2007 Student Symposium
Abstracts
Full abstracts for each of the presentations listed on this page can be found in the program booklet for the event. Note: the schedule on this page lists only first authors; the abstracts contain a complete list of authors.
Schedule of Events
Oral Presentations: Stockholm Classroom
Session I: The Body and the BrainModerator: Professor Sue Astley
9:00 a.m. Prof. Astley Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Wade Swenson EP2 Enhancement of IgG-based Neuroprotection
9:25 a.m. Corrine Riopel The Autonomic Consequences of Body Objectification: The Psychophysiological Correlates of the Thin-Ideal |
9:45 a.m. Jennifer Turner Phenotypic Variability in Huntington’s Disease Based on CAG Repeat Length, Parental Transmission, and Sex Differences
10:05 a.m. Jada Hallengren Not Just Another Face in the Crowd: A Portrait of Prosopagnosia
10:05 a.m. Jada Hallengren Not Just Another Face in the Crowd: A Portrait of Prosopagnosia
Session II: Eighteenth Century Mathematics and Twenty-first Century Software
Moderator: Professor Leon Tabak
10:45 a.m. Prof. Tabak Opening Remarks
10:50 a.m. Evan Eakins The Origin of Euler’s Gamma Function Research
11:10 a.m. Cody Dunne How We Can Serve Millions: Software Engineering for the Web
11:30 a.m. Dimo Dimitrov Privacy Preserving Data Set Union
Session III: Tracing the Topography of Disease
Moderator: Professor Barbara Christie-Pope
1:00 p.m. Prof. Christie-Pope Opening Remarks
1:05 p.m. Saydra Wilson Mathematical Modeling of HIV
1:25 p.m. Danielle Bowen Genetics and Statistics: My Internship at TGen
1:45 p.m. Britton Walker Improving Cancer Detection for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Oral Presentations: Berlin Classroom
Session I: Identity For Sale: Economics, Agency and Society
Moderator: Professor Mary Olson
9:00 a.m. Prof. Olson Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Alison Scharmota Patronage in the Papers
9:25 a.m. Jeffrey Bessmer Cooperatives and Our Participation in Economic Democracy
9:45 a.m. Jessica Lynne Rundlett Investing in the Past for a Brighter Future: Historic Preservation as a Means of Economic Development
10:05 a.m. Nicole Wanty The Flowering of Consumerism? Ethnography of a Floral Shop
Session II: When the Past Becomes Present: Re-Creation, Reinterpretation and Transformation
Moderator: Professor Shannon Reed
10:45 a.m. Prof. Reed Opening Remarks
10:50 a.m. Andrew Fowler King Lear in the era of Reagan: A Comparison of Two 1980s Film Interpretations
11:10 a.m. Lysanna Naley Chrysalis: A Novella Based on the Eros and Psykhe Myth
11:30 a.m. Colleen Metzger The Evolution of Free Will in the Context of the Renaissance Man
Session III: Science: From the Solar to the Cellular
Moderator: Professor Kara Beauchamp
1:00 p.m. Prof. Beauchamp Opening Remarks
1:05 p.m. Kristopher Rhodes Onshore/Offshore Trends in Preservation of the Cidaroid Subfamily Cidarinae
1:25 p.m. Stephanie Hawkins Preliminary Results from the 2006 Survey of Pomar in Central Portugal
1:45 p.m. Lucas Jorgensen Improving the Construction and Efficiency of Dye Sensitized Solar Cells
2:05 p.m. Rebecca Kollman Endophytic What?!?: PCR Identification of Two Fungal Insecticides Grown Within Plants
Oral Presentations: Paris Classroom
Session I: Beyond the Three R’s: How Education Influences Identity and Culture
Moderator: Professor Michelle Mouton
9:00 a.m. Prof. Mouton Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Kaleigh Boysen Educating Ed: A Real-Life Example of the Social Construction of Knowledge
9:25 a.m. Rebecca Kollman Socio-Political Dimensions and Classroom Life: Is There Need for Both Student – and Teacher-Centered Learning?
9:45 a.m. Jessica Allen Moving for Existence
10:05 a.m. Elsa Leoncini The Fundamental Differences Between the French and American Educaional Systems and Their Impact on Cultural Identity
Session II: Empathy and Ethics
Moderator: Professor Gayle Luck
10:45 a.m. Prof. Luck Opening Remarks
10:50 a.m. Nathan Olafsen Doling Out Death: The Beliefs of Animal Care Workers Regarding Animal Euthanasia
11:10 a.m. Brian Braun Vivons Cachés, Vivons Heureux: A Study of the Presence and Interaction of Homosexual Men in Urban Morocco
11:30 a.m. Sarah Altmann “The Great Work Begins”: Prophecy, Identity and the Call to Social Action in Angels in America
Session III: Sailing Under False Colors: Meanings and Misunderstandings
Moderator: Professor James Martin
1:00 p.m. Prof. Martin Opening Remarks
1:05 p.m. Allison Reese The Arraignment
1:25 p.m. Tristan Fickes The Swastika: Evolution of a Misunderstood Symbol
1:45 p.m. Jeanna Kadlec Wicked Witch. Bad Mother. Historical Queen.
~ Fairy Tale Archetypes and the Black Legend of Catherine de Medici
~ Fairy Tale Archetypes and the Black Legend of Catherine de Medici
2:05 p.m. Jennifer Everson The Womb Exposed: Humor, Secrets, and Female Bodies in Renaissance Theatres
Oral Presentations: Hedges Conference Room
Session I: Art and Ideology
Moderator: Professor Devan Baty
9:00 a.m. Prof. Baty Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Lillian Pope The Penis, the Paintbrush, and the Pen: Dotty Attie’s Mixed Metaphors
9:25 a.m. Conner Huber Three Friends: Feminist Possibility in John Currin’s Work
9:45 a.m. Lena Astilli Van Gogh’sIrises, Entering into the Spirit of Nature
10:05 a.m. Sidney Lister In a Commercial Way: Did Miles Davis Sell Out?
Session II: Mosaico Hispánico (Spanish Mosaic) (presented in Spanish)
Moderator: Professor Carol Lacy-Salazar
10:45 a.m. Prof. Lacy-Salazar Opening Remarks
10:50 a.m. Hristina Borisova Lecciones universales de un loco genial: Don Quijote de la Mancha
11:10 a.m. Jennifer Errickson Unamuno: Symbolism and Destiny in La Casa de Bernarda Alba
Session III: And Hereby Hangs a Tale: Social Construction and The Self
Moderator: Professor James White
1:00 p.m. Prof. White Opening Remarks
1:05 p.m. Samantha Golden The Relationship Between Students’ Level of Engagement and Race and Ethnicity: A New Data Analysis and Discussion
1:25 p.m. Amy Schneider Childhood Innocence: The Newest War Casualty
1:45 p.m. Kevin Van Dyke How Immigration, Living in a Single-Parent Household, and Unmet Basic Needs Impacted a Child’s Education
2:05 p.m. Brian Dooley An Unhealthy Culture: Body Image Dissatisfaction and Eating Disorders
2:25 p.m. Emily Barwick A Study on Adverse Sex Ratio in Rajasthan, India
Oral Presentations: Harlan Dining Room
Session I: A Stranger in a Strange Land: Journeys Toward Understanding
Moderator: Professor Robert Givens
9:00 a.m. Prof. Givens Opening Remarks
9:05 a.m. Rosanna Caponi Cornell College Student Ambassador Program: Aoyama Gakuin Women’s Junior College, Tokyo, Japan
9:25 a.m. Abigail Michaelson Israel Divided: How Divisions Among Israelis Affect Their Politics
9:45 a.m. Danielle Hughes Russia Today
10:05 a.m. Jennifer Brown More to Guatemala than Sunshine and Salsa: Alternative Spring Break 2007
Poster Presentations: Orange Carpet
Morning Session 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
1A – Benjamin Rees The Timing of Nesting of Ornate Box Turtles at the Mallard Pools Site of the Hawkeye Wildlife Area
2A – Esther Chapman Star Formation and the Interstellar Medium in M51 and M74
3A – Jessica Johnson Operation Walk: Experiences and Reflections
4A – John Gammons Uncovering Tropical Diversity: Six Sympatric Species of Blepharoneura (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Flowers of Gurania spinulosa (Cucurbitaceae) in Eastern Ecuador
5A – Kristina Pontarelli Spectroscopic and Imaging Studies of Phosphotumgstate on Single Crystal Alumina Surfaces
6A – David Baur Robot Arm Intelligence
7A – Jonathan Bostrom Protein Chemistry and Genetics of Human Superoxide Dismutase-1 in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
8A – Haley Elledge Decoding the Mystery of Fire Corals of the Bahamas
9A – Angela McCulley Mine’s Bigger Than Yours: Exploring Phenotypic Plasticity in Hyla versicolor Tadpole Tails Due to Predation
10A – Jacqueline Baldwin Traversing Large Spaces: Finding a Path with a Hybrid A* Search
11A – Sasha Burnett Gender Development in Children
12A – Charissa Kaspar The Distribution of Predation-Free and Depredated Ornate Box Turtle Nests in the Hawkeye Wildlife Area
Afternoon Session 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
1P – Sara Marsteller Evidence of Scurvy in North American Archaeological Skeletal Remains
2P – Christina Klug Purification and Metal Binding Studies of Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase
3P – Jennifer Bean Analysis of a Polyoxometalate Absorbed on Metal Oxide Particles
4P – Paul Resignato An Investigation into the Differences in Total Hip Arthroplasty 10 Years Ago and Today
5P – Jeffrey Welder Determination of N-acetylcysteine in Hemodialysis Patients Using High Performance Liquid Chromatography
6P – Kristyn Rodzinyak Growth Histories of Late Pleistocene and Holocene Stalagmites From Cape Range, Western Australia
7P – Cody Dunne Human Computer Interfaces of Tomorrow: How Science Fiction has Become Reality
8P – Lauren Bose Predicting Dispersal of the Dogbane Beetle in a Fragmented Landscape
9P – Justin Valenstein Optical and Electrical Effects of Stacking in Streptocyanine Dyes
10P – Teresa Beary Synthesis and Characterization of Streptocyanine Dyes
11P – Jacqueline Baldwin Web-Based Automated Program Fragment Grading
12P – Yiyan Liu Spend a Summer on Wall Street
3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.
