillips ('12) | Keeping the Center Alive: Portland, Oregon and the Urban Growth Boundary |
| | Amanda L. Reynolds ('12) | From Bubble to Burp: The Unlikely Technologies that Made Brewing an Industry |
| | Campbell Stevenson ('12) | Urban Parks and City Development: Neglected Green Space |
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| Tuesday, May 1 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Marine Conservation and Policy Presentations | Diamond 223
Session Chair: Loren McClenachan |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Lydia Ball ('13) | Is Conservation Effort Distributed Fairly Among Marine Species? |
| | Amanda Reynolds ('12) | Solutions for Curtailing Japanese Whaling: Direct Action or Traditional Conservation? |
| | Eliza Reynolds ('12) | Sea Otter Recovery |
| | Grace O'Connor ('14) | Impacts of Coastal Development in Florida, USA on Nesting Populations of Leatherback, Loggerhead, and Green Sea Turtles |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II Presentations | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Laura Waingrow ('14) | Cinematography of Spirituality and Religion in World War II |
| | Kathy Shei ('13) | Soldiers and Their Faith |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Global Food Policy Presentations | Diamond 153
Session Chair: Travis Reynolds |
| 11:00 - 12:15 pm | |
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| Shreya Balakrishna ('12) | Through the European Grapevine: One Continent's Precarious Position in the Global Wine Market |
| | Letson Douglass ('12) | Farmer Brown's Plight: The Impact of Federal and State Regulations on Small-scale Dairy Farmers in Maine |
| | Sally Holmes ('13) | An Analysis of Swine Manure Management Strategies in Brazil |
| | Julie Kafka ('12) | Cultivating the Miracle Drink: Argentine Mate and World Exports |
| | Olivia Kefauver ('12) | Seeds of War: US Agricultural Policy in Afghanistan |
| | Sarah Large ('14) | Corn-Based Ethanol in the United States: Creating Incentives to Use Renewable Fuel |
| | Frances Lee ('12) | Trade Liberalization and the Future of Korean Beef |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Biochemistry Poster Presentations | Olin Arcade
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | |
| Lloyd Liang and Kristina Blazanovic |
| | ATP Synthase Deficiency |
| Beatrice Nakiryowa and Byung Kim |
| | Glucose 6-phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency |
| Sam Lessard and John Gilboy |
| | Maple Syrup Urine Disease |
| Adam Spierer, Meredith Reynolds and Jackson Clark |
| | Wilson's Disease |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 223
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 1:00 pm | |
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| Heather Cronin ('13) | Male-male Interactions in the Electric Fish, Brienomyrus brachyistius |
| | Kelsey Tyler ('12) | The Possible Implications of Climate Change on the Spring Arrival of Migratory Birds |
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HISTORY
Global Health History Presentations | Waterville High School
Session Chair: Jim Webb |
| 1:00 pm | |
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| Emma Suojanen ('12) | The Global Campaign to Eradicate Guinea Worm |
| | Leti Douglas ('12) | Poisoning India: The Negative Impacts of Pesticides on Human Health |
| | Shreya Balakrishna ('12) | Peerless Plastic: Discoveries and Global Perceptions of Polyvinyl Chloride |
| | Vincent Todd ('12) | Libya, Eritrea, and Italian Somaliland: The Real Malaria Problems of Italian Africa |
| | Sean Michael ('12) | L'ducation Sexuelle versus Sex Education: The statistical repercussions of sex education in France and the United States |
| | Emma Pearson ('12) | Smoking: An Examination of the Tobacco Industry's Political, Economic and Human-Health Impacts in the United States and the United Kingdom |
| | Natalie Biederman ('12) | Tuberculosis in South Africa |
| | Kelly Roth ('12) | A Global Examination of Multiple Sclerosis |
| | Caitlyn Lancaster ('12) | The History and Rise of MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) in the Hospital Setting |
| | Lauren Kerr ('13) | Forget Me Not: A Cross-Cultural and Environmental History of Alzheimer's Disease |
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| Becky Mayer ('13) | Scientific Racism and the Treatment of Leprosy on the Hawaiian Islands |
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GOVERNMENT
Government Department Presentations | Diamond 241
Session Chair: Joe Reisert |
| 7:00 - 9:30 pm | |
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| Toreyan Clarke ('12) | Measuring Democratic Despotism |
| | Patrick Cronin ('12) | New Media v. Newspapers: Prospects for Active Citizenship in the Internet Age |
| | Charles Diamond ('12) | Burke and Tocqueville on the French Revolution |
| | John Tully ('13) | Prospects for Liberty in an Era of Declining Civic Engagement |
| | Maddie Strachota ('13) | Mill and Tocqueville on Individualism, Individuality, and Liberty |
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MUSIC
Senior Seminar Presentations on Bartok | Given Auditorium
Session Chair: Steven Nuss |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | |
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| Tom Hurley ('12) | Expanding and Contracting Interval cycles in Bartok's Final Mikrokosmos |
| | Charlotte Veazie ('12) | Spatial Logic in Bartok's First Violin Concerto |
| | Chris Bertelsen ('12) | The Brave Struggle of Octatonicism in Bartok's “Wrestling” from Mikrokosmos |
| | Evan O'Neill ('12) | Tetrachordal Foundations and Mathematical Relations in Bartok's Merriment |
| | James Lasher ('12) | Spatial Organization in Bartok's Op. 14, Suite, Mvmt. II |
| | Lauren McCrary ('12) | Space and Symmetry in Bartok's “Game” from Mikrokosmos |
| | Austin Hoag ('12) | Hexatonicism in Bartok's String Quartet No. 4/III |
| | Allison Emery ('12) | Symmetry and Suppression in Bartok's “Ostinato” from Mikrokosmos |
| | Jesse Goldman ('12) and Jenna Gundersen ('12) | Modes and the Golden Ratio in Bartok's 'Pe Loc' from Romanian Folk Dances |
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| Wednesday, May 2 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society Research Presentations | Diamond 142
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
| Matthew E. Ayers ('15), Carolyn J. Bennett ('15), Tara L. Chizinski ('14) and Caroline A. Lauth ('15) |
| | Powered by Water and Wind: Renewable Electricity Production by State |
| Olivia L. Collins ('14), Rebecca S. Herman ('14), Kushveer S. Jadeja ('15) and Katherine C. Rizk ('15) |
| | What Factors Lead to the Successful Recovery of Australian Marine Fish Populations? |
| Jingying Xu ('15), Zachary E. Esakof ('15), John Z. Hartnett ('15) and Conor R. Schlosser ('15) |
| | Why Do Some Cities Have Higher Levels of Air Pollution Than Other Cities? |
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BIOLOGY
Behavioral and Physiological Ecology Research Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Cathy Bevier |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
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| Sarah Nalven ('13) | Interactions between Skin Secretions and Epibiotic Bacteria of the Wood Frog, Lithobates sylvatica |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Biochemistry Poster Presentations | Olin arcade
Session Chair: Julie Millard |
| 12:30 - 2:00 pm | |
| Jennifer Gemmell and Tyler Parrot |
| | Pompe Disease |
| Justine Partridge and Garth Franklin |
| | Hunter Syndrome |
| Abigael Cheruiyot and MeghanTedoldi |
| | Metabolic Disorders in HIV Patients on Highly Active AntiRetroviral Treatment |
| Charlie Frank and Rachel Guerra |
| | Ornithine Transcarbamylase Deficiency |
| Kayla Gross and Christine Reynolds |
| | Phenylketonuria |
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HISTORY
Introduction to History Presentations |
Session Chair: Raffael Scheck |
| 1:00 - 2:15 pm | |
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| Amelia Kennedy-Smith ('14) | The Gypsy Family Camp at Auschwitz |
| | Raymond Duffy ('13) | An Internal Struggle: The United States and the Plight of its ‘Native Inhabitants’ |
| | Kayla Diaz ('14) | No Longer Human: Changes in Japanese Treatment of POWs, 1900-1944 |
| | Jasmine Phillips ('14) | The Usefulness of the Geneva Convention on POWs of 1949 in the Vietnam War |
| | Chris Henderson ('14) | The Motives Behind Japanese-American Internment during World War II |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Molecular Biology Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Elizabeth Bean |
| 1:15 - 2:00 pm | |
| Beatrice Nakiryowa ('13) and Vanesa Silvestri ('12) |
| | RBCS-3B gene expression under different light conditions in Arabidopsis thaliana |
| Kristina Blazanovic ('12), Audrey Gourlie ('12) and Jesus Vidaurri-Martinez ('13) |
| | Expression levels of HSP70 in two, three, and four week old Arabidopsis thaliana under heat stress |
| Josie Thiele ('12) and Michael Verschoor-Kriss ('12) |
| | Molecular Analysis of Leaf Senescence in Varying Sized Leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana |
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SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIETY
Weather, Climate, and Society Poster Session | Parker Reed,
Session Chair: Jim Fleming |
| 2:00 - 4:00 pm | |
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Professor Kloppenberg's Improvisational Practices in Dance (TD 258) students will be dancing the weather and climate on five continents conjunction with the Weather, Climate, and Society poster presentation. |
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| | The student dancers are: Justin De Santis '13, Sara Gibbons '15, Emilie Jensen '15, 'Sally' Tong Jin '15, Madeline Kurtz '14, Jordan Lorenz '15, Delaney McDonough '13, Mackenzie Milne '14, Elizabeth DiMarco '13, Mikela Mintz '14, Alison Reader '12, Desiree Shayer '12, Jamie Suzuki '14, Francesco Tisch '12, and Sujie Zhu '14 |
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| | | AFRICA |
| Annalisa Teste ('14) and Margie Weiner ('12) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Kampala, Uganda |
| | Chishala Kapupu ('12) and Sydney Hammond ('14) | Weather Climate and Society in the Congo Basin |
| | Madeline Wilson ('14) and Isabel MacKinnon ('15) | Weather, Climate and Society in Egypt |
| | William Bloomhardt ('12) and Claudia Aviles ('15 | Interactions Among Weather, Climate, and Society in Zimbabwe |
| | | ASIA |
| Campell Stevenson ('12) and Amanda Walujono ('14 | Extremes of Tibet |
| | Thomas Kimball ('12) and John Hartnett ('15) | Magnificent Maldives |
| | Margaret Fasel ('12) and Neal Kopser ('13) | Environmental and Social Issues in Beijing |
| | Alex Finigan ('14) and Pete Hamblett ('14) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Siberia |
| | | AUSTRALASIA |
| Spencer Phillips ('12) and Jared Scharf ('15) | Weather, Climate and Society in Indonesia, with an emphasis on the island of Bali |
| | Matthew Cheever ('12) and Jenna Mahaffie ('14) | Weather, Climate and Society in Suva, Fiji |
| | David Deneroff ('13) and Marianne Ferguson ('14) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Rotorua, New Zealand |
| | Brett Depper Goldstein ('13) and Ben Hannon ('13 | Weather, Climate, and Society in Papua New Guinea |
| | | EU GREENLAND |
| Hilary Barr ('13) and Robbie Canning ('12) | Rotterdam, A City Underwater |
| | Toreyan Clarke ('12) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Southern Spain |
| | John Vanasse ('14) and Charles Diamond ('12) | Weather, Climate, and Society of the English Channel |
| | Eoin McCarron ('13) and Matthew Seff ('14) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Edinburgh |
| | | LATIN AMERICA |
| William Supple ('12) and Olivia Avidan ('15) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Quito, Ecuador |
| | Theresa Petzoldt ('14) and Cassandra Smith ('15) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Brasilia, Brazil |
| | Brooke Chandor ('15) and Dan Hussey ('13) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Lima, Peru |
| | Charlotte Deavers ('14) and Kylie VanBuren ('15) | Weather, Climate, and Society in Panama |
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MATHEMATICS
Mathematics Department Honors Presentation | Mudd 405
Session Chair: Andreas Malmendier |
| 4:00 - 5:00 pm | |
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| Anika Lindemann ('12) | Odd or Even: Detecting Parity of Rank in a Family of Rational Elliptic Curves |
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| Thursday, May 3 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Marine Conservation and Policy Presentations | Diamond 223
Session Chair: Loren McClenachan |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Rhiannon Archer ('14) | The Japanese Whaling Loophole |
| | Ellie Linden ('14) | Effects of Climate on Polar Bears and Possible Solutions |
| | Max Pollinger ('14) | Lessons Learned from the BP Oil Spill |
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RELIGIOUS STUDIES
Religion and World War II Presentations | Lovejoy 344
Session Chair: Debra Campbell |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am | |
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| Rachel Frenkil ('12) | The German Degenerative Art of Karl Zerbe |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Global Food Policy Presentations | Diamond 153
Session Chair: Travis Reynolds |
| 11:00 - 12:15 pm | |
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| Sarah Madronal ('14) | Impacts of U.S. Food Aid in Central and South America |
| | Charlotte Olena ('12) | Touched by the Hands of a Slave: Forced Labor in Modern American Agriculture |
| | Nick Papanastassiou ('13) | Costa Rica’s Banana Production System is Owned by Others |
| | Sergei Poljak ('14) | The Case for GM Crops |
| | Mandy Reynolds ('12) | Potatoes in Peru: Solving World Malnutrition and Poverty |
| | Kelsey Werner ('12) | Food Aid and Conflict in Somalia |
| | Dylan Nisky ('14) | Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Policy |
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ANTHROPOLOGY
Global Mobilities | Diamond 344
Session Chair: Mary Beth Mills |
| 1:00 - 3:30 pm | |
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| Andrea Birnbaum ('12) | Institutional Identities and Global Citizenship: An Ethnographic Analysis of Study Abroad at Colby |
| | Adrienne Bowles ('12) | Citizenship & Identity in the US-Mexico Borderlands |
| | Francesca Breene ('12) | Medecines Sans Frontiers and the Narrative Power of Medical Humanitarianism |
| | Jennifer Gemmell ('12) | Citizenship and the Discourse of Fertility and Family Planning |
| | Hannah Goodwin ('12) | New Mainers: Processes of citizenship and identity for refugees and immigrants in Portland, Maine |
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BIOLOGY
Advanced Neurobiology Presentations | Olin 213
Session Chair: Tariq Ahmad |
| 1:00 pm | |
| Chelsea Nickerson ('13) and Andrew Rhoads ('14) |
| | Caffeine Modulates Paraquat-induced Locomotor Deficits in a Drosophila melanogaster Model of Parkinson's Disease |
| Jessie Rottersman ('14) and Arvia Sutandi ('13) |
| | Characterization of the Olfactory Response to Positive, Neutral, and Negative Odors in Drosophila dunce Mutant Larva |
| Gabrielle Donahue ('14), Audrey Gourlie ('12) and Cassie Huang ('13) |
| | The Effects of Nicotine on Motor Control Defects in a Paraquat-induced Motors Defects in a Drosophila Model of Parkinson’s Disease |
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BIOCHEMISTRY
Molecular Biology Presentations | Olin 335
Session Chair: Elizabeth Bean |
| 1:15 - 2:00 pm | |
| Catherine Gallagher ('12) and Sarah Lake ('13) |
| | Changes in gene expression of RBCS-3B in Arabidopsis thaliana with varying light color |
| David Brazel ('12) and Claire Herbig ('13) |
| | Chitin Induces Polygalacturonase Inhibition in Arabidopsis |
| Katarina Sirka ('13) and My Phuong Tong ('14) |
| | The Effect of Temperature on the Expression of the HSP70 gene in Arabidopsis thaliana |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society Research Presentations | Diamond 142
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 7:00 - 9:00 pm | |
| John T. Papa ('14), Samantha F. Draper ('14), Ilanna W. Fricks ('15) and Leah E. Powley ('15) |
| | Determinants of Urban Green Space: An 8-City Analysis |
| Abigail E. Arndt ('15), Meredith P. Braun ('15), Beatrice C. Smith ('15) and Caroline Keaveney ('15) |
| | Determinants of the Conservation Status of Tuna |
| Savannah C. Judge ('15), Connor D. Whitley ('15), Meghan F. Harwood ('15) and Shadiyat O. Ajao ('15) |
| | Effects of Economic Policies on Wind Power: A Comparative Case Study Analysis |
| Christopher W. Abbott ('15), Monique L. Kelly ('14), Jeffrey C. Meltzer ('15) and Sydney C. Morison ('15) |
| | Exploring Local Food Systems: Why Farmers' Markets Succeed or Fail |
| Jake J. Lukach ('15), Sangay L. Thinley ('15), Danielle B. Levine ('15) and Molly E. Nash ('15) |
| | Higher Education and Sustainability: Energy Efficiency on College Campuses |
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| Friday, May 4 |
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ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Environment and Society Research Presentations | Diamond 142
Session Chair: Philip Nyhus |
| 10:00 - 10:50 am | |
| Victoria E. Abel ('14), Sophie R. Frishberg ('15), Sara D. Miller ('15) and Mark O. Vargas ('15) |
| | Saving Our Species: An analysis of successful animal conservation |
| Angela R. Cross ('15), Margaret M. Fein ('15), Doris O. McAuliffe ('14) and Alexander G. Wilsterman ('15) |
| | The Panthera Problem: Factors Influencing the Densities of Big Cat Populations |
| Natalie T. Cecere ('15), Devki Rana ('15), William T. Vietze ('15) and Helaine M. Linden ('14) |
| | The Underlying Causes of Coral Degradation: An Eight-Case Study |
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THEATER AND DANCE
Theater and Dance Senior Research Presentations | Runnals 110
Session Chair: Lynne Conner |
| 12:00 - 2:15 pm | |
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| Eva Ludwig ('12) | When Performance Becomes a Social Event: Environmental Theater |
| | Alison Reader ('12) | Walking, It's Art |
| | Ahmed Asi ('13) | The Mythic Rhythm |
| | Francesco Tisch ('12) | Art is Dead, Long Live Art |
| | Sally Meehan ('12) | The Living Newspaper |
| | Michael Trottier ('12) | Breaking the Contract: Examining Reaction to The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs |
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| Wednesday, May 9 |
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FRENCH AND ITALIAN
Parisian Encounters: Great Loves, Grand Passions |
Session Chair: Adrianna Paliyenko |
| 6:00 - 9:00 pm | |
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| Dominique Brunelle ('12) | Genius and the Discourse of Medicine |
| | Lucy Wilhelms ('12) | The Visages of Josephine Bonaparte: The Politics of Art |
| | Annie Kramer ('14) | Medicine and Art, or Representing Monomania |
| | Sarah Fensmore | Literary Memory: The Paris Insurrection of June 5 and 6, 1832 |
| | Molly Rogers ('13) | George Sand on Gender and Genius |
| | Julie Solomon ('12) | Did George Sand Influence Chopin’s Musical Genius? |
| | Natalie Biedermann ('12) | The Truth and Falsity of Gender: The Illustrated Magazine in 19th-Century France |
| | Cara Gaynor ('13) | The Art of Prostitution in 19th-Century Paris |
| | Sophia Rothschild ('12) | The Importance of Rosa Bonheur as a Woman Artist in the 19th Century |
| | Margaret Hunziker ('12) | Mary Cassatt and the Impressionist Circle |
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| Sarah Braselton ('13) | Berthe Merisot: Familial Impressions |
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| Friday, May 11 |
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PHILOSOPHY
Philosophical Approaches to Global Justice Presentations | Lovejoy 212
Session Chair: Lydia Moland |
| 9:00 am | |
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| Avram Reisman ('13) | Rousseau, The General Will, and Collective Responsibility |
| | David Furman ('12) | Third-Party Responsibility in Foreign Conflict |
| | Jack Harris ('12) | Terrorism as an Adjective |
| | Shaquan Huntt ('13) | The Nature of the Machine and the Invisible Hand that Oppresses |
| | Wayne Kim ('14) | A Philosophical Analysis of Kony 2012 |
| | Najah Magloire ('14) | Pogge’s Haiti |
| | Amber Ramirez ('14) | The Lost, Killed, and Forgotten: Cd. Juarez, Women, and “Official Disrespect” |
| | Jon Riesenbach ('12) | Terrorism or Hacktivism? |
| | Josh Rothenberg ('14) | The Lack of Innocents |
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FRENCH AND ITALIAN
Parisian Encounters: Great Loves, Grand Passions |
Session Chair: Adrianna Paliyenko |
| 1:30 - 4:30 pm | |
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| Pamela Alakai ('14) | The Rise and Fall of Napoleon’s Military Genius |
| | Jane Munger ('13) | Marie Antonin Carême: The Genius of French Cuisine |
| | Solon Arguello ('15) | The Role of French Jews in European Politics |
| | Aileen Evans ('12) | The Education of Girls during the 19th Century in France |
| | Maddie Purcell ('12) | Napoleonic Propaganda |
| | Michel O'Shea ('14) | The Legacy of Toussaint Louverture |
| | Hannah Goodwin ('12) | Odilon Redon: Science and the Psychology of Dreams in Symbolist Art of the 19th Century |
| | Kimara Nzamubona ('14) | Haussmanisation: the Birth of Modern Paris |
| | Tate Kaneshige ('12) | European Colonisation and its Effect on the Representation of Identity in French Polynesia |
| | Caroline Riina ('12) | The Life of Marie Curie and her Impact on 19th-Century Feminism in France |
