Student Symposium

Each student participant works closely with a faculty sponsor in choosing, preparing and presenting her/his work. The projects, many initiated by students, generally take several months to prepare. Presentations may be in oral, poster or performance/lecture format.

*if you are a student planning to take the MCAT exams, please note there are three additional Saturday testing dates in April and May 2008. Please plan accordingly if you wish to present at the Student Symposium.

Contact us with your questions.

Berlin Room (lower level)

Oral Presentations

Session I: Complications and Caveats: Issues in Healthcare

Moderator: Professor Alfrieta Monagan

• 9:00 a.m. Prof. Monagan Opening Remarks
• 9:05 a.m. Amanda Jepson Operation Walk: Peru
• 9:25 a.m. Antonia Krupicka Association Between Family Structure and Alcohol/Cigarette Use Among Adolescents
• 9:45 a.m. Elizabeth Hlibichuk Caring for the Elderly: The Risks, Stress, and Pain of Caregiver Burden
• 10:05 a.m. Saydra Wilson Perceived Discrimination and its Effect on the Physical Health, Psychological Health, and Academic Performance of Ethnic Minority and Homosexual Students in College

Session II: Sleep, Learning and Obesity

Moderator: Professor Melinda Green

• 10:45 a.m. Prof. Green Opening Remarks
• 10:50 a.m. Nate Olafsen The Role of Toll-Like Receptor 2 on Adipose Tissue Inflammation in Obesity
• 11:10 a.m. Amanda Jepson Acute Moderate Sleep Deprivation Attenuates Physiological and Psychological Function at Rest and During Exercise
• 11:30 a.m. Michalene Otis Neuroprotection via Learning in the Hippocampus

Session III: Health, Culture and History

Moderator: Professor Tori Barnes-Brus

• 1:15 p.m. Prof. Barnes-Brus Opening Remarks
• 1:20 p.m. Page Marilene Strong The Diseases and Medicinal Practices of the Ancient Egyptians of the Western Desert Oases
• 1:40 p.m. Amy Moenning The Medieval Warm Period: How Climate Change Shaped European History
• 2:00 p.m. Michalene Otis A Look at Cultural Differences Between Medical Practices in the United States and Latin America

3 :00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.

Harlan Dining Room

Oral Presentations  

Session I: Pedagogical Paradigms: Casting Off the Cultural Lens

Moderator: Professor Gayle Luck

• 9:00 a.m. Prof. Luck Opening Remarks
• 9:05 a.m. Kate Freund Alternative Education: Comparing Montessori, Waldorf and Reggio
• 9:25 a.m. Rachel Leach "She Looks Like English-Only": A Caucasian Teacher's Experience as "The Other" in a Mexican-American Classroom
• 9:45 a.m. Kaleigh Boysen Empowering Minority Students: Lessons from Chicago and Beyond
• 10:05 a.m. Rachel Tjaden Breaking the Language Barrier: Teaching in an Immersion Classroom

Session II: War and Revolution: Miscarriages of Justice

Moderator: Professor Devan Baty

• 10:45 a.m. Prof. Baty Opening Remarks
• 10:50 a.m. Kristin Jauch The French Revolution and Marie Antoinette's Demise
• 11:10 a.m. Udai Malhotra Justice Denied: The ACLU During World War II
• 11:30 a.m. Elise Hogue El logro de la memoria argentina: Haciendo frente al terrorismo del Estado de la última dictadura militar argentina (The Achievement of Argentine Memory: Coping with State Terrorism of the Last Argentine Military Dictatorship)

Session III: Sensation, Interpretation and Communication

Moderator: Professor James Martin

• 1:15 p.m. Prof. Martin Opening Remarks
• 1:20 p.m. Paul Miller C.D. Broad and Berkeley's Unique Ontology
• 1:40 p.m. Joni Rice Examining Musical Borrowing in an Era of Sophistication, Transition and Turbulence: Johannes Ciconia's Sus Une Fontayne
• 2:00 p.m. Michael Mulholland Interpersonal Interaction in the Workplace: A Comparison Between Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Communication

3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.

Hedges Conference Room

Oral Presentations  

Session I: Literary Landscapes: Paradise, Politics and Religion

Moderator: Professor Michelle Mouton

• 9:00 a.m. Prof. Mouton Opening Remarks
• 9:05 a.m. Jessica Jones Things Unattempted Yet in Style or Subject: An Exploration of Milton’s Paradise Lost as a Multi-Genre Masterpiece and Satan’s Role Within It
• 9:25 a.m. Nathan Sacks Telling a Man by the Songs He Sings: Claims and Counterclaims of Anti-Semitism in Philip Roth's Goodbye, Columbus and Letting Go
• 9:45 a.m. Maggie Obermann Managing the Individual: The Modern Moral Subject in Charlotte Brontë's Villette
• 10:05 a.m. Beth Lueck Une Voix Forte pour Une Femme Idéale: A Discussion of Feminine Representations in George Sand's La Petite Fadette

Session II: Chemical, Environmental and Underground Investigations

Moderator: Professor Benjamin Greenstein

• 10:45 a.m. Prof. Greenstein Opening Remarks
• 10:50 a.m. Kristopher Rhodes Big Bend National Park, Texas: An Educational Spring Break
• 11:10 a.m. Kristina Pontarelli Studies of Polyoxometalates on Single Crystal Silica and Alumina
• 11:30 a.m. Kristyn Rodzinyak Stability of Melt-rich Channels in Earth's Mantle

Session III: Portrait of a Lady: Real or Imagined

Moderator: Professor Christina McOmber

• 1:15 p.m. Prof. McOmber Opening Remarks
• 1:20 p.m. Brooke Bergantzel Self-inflicted Freedoms: Elisabetta Sirani and the Image of the Empowered Woman
• 1:40 p.m. Lucy A. Boone The Saint and the Sinner: The Ideology of Jean, duc de Berry as Understood by the Limbourg Brothers
• 2:00 p.m. Sheila Jung Confronting the Mirror: Leibovitz, Goldin and Sherman

3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.  

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.

Paris Room (lower level)

Oral Presentations   

Session I: Finding Voice: A Call for Social Justice

Moderator: Professor Charles Connell

• 9:00 a.m. Prof. Connell Opening Remarks
• 9:05 a.m. Leah Clemente Malnutrition in India: A White American's Perspective
• 9:25 a.m. Brittany Atchison Hunger, Poverty, Disaster and Hope: My Internship with the UN World Food Programme in Bolivia
• 9:45 a.m. Trisha Williams Alternative Spring Break in New York City: A Look Into Homelessness
• 10:05 a.m. Matthew Mundell The Chippewa Struggle for Environmental Protection and the End of the Crandon Mine Project

Session II: Dollars, Dimensions and Distances

Moderator: Professor Kara Beauchamp

• 10:45 a.m. Prof. Beauchamp Opening Remarks
• 10:50 a.m. Fadzai Fungura Unfolding a Three-Dimensional Sierpinski Gasket
• 11:10 a.m. Nicholas Berry Effects of World Oil Production on the U.S. Dollar/Euro Exchange Rates
• 11:30 a.m. Julia Kamenetzky SPIFI Submillimeter Astronomy and the Carina Nebula

Session III: Life Under the Microscope: Biological Investigations

Moderator: Professor Becky Graham

• 1:15 p.m. Prof. Graham Opening Remarks
• 1:20 p.m. S. Leigh Heathcote Targeting Cancer Cell Surfaces with Heteromultivalent Ligands
• 1:40 p.m. Katie Ward Serum Opacity Factor (SOF) Forms Cardioprotective Products from HDL via Rate-Limiting Apo A-1 Desorption
• 2:00 p.m. John Gammons Two mtDNA Lineages in Strauzia longipennis (Diptera: Tephritidae)

3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.  

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.

Orange Carpet

Poster Presentations  

Morning Session 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.

1A – Megan Michalski Lacunary Polyoxometalate Syntheses and Phosphotungstic Acid Interaction with Neodymium

2A – Brittany Szczepanik Colloidal Metal: The Synthesis of Gold and Silver Nanoparticles and the Attachment of Modified Gold Nanoparticles and Nanochains to Alumina Surfaces

3A – Teresa M.J. Beary Computational Characterization of LuSb to Determine
k-space Orientation

4A – James J. Martin Wrestlers' Versus Non-Wrestlers' Performance Responses to Thermal Stress

5A – Steven Murray Biodiesel: Vegetable Oil Transesterification by Means of an Acid Catalyst

6A – Ewan Hamilton Using Artificial Nests: Patterns and Prevention of Turtle Nest Depredation

7A – Emily Wachutka Survival of Leatherback Hatchlings During Their First Night at Sea

8A – Ian McNish Differential Host Use of Helianthus by Two mtDNA Lineages of Strauzia longipennis

9A – Lucas Jorgensen Importing, Organizing and Analyzing Wind Data

10A – Thaddeus Barry Un-Reality TV

(This presentation will take place in Shaw Lounge. )   

3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.  

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.

Orange Carpet

Poster Presentations  

Afternoon Session 1:00 - 2:30 p.m.

1P – Sean Lehman In Vitro Mutagenesis and Metal-Binding Studies of Human Copper-Zinc Superoxide Dismutase

2P – Adam Culberson Wireless Power Transmission Using Magnetic Resonance

3P – Julia Kamenetzky Detection of Extrasolar Planets

4P – Andrew Reindel Fractal Characteristics of Electrochemically Deposited Copper

5P – Kristopher Rhodes Paleobotanical Evident for "Pluvial" Intervals in the Western Pangean Tropics During the Early Permian

6P – Dana Friend Skeletal Morphology of the Genus Millepora Displays Phenotypic Plasticity

7P – Peter Lehr Speciation in the Millepora Complex: What Constitutes a Species?

8P – Megan Regel Sector Zoning and Age in Zircon Grains from the Western Gneiss Region, Norway

9P – Michael Quinn Scanning Electron Microscope Study of Zircon Grains In Gneisses and Pegmatites from the Western Gneiss Region

10P – Garrett Feddersen Use of Denaturing Gradient Gel Electrophoresis in Unknown Bacterial Identification

11P – Jada Hallengren Eating Disorders and Depression: Comorbidity Revisited   

3:00 p.m. Phi Beta Kappa Induction Ceremony, Harlan Dining Room. Reception following.  

Presenters and first-authors are listed on this schedule. Co-authors are listed with individual abstracts.