Academic Festival XVII
Poster Projects
Students presented their research posters on Friday, 11 April in the Kollett Center and the Science Center Lobby. A listing of student presenters and their projects follows. For more detailed information, view the Academic Festival XVII Program - pdf.
| STUDENT | PROJECT |
| Victoria L. Bennet '08 | Kryptos: Cracking the Code |
| Abigail M. Bosk '08, Meg Kirkpatrick, PhD | Mating-induced fos in Forebrain Neuronof Female Mice |
| Amy C. Broderick '08 | Cultural Borrowing in the American Tattoo Subculture |
| Alicia C. Brown '08, Reinhard Mayer, Phd | Anti-Semitic Children's Books, the Forgotten Propaganda of the Nazis |
| Jessica A. Buonaccorsi '08 | Understanding Voter Turnout |
| John H. Campopiano '08 | Consuming Vinyl: Nostalgia, Authenticity and New Consumers of the Old LP |
| Lauren E. Cipollone '08 | Approaches to Memorialization in Germany Since 1945 |
| Julia Dekermendjian '09 | The Effect of Copper Pigments on the Drying of Linseed Oil |
| Noemie Goff-Pochat '10 and Kathryn Paar '09 | Photometry of Eclipsing Binary MR CAS |
| Noemie Goff-Pochat '10 and Hannah diCicco '09 | Searching for Strained Craters on Enceladus |
| April E. Greene-Colozzi '09 and Julia Chen '09 | Does bFGF Stimulate Angiogenesis in Zebrafish? |
| Michael J. Grimaldi '08, Ed Tong, Phd and Michael Ophir '08 | Effects of Andavia and 13(S)-HODE on Blood Vessel Proliferation in Zebrafish |
| Delilah J. Griswold '08, John Campopiano '08 and Kara Schamel '08 | Conscious Consumption and Community: An Analysis of the Local Food Movement |
| Emily J. Helft '08 | Physiological Benefits of Human-Animal Interaction |
| Amy E. Johnson '08 | Darfur: A Case of Genocide and Media/Public Perceptions |
| Kyle Judkins '08, Ed Tong, PhD, Joe Lee '08 and Philip Manos '08 | The Angiogenic Effects of Tadalafil on a Wound-Healing mode in Zebrafis: Quantifying Vessel Regeneration with Motion-Based Angiogenic Analysis |
| Farrah M. Laliberte '09, Matthew Migliozzi '11 and Madeline Odigie '10 | The Angiogenic Effect of Ginkgo |
| Joseph A. Lee '08 Ed Tong, PhD and Catherine Forant '08 | The use of Motion Detection Analysis in Angiogenesis with the ENVI Software Compared to the use of Image-J |
| Katherine M. Lipsett '08 | Drag Culture: The Case of Boston and Providence |
| Philip D. Manos '08, Julia Chen '09 and April Greene-Colozzi '09 | The Angiogenic Effect of Sildenafil Citrate (Viagra) in Zebrafish |
| Robert L. Michaud '08 | Pit Chains on Enceladus: A Discussion of Their Origin |
| Ashlan M. Musante '08 | The Role of Mercury Speciation in its Methylation and Methylcobalamin (Vitamin B12) |
| Mary Ostrander '08 | MHC Variation in Stranded Marine Mammals and its Correlation to Disease |
| Nicholas Parson '08 | Combating Racial Oppression Half a World Away: The Role of America and Americans in the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa |
| Amanda Rawson '09 | Analysis of the Ciliary Life Cycle on Sea Urchin Embryos |
| Blair Rossetti '09, Katrina Brakoniecki '10, Ali Hussain '11, Matthew Migliozzi '11, David Perelman '11, Amanda Rawson '09, Tatsushi Shintaku '11 and Julia Simundza '09 | Analysis of Ciliary Genes in the Sea Urchin Genome |
| Alexandra L. Sabella '08, Scott Shumway, PhD | Rare Species in the Wheaton College Herbarium |
| Kara L. Schamell '08, John Campopiano '08, Delilah Griswold '08 and Kira Munk-Wells '08 | When Sounds and Spirits Go Global: Mbira Musicianship Abroad |
| Amanda S. Shorette '08, Barbara Brennessel, PhD, Michael Drout, PhD | Traditional and Molecular Methods to Trace the Origin of Ancient Parchment Manuscripts |
| Julia R. Simundza '09 and Jacob Korzun '10 | Use of Microsatellite DNA to Establish the Genetic Relationship of Cape Cod Diamondback Terrapins |
| Anastacia M. Spang '09, Erin E. Weber '08, Morgan S. Jamiel '09 and Elizabeth Walk '09 | Comparison of Relative Numerosity in Various Primate Species |
| Sarah B. Stollar '08 | Molecular Changes in Linseed Oil Induced by Lead Siccative |
| Ru-Huey Yen '08 and Hui Gen Chen '08 | Angiogenic Effect of Levitra: A Tale of Blood Vessel Regeneration |