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SRCE Exposition 2009

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John Nuttall '09 talks with University President Sr. Margaret Carney and Dr. Ted Georgian about his biology research   Caitlin Tydings '09 talks about her biology honors project with Dr. Chris Stanley   Dan Eisamann '09 discusses his computer science research with mentor Dr. Steve Andrianoff

The 2009 Exposition spanned Wednesday, April 29 to Friday, May 1 and featured a record 48 participants and 30 projects. The projects included an analysis of welfare policy, research on sea urchins, and photographic interpretations of poems and songs. Visitors to the reception included Dean of Arts & Sciences Steve

Peter Cauvel '10 discusses his photographic interpretation of Ryan Adams' "Whatever Makes Her Happy"    
Stahl; Vice President and Provost Mike Fischer; and University President Sr. Margaret Carney, O.S.F, S.T.D.
 
Brittany Daughtry '09 talks with Dr. David Hilme about her research on embryonic development in sea urchins
Emily Tanski '09 discusses her sociology research with Sandra Mulryan
Daniel Volkosh discusses his research on the Canadian Supreme Court with Dr. Craig Sinesiou   Chris Britten ’11 photographically interpreted Shel Silverstein's "Where the Sidewalks Ends"   Cara Pavlock '09 talks with VP Mike Fischer about experiential learning experiences in political science
  The small photos on this page show just some of the participants and their suberb projects. Click on a small photo to see a larger version of the image.   Alyssa Sparatta '09 presented two projects---one concerning BMP4 signaling on the protein Cadherin-11
Alyssa Sparatta's second project was a photographic interpretation of Shel Silverstein's "The Giving Tree"   Matthew Ingram ’10 explains his research on American and Canadian gun control  

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  Catherine Cuviello ’09 & Keely Sibbald '09 discuss their research on "slander gossip"
John McGrath '09 talks with Dean of Arts & Sciences Steve Stahl about his research on welfare policy   The complete list of participants, projects, and mentors in the 2009 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition appears below the photos.
Jennifer Sherman '09 explains her research on women holding national office in the U.S., U.K., and New Zealand   Nick Lorusso '10 talks about his research on effects of increased salinity on sea urchins with Dr. Chuck Walker   Kelly Sisson ’10 & Katie Cooper ’11 presented their photo- graphic interpretation of Foster Brown's "Maple Syrup Time"
Shilpa Bansal '09 worked with Pooja Desai '10 (in the facing photo) to study the effect of shampoo on sea urchins   Pooja Desai '10 worked with Shilpa Bansal '09 (in the facing photo) to study the effect of shampoo on sea urchins

The 2009 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition

 

Participants, Projects, and Mentors

To participate in the Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition, a student or group of students must be invited by a faculty member in the Arts & Sciences who considers their work “substantial” and “meritorious.” All projects were completed between the summer of 2008 and the spring of 2009. The projects are indexed by the mentors’ departments. The list is available as a pdf here: SRCE Exposition 2009 Program.

 

The 2009 Student Research & Creative Endeavors Exposition 

Biology 
 Brittany Daughtry ’11: “The Effect of Anti-plaque Rinse on the Embryonic Development of Sea Urchins.”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Shilpa Bansal ’09 & Pooja Desai ’10: “The Effect of Shampoo on the Development of Sea Urchin Embryos.”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens
 Matthew Flint ’09: “Culture and Biochemical Analysis of a Green Algae in Relation to Biofuel Production”
      Mentor: Dr. Fred Harrington

 Nick Lorusso ’10: “The Effects of Increased Salinity on Sea Urchin Sperm Activation and Subsequent 

      Fertilization.”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens

 Johnathan R. Nuttall ’09 & Dr. Julie R. Hens: “Canonical Wnt Signaling Regulates Cadherin-11 During

      Mammary Gland Development”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens

 Alyssa J. Sparatta ’09 & Dr. Julie R. Hens: “The Role of BMP4 Signaling on Cadherin-11 in the Mesenchymal

      C3H10T1/2 Cell Line.”
      Mentor: Dr. Julie Hens

 Caitlin Tydings ’09: “Nitrogen Starvation and Effects on Energy Metabolism in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.”

      Honors project.
      Mentors: Dr. Joel Benington & Professor Romy Knittel

Computer Science 
 Dan Eisemann ’10: “Corona Test Generator: Test Generation Made Easy and Tolerant”
      Mentors: Dr. Steven Andrianoff & Dr. David Levine

Political Science 

 Matthew Ingram ’10: “American and Canadian Gun Control” Presented at the Crossing Borders Conference. 

      Mentor: Dr. Neal Carter

 John McGrath ’09: “Welfare Policy: Decreasing Rolls after TANF” Presented at The State University College at  

     Oneonta’s Undergraduate Political Science Conference. 

      Mentor: Dr. Mary Rose Kubal
 Alan Morganti ’09: “Capital Punishment in the United States"
      Mentors: Dr. Danette Brickman & Dr. Mary Rose Kubal

 Cara Pavlock ’09: "Experiential Learning Experiences: The Effects on Undergraduate Political Science 

      Education and Career Decisions"
      Mentor: Dr. Danette Brickman

 Jennifer Sherman ’09: “Women Holding National Office: A Comparison of the U.S., U.K. and New Zealand.”

      Presented at the New York State Political Science Association Conference. 

      Mentor: Dr. Mary Rose Kubal

 Daniel Volkosh ’09: “Is the Supreme Court of Canada Emulating that of the United States?” Presented at the  

      Crossing Borders Conference.
      Mentor: Dr. Neal Carter

Psychology 

 Jillian Coniglio ’09, Catherine Cuviello ’09, Keely Sibbald ’09, & Elizabeth Thomeier ’09: “The

      Pervasiveness, Truthfulness, and Negativity of Slander Gossip.” This research has been accepted for  

      presentation at the Association for Psychological Science national convention in San Francisco,  

      May 22, 2009. 

      Mentor: Dr. Charles Walker

Sociology and Social Science 

 Emily Tanski ’09: “The Need for Exercise in Aging Women: Benefits for their Physical, Mental, and Social

      Well-Being.” Presented at the 2009 meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society.
      Mentor: Dr. Joyce A. Joyce

Visual and Performing Arts 
The following projects were mentored by Dr. David Dubreuil. The posters by Dr. Dubreuil’s students are samples of the projects they created for Clare 109, in which they used photography to visually interpret a well-known poem or song. Each poster features two projects. The complete projects were presented on Saturday, May 2 in the Quick Center for the Arts.
 Kathryn C. Cooper ’11 & Kelly J. Sisson ’10: “Maple Syrup Time” by Foster Brown.
 Kathrin E. Rogers ’11 & Kaitlin M. Root ’09: “Imagine” by John Lennon.
 Anne E. Dlugosz ’09 & Talbot A. Eckweiler ’11: “The Waste Land” by T. S. Eliot.

 Matthew N. Flint ’09 & Taylor C. Janak ’11: “Petals” by Amy Lowell, “Petals in the Grass” by

      D. J. Buchanan.

 Alexandra J. Gibbons ’12 & Daniel M. Huss ’11: “The Wind Sings Welcome in Early Spring” by

      Carl Sandburg.
 Alyssa J. Sparatta ’09 & Meagan L. Zack ’09: “The Giving Tree” by Shel Silverstein.

 Kayla M. Scherrer ’10 & Courtney R. Shares ‘09: “Letter from Town: On a Gray Evening in March” by 

      D. H. Lawrence.
 Quilette N. Middlebrooks ’11 & Christine J. Perez-O’Rourke ’10: “Daises” by Evaleen Stein.
 Thomas P. Conley ’09 & Josephine A. Byrne ’10: “Spring Pools” by Robert Frost.
 Paul M. Calderon ’12 & Lauren R. Yehl ’11: “The Whiskey Lullaby” by Brad Paisley.
 Christopher W. Britten ’11 & Jennifer M. Dryndas ’09: “Where the Sidewalks Ends” by Shel Silverstein.
 Emily A. Flaherty ’11 & Katelyn E. Gensler ’10: "The Tree” by Paula A. Wagner
 Mitchell K. Boyczuk ’10 & Nicholas J. Pelusio ’11: “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost.
 Kathryn L. Breen ’12 & Peter W. Cauvel ’10: “Whatever Makes Her Happy” by Ryan Adams.