CoSA Schedule 2024
Wednesday, April 24, 2024
9-9:50 a.m.
Outside Pfahler/IDC
| Physics Students | Physics | Brick Drop: Make and Drop Your Own Brick! |
10-10:50 a.m.
Indoor Track
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Ben Schroeder Yash Patel Joshua Odebode |
BCMB | (1) Using 23&Me for Proactive Chronic Kidney Disease Treatment |
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Alyssa Lemmon Sarah Bell Rhiannon Okuniewski |
BCMB | (2) Is 23&Me’s Claim to Detect Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Reliable? |
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Nick Grahame Nick Fareno Nathan Groody |
BCMB | (3) Can 23&Me Genotype Analysis Be Used to Detect Probability of Hereditary Hemochromatosis and Lead to Early Treatment? |
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Ashley Noto Zoe Trevethan-Cook Meagan Crothers |
BCMB | (4) Detecting Hemolytic Anemia with 23&Me Technology |
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Lauren Kovarick Claire Worley Alexa Mervine |
BCMB | (5) 23&Me Capitalizes on Genetic Information by Partnering with Big Pharma: Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency |
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Jaren Nayak Antara Dabral Darby Rogers |
BCMB | (6) Can 23&Me Genetic Analysis Detect a Hereditary Risk of Hemochromatosis |
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Tilly Dumaine Jacob Saadoun |
Biology | (7) Are Students Actually Learning What You Think They Are? Assessing Educational Outcomes of Course-based Undergraduate Research Labs |
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Connor Evangelisto Anna Albright |
Biology | (8) Tracking Migration of Neurons within Axolotl Tissue Samples |
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Se Lee Lauren Markley |
Biology | (9) Postmitotic neurons in Embryonic Axolotl Brains |
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Andrew Phillips Cole Sexton |
Biology | (10) Sealed or Frozen: A Methodological Review on Embedding |
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Ashton Newswanger Julia Dees Kurt Glaeser |
Biology | (11) NeuN Immunoreactivity in Retinal and Olfactory Neurons |
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Nalia Seibert Erin Stubbs |
Biology | (12) Investigating Chaperone and Disease Protein Interactions Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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Hayley Kane Morgan McCracken Ryan Arleth |
Biology | (13) Optimization of a Co-Translational Aggregation Assay to Measure Protein Misfolding in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Maya Kyriakos | Biology | (14) Internship at Saba Pediatric Medicine, LLC |
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Mackenzie Donatelli Donatas Avellino |
Biology | (15) T cell Immune Population Response within the Heart and Spleen as a Result of High Intensity Interval Training |
| Umar Areeb | Biology | (16) Atrial Fibrillation: Risk Factors and Treatment |
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Matthew Janik Cassidy Renninger |
Biology | (17) Establishing a Saccharomyces cerevisiae Model System for Investigating Functional Interactions of Mammalian Ribosome Associated Chaperone Complexes |
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Bailey Hann Megan Aube |
Biology | (18) The Effects of High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) on Macrophage Populations in the Murine Heart |
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Julia Rosenthal Jonah Kasznay Winsome Neville |
(19) The Effects of High Intensity Interval Training on Glucose Tolerance |
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Caitlin Wrinn Ryan Martin Kathryn Petersen |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (20) Determining the Relationship between Nascent Chaperone Complexes RAC and NAC in Prion Reduction and Stress Survival in Saccharomyces cerevisiae |
| Seth Dunham-Snipes | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (21) Mutations of the DFsc protein |
| Erica Locke | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (22) Male and Female Mice Hemoglobin Levels After Voluntary Wheel Running |
| Jessica Krieble | Food Studies | (23) Volunteering at Daily Bread |
| Jake Ahmad | Economics | (24) Quarter Back Draft Value |
| Ellie Bruggeman | Economics | (25) Keeping Charities in Check: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of America’s Top Nonprofit Organizations |
| Dale Clayton | Economics | (26) Do People Trust Strangers? Evidence from Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Peyton Evans | Economics | (27) A Panel Data Analysis of Child Labor and Opportunity Costs in Low-income Countries |
| Alexander Hromek | Economics | (28) Perceived Security and Active Military Enlistment: A Panel Data Study of Major OECD Countries, 2008-2022 |
| Ayden Hughes | Economics | (29) Ticket Prices and Superstar Contracts in the MLB |
| Harrison Lorenc | Economics | (30) State Transportation Investment and Fatal Accidents: Examining the Role of Public Spending in Road Safety |
| Matthew Marlin | Economics | (31) The Effect of Government Regulations on Entrepreneurial Motivation |
| Andrew Philburn | Environmental Studies | (32) Correlation Analysis between Leaf litter and Elevation using ArcGIS Pro to Explain Different Morphological Frequencies of Plethodon cinereus |
| Juliana Valerio | Environmental Studies | (33) The Development of Scientific Interest and Skill through Digital Displays: Inspiring Awe and Curiosity about the Natural World |
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Lauren Davis Danielle Monaco Isabella Dolan |
Environmental Studies | (34) Food Insecurity at Ursinus College: Past, Present, Future |
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Elwood Harney Max Kulla |
Environmental Studies | (35) Chasing the Charge |
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Aaron Gomberg Abigail Duimering |
Environmental Studies | (36) Paleoclimate Reconstruction from Deep Ocean Sediment through a Glacial/Interglacial Cycle: Analysis of ODP Site 1233 |
| Dylan Wagner | Marine Science | (37) Development of a Drone-Deployed Large Whale Biopsy Sampling System |
| Alex Pratzner | Media and Communication Studies | (38) Creative Financial Winter Internship |
| Olivia Stefano | Media and Communication Studies | (39) Exploring the Realm of Advancement and Marketing: My Experience as an Intern |
| Shannon Bagnell | Media and Communication Studies | (40) Internship poster |
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Zachary Cosme Amanda Groeling |
Media and Communication Studies | (41) URSPYS Internship |
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Amanda Groeling Zach Cosme |
Media and Communication Studies | (42) URSPYS |
| Danielle Santana Denrich | Psychology | (43) Charismatic Leadership and Vulnerability: A Comprehensive Study of Cult Dynamics |
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Sydney D’Averso Joe Watchman |
Psychology | (44) Long-Term Effects of Childhood Sibling Loss |
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Julia Gallo Natalie Rubinkam |
Psychology | (45) Doubling Down on Degrading Romantic Relationships: The Role on Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance |
Bomberger 033
| Ian Utz | Music | Banjo: Religious Origins to Commercialized Hollowness |
| Sam Love | Music | Time’s Up EP |
Olin 101
| Michael Nikolaou | English | Grace Integrity Solution LLC Internship |
| Renie Christensen | English | Spells Writing Lab Internship |
| McCorry Ledebur | English | Digital Spark Internship |
| Leo Cox | English | Moonstone Arts Center Internship |
| Alena DeAntonellis | English | The Community Foundation Internship |
Olin 102
| Benjamin Little | East Asian Studies | Kabuki in the US: Cultural Diffusion |
| Emily Benning | Educational Studies | The Intoxication of Self-Preservation: Analyzing the Barriers to Ethical Formation |
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Tyler Ways Annalyse Dickinson |
Physics | The Potential Utility of Elevation Profile Asymmetry in Classifying Secondary Craters |
Olin 103
| Corrine Hofmann | Politics/IR | How Generation Z Canceled the United States Government: An Analysis of Trust |
| Tia Alan | Sociology | Title IX Conceptions of Consent in Deaf Culture |
Olin 107
| Chase Portaro | English | Visibility In the Redacted Space: What Censored Poetry Reveals about Guantanamo Bay Prison and the Individuals Trapped Inside |
| Charlotte Grahame | English | American Fever |
| Emily Rodgers Gurganus | English | “Giddy Up and Get Out!”: American Nationalism in Post-9/11 Country Music |
| Vaughn DiBattista | English | Curb, Poetry, and South-Asian Racism |
Olin 108
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Eric Amponsah Michael Guiliano Ella Roche |
Psychology | Embracing the Colors of the Spectrum |
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Michele Bowen Elizabeth Feeney |
Psychology | Walking from Awareness to Acceptance |
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Elizabeth Fullen Ella McCarthy Grace Wurzer |
Psychology | Fully ‘Booked’: The Diversity of Autistic Individuals |
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Kylie McNicholas Dylan Runsdorf Alex Zelinske |
Psychology | Love Knows No Spectrum: Navigating Facts and Myths in Romantic Relationships for Individuals on the Autism Spectrum |
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Madison Neiman Livia Nocito |
Psychology | The Similarities Between Autism and ADHD Do Not Adequately Reflect the Difference in Stigma and Stereotyping Seen in Society |
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Madisyn Yeich Sujit Reddy Yeruva |
Psychology | Autism Acceptance Rocks |
11-11:50 a.m.
Indoor Track
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Billy Cardino David Kenny Justin Steier |
BCMB | (1) 23&Me Early Intervention of Hereditary Amyloidosis Genetic Disorder Potentially Increases Lifespan |
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Christa Andrusiewicz Kathryn Petersen |
BCMB | (2) Using 23&Me to Detect Future Development of Chronic Kidney Disease |
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Winsome Neville Juliana Valerio |
BCMB | (3) How 23&Me Can Help Detect Class Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency |
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Kaelin Ryan Sara Samimi Paige Flaugh |
BCMB | (4) 23&Me Can Detect Genes for Increased Risk of Anemia |
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Jeremy Middlesworth Cassidy Renninger Eddie Weick |
BCMB | (5) 23&Me Hereditary Amyloidosis - Buildup of Transthyretin in the Heart |
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Cole Sexton Jonas Gonzales Cristina Feathers |
BCMB | (6) Assessment of the Efficacy of Parkinsons Genetic Testing Via 23&Me |
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Alyssa Lemmon Sarah Bell |
Biology | (7) PAM-1 Mutants Cause Delayed Meiotic Exit in C. elegans |
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Liana Davis Aaliyah Russell Jacqueline Allen |
Chemistry | (8) The Effect of pH on Dopamine Ion Transport through Carbon Nanotubes |
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Elisabeth Tucker Claire Worley Nicholas Fiore Candace Hudson Jayden McKeen |
Chemistry | (9) Carbon Nanotubes Inhibit Biofilm Growth on Polydimethylsiloxane |
| Kirk Ransome | Economics | (10) Government Aid and Homelessness: A Panel Data Analysis of 50 U.S. States, 2014-2023 |
| Avery Samer | Economics | (11) Unlocking Success: Analyzing FIFA World Cup Team Performance Using Multivariate Regression Analysis |
| McKade Trauger | Economics | (12) How Does a Country’s Use of AI Influence Income Inequality? |
| Ethan Yu | Economics | (13) Attracting Healthcare Professionals: The Role of State Incentive Programs |
| Tyler Sargent | Economics | (14) Testing the Bennett Hypothesis: A Study of 200 Private Liberal Arts Colleges in the U.S. |
| Christopher Bryant | Economics | (15) Towards a Greener Future: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Total Green Energy Transition in the U.S.? |
| Elliott Schott | Economics | (16) Should Colleges Be Test-Optional? |
| Gabrielle McGinn | Health Science | (17) Techniques for Inducing Skeletal Muscle Injury in Mice |
| Calista Kolmer | Health Science | (18) Physical Therapy Aide – Premier Physical Therapy |
| Hannah Brainsky | Health Science | (19) Healthcare Administration Intern at Providence Place Senior Living |
| Regan Horting | Health Science | (20) Intern at Oaks Dental Specialist LLC |
| Ryan DiVergilis | Health Science | (21) Athletic Operations at Ursinus Athletics Operation |
| Madison Neiman | Health Science | (22) Observer at Ivy Rehab Physical Therapy |
| Rianne Moll | Health Science | (23) Physical Therapy Aid at Kinetic Physical Therapy and Wellness, Inc |
| Nicholas DiGiuseppe | Health Science | (24) Grand View Hospital volunteer in Short Procedure Unit |
| Margaret Salter | Health Science | (25) Skywalkers Lacrosse Club |
| Noreen Robinson | Health Science | (26) Establishing Test - Retest Reliability in Ultrasound Measure |
| Max Matalavage | Health Science | (27) Histological Assessment of Mouse Tissue |
| Joshua Oduwole | Health Science | (28) The Assessment of ACC2 in Metabolic Organs Using Western Blotting |
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Victoria Flint Rebecca Chernoff Maeve Montgomery Laurel Stuempfle Amelia Grudkowski |
Health Science | (29) Post-acute COVID sequelae: Considerations for a college population |
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Ben Schroeder Yash Patel |
Health Science | (30) Gender and Exercise Differences in Barbell Velocity during Resistance Training set to Failure |
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Laurel Stuempfle Maeve Montgomery Rebecca Chernoff Victoria Flint Amelia Grudkowski |
Health Science | (31) Self-Perceived Fatigue and Post-Viral Syndromes among College Students: A Pilot Study |
| Alexandria Chin | Health Science | (32) The Effects of Ketogenic Diet on the Brain and Heart |
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Rebecca Chernoff Victoria Flint Laurel Stuempfle |
Health Science | (33) Gonadal Hormone Stress Responsivity following Natural COVID Infection |
| Renee Washart | Health Science | (34) Prozac Pilot Study in Mice |
| Joshua Odebode | Health Science | (35) Knowledge, Perceptions and Uses of Resistance Training Technologies: A Preliminary Descriptive Analysis |
| Rianne Moll | Health Science | (36) Differences in Lactate during Resistance Exercise between Types of Athletes |
| David Kenny | Health Science | (37) Effects of KN95 Mask on the Physiological and Perceptual Response to High-Intensity Interval Training |
| Brooke Richards | Health Science | (38) Associations between ADHD and Generalized Anxiety in College Students |
| Jack Fisher | Health Science | (39) Effects of Essential Amino Acid Supplementation on Cognition, Reaction Time, and Mood during Psychological Stress |
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Meghan Carroll Julia Rosenthal Brenna Snively Madeleine Spilletti |
Psychology/Neuroscience | (40) Comparing Brain Activity and Reaction Time During the Hearts and Flowers Task in Those with Low and High BAPQ Scores |
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Kaia Berrio Kianny Figueroa Tatiana Kent and Zoe Trevethan-Cook |
Psychology/Neuroscience | (41) How Autistic Traits and Degree of Worry Relate to Performance on an Executive Function Task |
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Areeb Umar Jayden Dautruche Christopher Downs |
Psychology/Neuroscience | (42) Effect of Worry and Autistic Traits on Resting State EEG Brain Activity |
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Ella McCarthy Olivia Losurdo Amanda Carideo Sujit Yeruva |
Psychology/Neuroscience | (43) Alpha and Beta Amplitude Differences in Individuals with High and Low Autistic Traits During an Executive Function Task |
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Luke Ammazzalorso Ella McCarthy |
Psychology/Neuroscience | (44) Prefrontal Cortex Activity when Processing Concrete and Abstract Words: A fNIRS Study |
| Seamus McGrath | Psychology | (45) Sense of Place: Exploring What Makes People Love (or Hate) Ursinus and Other Places |
Bomberger 033
| Allison Cameron | Music | There Will Never Be Another Rock’n’Roll: An Investigation of Methods of Categorization and Genre Labeling in the Music Industry |
| Abby Prince | Music | “Hey girl, whatcha doing?”: An Analysis of Music in 21st century American Sitcoms |
Olin 101
| Dominic Santoro | English and Classical Studies | Ovid The Satirist |
| Kathryn Horan | English | Masculinity’s Effects on Romantic Relationships in “Anna Karenina” |
Olin 102
| Natalie Rubinkam | Psychology | Leveling up with my better half: Commitment amplification, partner fit, and self-concept change in romantic relationships |
| Lizzy Feeney | Psychology | Period Poverty: The Impact on Mental Health Among Adults and Adolescents |
Olin 103
| Katie Barlow | Politics | Playing the Blame and Name Game: Examining the Effects of Ethno-religious Group Membership on Trust Levels in the Iraqi Head of State |
| Molly Stevens | Media and Communication Studies | Molding Behavior and Experience: An Ethnographic Study of Swim Lessons |
Olin 107
| Yeni Aslan | Spanish | Bilingualism: Brazil |
| Danielle Hanna | Spanish | Bilingualism: Paraguay |
| Justina Holahan | Spanish | Bilingualism: Sweden (Sami People) |
| Cael Milbourne | Spanish | Bilingualism: Belgium |
| Dominic Minicozzi | Spanish | Bilingualism: Argentina |
| William Oberholtzer | Spanish | Bilingualism: Canada |
Olin Plaza
| Therapy Dogs! | Therapy Dogs! |
Pfahler Aud
| Emma Reyes | Schellhase Ethics Contest Winners | Capital Punishment: Analyzing the Demise of the Death Penalty’s Usefulness |
| Emily Musgrove | Schellhase Ethics Contest Winners | Predictive Policing |
| Antara Dabral | Schellhase Ethics Contest Winners | The Actions of a Lonely Woman and the Effects of Online Incel Communities on Society |
| Madelyn Cooper | Schellhase Ethics Contest Winners | Refugees and the EU: A Study of the Preferential Treatment of Ukrainian Refugees |
| Lauren Kovarick | Schellhase Ethics Contest Winners | Abortion: Analysis of the Bioethical and Metaphysical Standpoint |
12-12:50 p.m.
KAL 215
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Olivia Cross |
History and Theater | Writing, Performance, Resistance: Examining Feminist Ideology and Theory in Theatre Since the Second Wave |
Olin 108
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Leo Cox Tyler Ways Gianna McCarthy Marie Sykes Tatiana Kent Alexis Wood Aurora McKee |
Creative Writing | Creative Writing Capstone Writers Read their Work |
Olin Plaza
| Therapy Dogs! | Therapy Dogs! |
Thomas 324
| Neuroscience Awards Session |
1-1:50 p.m.
Indoor Track
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Nicholas Fiore Hunter Murray |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (1) Determining Function Of Protein 2QRU With A Known Structure Using Experimental And In-Silico Methods |
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Zoe Moosbrugger Eleenah Sanders |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (2) Characterization of Ionizable amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer nanoparticles for Nucleic Acid Delivery |
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Aaliyah Russell Rileigh Owens |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (3) Investigating Enzymatic Function of Unknown Protein |
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Darby Rogers Jackson Peterson Abigail Fisher Zach Christman Hana Yolcan Jan Torres Bonilla Tyler Chin Bryson Bugdon Lucy Cornet |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (4) Analyzing Ciprofloxacin-Resistance Mechanisms in Sewage Coliforms |
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Rachel Bernard Alexa Fooskas |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (5) Characterizing the Function of Protein 2O14 |
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Alannah Miller Eric Sugarman |
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | (6) Identifying the Function of Unknown Protein 4DIU as a Potential Carboxylesterase |
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Samantha Holden Tyreek Mitchell Sierra Hufnagle |
Biology | (7) Association of Color Polymorphism with Fossorial Behavior and Costal Groove Number of the Red-Backed Salamander |
| Emma Reyes | Biology | (8) The Impacts of Varying Cover Crop Treatments on Soil Health |
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Emily Collins Kaelin Ryan |
Biology | (9) Exploring the Influence of Carbon and Nitrogen on Plant Root Microbial Communities: Insights from the Forage Diversity Project |
| Ryan Ruch | Biology | (10) Production and Analysis of DFsc Proteins |
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Cianna Chung Sophia Roedema Sophia Kosvitch |
Chemistry | (11) Effects of DNA Interactions on the Stability of DNA-Lipid Micelles |
| Danielle Hanna | Chemistry | (12) Qualifying the Degradation of Polyethylene terephthalate with Liquid Chromatography - Mass Spectrometry |
| Patrick Coleman | BE | (13) Corporate Governance Practices and Financial Performance |
| Dylan Crammer | BE | (14) Stock Performance of Pharmaceutical Companies in the S&P 500 During COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Olivia DeFusco | BE | (15) Investor Vibes and Glass Ceilings: A Profitable Symphony of Female CEOs and Sentiment Swings |
| Sarah DiLello | BE | (16) The Impact of COVID-19 on the Financial Performance of the U.S. Alcoholic Beverage Sector |
| Griffin Geib | BE | (17) Superbowl Pepsi Halftime Show: Was It Worth It? |
| William Kelley | BE | (18) What Happens to the Stock Price of a Company after They Run an Advertisement during the Super Bowl? |
| Alexander Kessel | BE | (19) The Pandemic’s Impact on Financial Health and Liquidity of Large-Cap Companies |
| Patrick Loftus | BE | (20) Board of Directors Size and Corporate Profitability |
| Christopher Loughery | BE | (21) How Does Size Affect Firm’s Sales Growth? |
| Mary Michaud | BE | (22) Student Loan Debt and First-Time Home Buying in the USA |
| Thomas Mollis | BE | (23) The effect of advertisement expenses on firm revenue |
| Carter Serxner | BE | (24) Impact Industry has on GAP Between CEO Salary of Men vs Women |
| Storm Snape | BE | (25) Impact of travel stock and health care stock during the pandemic |
| Tyler Snyder | BE | (26) The Impact of an Announcement of a New Electric Vehicle Model on the Stock Price of Automobile Companies |
| Matthew Tuley | BE | (27) Impact of Product Recalls on Share Prices |
| Jason Werrick | BE | (28) Green Building Gold: Construction Profitability |
| Matthew Zarrilli | BE | (29) The Effect of Covid 19 on Firm Capital Structure |
| Hannah Brainsky | Health and Exercise Physiology | (30) Phlebotomy: Skills Essential for Clinical Practice |
| Grace Wurzer | History | (31) Á Propos Decolonization: The “Affaire D’amour” Between The Renault Factory Strikes of 1947 and French Malagasy Discrimination |
| Timothy McNally | History | (32) Women during the Year 1989 |
| Samuel Mairone | History | (33) Afro Europeans: Migration and Struggle |
| Zach Matik | History | (34) How the Soviet Union Used Communism to Affect Athletics in Cold War Europe |
| Kevin Melton | History | (35) Labor and Laborer: Soviet Social Control |
| Heather Reitnauer | History | (36) Exploring the East German Family and State-sponsored Childcare |
| Marie Sykes | Physics | (37) A Ballad of Kurtosis and SGWB |
| Juniper Bauroth-Sherman | Physics | (38) Light Speed? More Like Bike Speed |
| Philip Conte | Physics | (39) Not So Bohr-ing Wave Patterns |
| Jonathan Eisenhooth | Physics | (40) Nanoscale Magnetic Sensing in Diamonds |
| Aidan Kirk | Physics | (41) Bose Einstein Condensate in Microgravity and its Applications |
| McKenzie Snyder | Physics | (42) Indecisive Photons |
| Gavin Soueidan | Physics | (43) Observing the Bose-Einstein Condensate |
| Drew Wilkinson | Physics | (44) (To Be Announced) |
| Alyssa Himmelreich | Physics | (45) Quantum Teleportation |
| Alyssa Himmelreich | Physics | (46) Gamma-ray Spectroscopy of One-Neutron Knockout from 72Se |
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Emily Thomas Kate Hein Brian Searight Kate Rubinkam Alex Zelaya Reda Oueldaissa Joe Wachtman Nathan Linden Alec Plante Antara Dabral Ean Chasinoff Foster McGrath Grace Maccarelli Jessica Pizzo Jason Greenberg Nanditha Vinod Bryce Svensen Aleni Voskeridjian Tarim Chaudhary |
Politics/IR | (47) Representing Argentina at National Model United Nations |
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Carly Henning |
Politics/IR | (48) The Law Firm of Lyons Dougherty & Veldhuis |
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Jessica Pizzo |
Politics/IR | (49) Internship with Majority Leader Matt Bradford |
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Christopher Kiss |
Politics/IR | (50) Internship with Congresswoman Madeleine Dean |
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Dolan Cox |
Politics/IR | (51) Internship with State Representative Joe Webster |
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Megan Matteucci |
Politics/IR | (52) Internship at Youth Services Center, Albuquerque |
| Ean Chasinoff | (53) Great Valley Democratic Party |
Olin 101
| Andrew Hartigan | English | Domestic Denial: Literature Post 9/11 |
| Zachary Devita-Paulson | English | Domestic Denial Presentation |
| Story Coleman | English | Political Cartoons as Commentary on the War on Terror |
| Kathleen Logan | English | The Weaponization of White Feminism by Western Media in Efforts to use Muslim Woman to Gain Support for War on Terror |
Olin 102
| Callagh Mays | Art and Art History | Etant Donnes: Checkmate, Rrose Selavy |
Olin 103
| Thea Nagasuru | Math/CS/Stat | Augmenting Sentiment Lexicons via Web-Scraping and Random Forest |
| Emily Musgrove | Math/CS/Stat | Sentiment Analysis Before and During the Covid-19 Pandemic Using Enhanced Lexicons |
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Will Gillette Thea Nagasuru Eugene Thompson Noah Lape |
Math/CS/Stat | Our Experience at DataFest Philly 2024 |
| Kacey La | Math/CS/Stat | Visualizing Lucas’s Hamiltonian Assochedron |
Olin 107
| Emily Rodgers Gurganus | Anthropology | Validation and Rejection of Lenape Identities |
Olin 108
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Teague McCormack Andrew Phillburn Elwood Harney Food Forest Guardians |
Environmental Studies | The Ursinus Food Forest at Whittaker Environmental Research Station |
| Kaitlyn Murray | Environmental Studies | Water Quality |
Olin 201
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Madison Zimmerman Brianna Druffey Kyleigh Pierce |
Health and Exercise Physiology | Impacts of a Gymnastics Season on Gymnast Physical and Mental Health |
| Madison Vinovrski | Health and Exercise Physiology | The Effects of Music on Physiology, Perception, and Performance (MP3) during Resistance Training |
Olin Plaza
| Therapy Dogs! | Therapy Dogs! |
2-2:50 p.m.
Indoor Track
| Kaela Frenchman | BE | (1) Asset Management Internship |
| Julian Jones | BE | (2) Playbook for Success |
| Carter Serxner | BE | (3) BE 382 Internship |
| Matt Tuley | BE | (4) Capital Planning Wealth Management Internship |
| Peter Balos | BE | (5) My Internship Experience at Spark Growth, LLC |
| Jael Hicks | Applied Economics | (6) Dancing Dollars: The Impacts of the Arts on the Economy |
| Jalen Bradford | Applied Economics | (7) TBD |
| Leo Cox | English | (8) Poetry in Action: Moonstone Arts Center Internship 2023 |
| Michael Agbeye | BE | (9) Revolutionizing the Road Ahead: A Comprehensive Event Study of the Stellantis Merger |
| Jake Amendola-Reichard | BE | (10) From Breaking Ground to Breaking Budgets: A Look into the Factors Controlling the Surge in Housing Costs in America |
| Walter Elliott | BE | (11) The Face of a Franchise: Do NHL Star Players Have an Impact on Team Revenue? |
| Beau Everett | BE | (12) The Ripple Effect: How a Shift in Management Reshapes Stock Market Dynamics in the Banking Industry |
| Cole Gehret | BE | (13) Is Merck “Recession Proof?” |
| Devin Grinnage | BE | (14) Beeronomics: Diving into the Economic Behaviors of Beer through 2020-2023 |
| Owen Harris | BE | (15) Personal Economics: Factors that Affect Interest Rates for Consumer Loans |
| Caleb Krause | BE | (16) The Conundrum of Appeasing Shareholders of Hasbro |
| Gino Marriggi | BE | (17) Rich and Homeless: Buying vs Renting Property |
| Dante Monaco | BE | (18) Star Power: The effect of NBA superstars on game attendance |
| Madelyn Nau | BE | (19) Dressing for success: Exploring the Significance of Soccer Team Kit Sponsorship on Stock Price |
| Stef Nikolaou | BE | (20) Truck High Gas Prices: The impact of diesel prices on the US Retail Logistics Market |
| Mason Powlus | BE | (21) Nvidia’s Stock Price and News Announcements |
| Scott Sloan | BE | (22) Growth vs Value: Who Gets Crowned as Champion During Fed Easing Cycles |
| Kate Templeton | BE | (23) Doctorates and Dollars: The Impact of Advanced Degrees on Starting Salary |
| Eric Amponsah | History | (24) The Vignette of Curative Authority: Quarrels of Medical Knowledge in the Gold Coast of Africa |
| Connor Bogansky | History | (25) Constructing Culture: The Presence of European Medical Practices in Sierra Leone |
| Niccolo Buscaino | History | (26) Slavery and Sickness: The Illusion of Racial Immortality |
| Adreanna Cunningham | History | (27) “Dangerous Conditions and Putrid Conditions”: Slave Ship Surgeons’ Chronicles and Treatment During the Middle Passage |
| Zach Davinroy | History | (28) An Ally in Illness: The Effects of Malaria During the American Revolution |
| Mary Lauren Franz | History | (29) Herbal Healing: How Plant Medicine Impacts Healthcare in Ghana |
| Aiden Jones | History | (30) Gatekeeping, Advertisements, and Christopher Columbus: The Rhetoric of Tropical Medicine |
| Megan Matteucci | History | (31) Diseased Africa: Colonial Methods of Environmental Manipulations for Sleeping Sickness in East Africa |
| Luke Menke | History | (32) Disease is Power: Colonial Control Disguised as Health Prevention in India |
| Christian Rosado | History | (33) Empire Building in India: Sepoys and the East India Company |
| Andrew Shute | History | (34) How Medical Knowledge Can Empower and Enrage: “Obeah” |
| Caroline Tilson | History | (35) “Healthy People in a Healthy Country”: Disease Control in African Apartheid States |
| Grace Wurzer | History | (36) The “SWAT” Team: The Eradication of the aedes aegypti as an Extension of Cold War Surveillance Efforts |
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Dylan Crammer |
U-Imagine Center | (37) Digital Spark Poster |
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Tyler Snyder |
U-Imagine Center | (38) Digital Spark Experience |
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Chloe Rivera |
U-Imagine Center | (39) Digital Spark Internship |
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Amaris Frink |
U-Imagine Center | (40) Digital Spark: The Barn Yard |
| McCorry Ledebur | U-Imagine Center | (41) Digital Spark: Shoen Safety |
| Kianny Figueroa | U-Imagine Center | (42) SERVPRO of Pottstown/Souderton |
| Harrison Lorenc | U-Imagine Center | (43) Tek-Care |
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Vaughn DiBattista |
U-Imagine Center | (44) Digital Spark Poster |
Olin 101
|
Joseph Nolan Destiny Young Annie Zulick |
Theater | Theater Research & the Creative Process |
Olin 102
| Mairead McDermott | Art and Art History | Ming Qi 明器 Granary Pottery Models: Establishing Wealth in the Afterlife |
| Allison Fiore | Art and Art History | ASE |
| Callagh Mays | Studio Art | ASE 2024 Callagh Mays Q&A |
Olin 103
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Lyna Amari Lou Hodgson Haley Spotts |
Math/CS/Stat | A Sentiment Analysis of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Feminist Manifesto and Other CIE Books |
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Billy Cardino Kipp Ransome Wyatt Hart |
Math/CS/Stat | A Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis of Adam Smith’s Books and Other CIE Texts |
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Rhiannon Okuniewski Michael Agbeye |
Math/CS/Stat | A Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis Shirley Jackson’ The Lottery and other CIE Texts |
| Ahmed Mohamed | Math/CS/Stat | A Text Mining Analysis of Education Books including The End of Education, and Critical Issues in Education, Dialogues and Dialectics |
Olin 107
| Amber Leech | English | Devout Faith or Mental Anguish: Russian Literature and the Abolishment of Suffering Through Christianity |
| Miara Truog Sebouhian | English | Dreams in Crime and Punishment |
| Renie Christensen | English | Guantánamo Kid: Graphic Novel Memoir Illustrates Resistance Against Empire |
| Emily Benning | English | Rejecting Imperialism in the Bildungsroman Novel: The Influence of Feminist Motherhood on Cultural Identity Development in American Fever |
Olin 108
| Marcella (Marcie) Thanh-Guyet | Other | Recording of THE BLUE STAR EVENT |
Olin 201
| Avery Samer | Politics/IR | Beyond Birth: Nurturing Careers, Elevating Women in Southern Europe |
| Shannon Henes | Politics/IR | Who Wins Post-Conflict?: Political Party Transformation in Northern Ireland During the Brexit Era |
3 p.m.
Bears’ Den
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Ashley Comer Sarah Fales Evan Hannings Rebecca Laing Chris Light Alison Lisanti Shawn Marchesano Kathryn McCusker Natalie Mehl William Schwartz Jon Singer Steve DeCecco Aaliyah Johnson Claire Wittkop Emily Benning |
Education | Education Department Presentations and Celebration of Graduating Seniors |
Bomberger Auditorium
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Shannon Henes Ilyssa Marsh Giselle Esquivel Dayna Milner Michael Landis Corrine Hofmann Tucker McGrath |
Bonner Program | Bonner Senior Presentations |
IDC 114
| Ian Conroy | Physics | Measuring the proton transition matrix element for the 0+g.s.→2+1 transition in the deformed neutron-rich N=28 nucleus 42Si |
| Samantha Grubb | Physics | Signal Processing Algorithms for Doppler LiDAR Sensors |
| Heinze Millard | Physics | Investigation of the Neutron Shell Structure of 53Cr with Gamma-ray Proton Spectroscopy of Neutron Transfer to 52Cr |
| Marie Sykes | Physics | Bioactive Glass Bead Characterization: Applications in Passive Drug Delivery |
Lenfest Auditorium
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Isabella Entrekin Taylor Hatcher-Carter Gabriella Price Tashyah Sample Sophie Wahl Taylor |
Dance | Performance Research: Settings, Findings, and Possibilities |
Olin 101
| Morgan Grabowski | English and Classical Studies | Rewrite the Past and Remember the Future: How Expatriates Built an Independent Ireland |
Olin 103
| Carly Henning | Politics/IR | Which Justices Are Just? An Investigation of What Factors Influence College Student Perceptions of Judicial Impartiality |
| Abigail Behm | Politics/IR | FBO or No? Push and Pull Factors behind USAID’s Partnerships with Faith-Based Organizations in Foreign Aid |
5-7 p.m.
Berman Museum
| Berman Museum | Annual Student Exhibition Opening |
Black Box Theater
| THEA-400 Students | Theater | Living Newspaper (THEA-400) |
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Olin 104
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History Students |
History | History Honor Society - Phi Alpha Theta - Induction and Dinner |
4-7 p.m.
Olin Auditorium
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Vaughn DiBattista Sarah Fales Natalie Mehl Amber Leech Derek Matarazzo Gianna McCarthy Kathryn Horan Livia Nocito Ze’ev Shaheen Miara Truog Debouhian Cassidy Denning Izabella Entrekin Christopher Gerrow Leo Quinn Kylie McKeever Catherine Stump Colton Potash |
English | English Honor Society Induction Ceremony |
6-7:15 p.m.
Musser Auditorium
| BE Students | BE | UCIMCO Presentations |
7:30-9:30 p.m.
Lenfest Theater
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UCDC Performance |
Dance | UCDC Performance |