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David Hume and Adam Smith: Comparing Mentor and Mentee Publications by Jordan Braband
Both Hume and Smith are influential philosophers and economists, and wrote some of the most important historical works in the beginnings of the study of economics. Both men wrote a variety of essays and publications on the subject, and were both…
Slamming: The Roots, Function, and Future of Slam Poetry in Patricia Smith's Performances by Elizabeth Abitz
The declining readership of poetry has caused concern amongst scholars, leading them to ask questions: is poetry too difficult or too elitist? These concerns arise because of poetry's dependence of scholars by generating a new audience that…
Neutral lipid metabolism of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis during periods of starvation by Konner Feldhus
The rotifer Brachionus plicatilis is a halophilic invertebrate often used for research and feeding young fish. One concern in this work is to provide young fish with energy-rich lipids. Past research suggests that neutral lipids serve a primarily…
The Attorney Generals’ Role in a Polarized Society: How the Office has Evolved and What it Needs to Survive by Nicole Zeman
The Judiciary Act of 1879 established the role of the United States Attorney General (AG). The AG is the head attorney for the country, appointed by the President. The role of the Attorney General is to be the head administrator for the DOJ, and…
Androgen metabolite measurement in droppings from adult male Eastern Bluebirds (Sialia sialis) by Colleen Elzinga
This study was undertaken to validate the use of noninvasive techniques for measuring androgen hormone metabolites in the Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis). Typically researchers have used blood plasma to measure direct hormone levels within…
Influences of Math Anxiety on Undergraduate Students by Jordan Stiede and Brendan McCoy
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of sex, major, and school on undergraduate students’ levels of math anxiety and math performance. First, the participants completed a math experience questionnaire designed to compute their level…
Poetry Collection by Amberlee Perry
I chose to present five poems that I have written during this past year -- the most challenging, and most rewarding, year of my college career. The first two poems I wrote at the beginning of the semester in the Intro to Poetry class, while the last…
Transcriptional Regulation by λBacteriophage Antitermination by Sean Gibbons
As a regulator of transcription, antitermination works to allow for RNA polymerase to read through termination signals and express genes found downstream of these termination signals. The Q protein of phage λ displays this antitermination phenotype…
Studiorum Classicorum et Linguae Latinae Laudatio by Ryan Slattery
Original Latin oration on the importance of the Latin language and foreign language study.
Toward the Structure of the C-terminal Domain of EcoR124I Restriction Enzyme by Nicholas Leudtke
Using the type I restriction-modification (R-M) system of plasmid EcoR124I, E. coli cells systematically distinguish their own DNA from foreign DNA. Self DNA is protected by
methylation within a specific recognition sequence, while foreign DNA,…
methylation within a specific recognition sequence, while foreign DNA,…
Small Worlds: Display of Inwardness in Pompeiian Houses during the Late Republic and the Early Roman Empire by Myat Aung
Comprehension of the Roman experience is conceived through the exploration of antiquity: close examination of artifacts and ideas that the Romans encountered in their everyday lives. Myriad ways in which the city was perceived to the ancients stemmed…
The Social Hell of William Blake: the Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Blake's Illustrations of Dante's Inferno by Myat Aung
In 1824 CE, William Blake was commissioned to illustrate the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri. Amongst 102 illustrations, Blake devoted two thirds to the Inferno. Within the scholarship on Blake, the prevailing analysis of his illustrations shows his…
Determination of Potential 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal Covalent Binding Sites on Electron Transfer Flavoprotein using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry by Margaret Breen-Lyles
Oxygen radicals and the reactive by-products they create have long been indicated in the disease pathways of metabolic disorders, given that they have the potential to react with the key components of proteins and thus disrupt their functioning. One…
10 Ways to Get Lost in Your Own Neighborhood by Maddison Vega
The poem upon which this video is based, titled 10 Ways to Get Lost in Your Own Neighborhood, was written by Maddy Vega during Professor Gannon's ENG 310: Advanced Poetry course. It was then selected for use in a video project, for which students…