The Student Research Symposium is an event for the presentation and recognition of student scholarship (both graduate and undergraduate). Students with any major in the university, in any college or school of the university, graduate or undergraduate are invited to participate. All students who have participated with faculty or under faculty supervision -- for example as part of a senior seminar, or in independent study, or in supervised work -- in original, independent research, critical reviews, laboratory projects or field studies eligible to present their work as a poster presentation. The presentation titles and photographs of last year's SRS can be found below.

The 2009 SRS is scheduled for Friday, May 8, 2009 (5-7:30p).  The abstract book and list of presenters is below.  The abstract submission deadline is April 6, 2009. Please go to SRS abstract submission page to register your poster presentation for the symposium.

Those students who wish to present their research at the Student Research Symposium should consult with a faculty advisor and submit an abstract (abstract instructions).

The 2009 SRS presentations

Click here for the abstract book (pdf)

5:15-5:55p Poster session I
ANOTHER NORTH AMERICA IS NECESSARY: PERCEPT Emily Korona (Anthropology)
PERCEPTIONS OF POLITICS IN PORTO ALEGRE Adrianna Mesquita (Anthropology, Latin American Studies)
THE EFFECTS OF X-RAYS ON GENETIC ANALYSIS Hana Akimoto (Biology, Anthropology) RECOMBINANT EXPRESSION OF DASH COMPLEXES Kemone Grant (Biology)
INTERACTIONS WITH HUG1 PROTEIN Amanda DeCotes (Biology)
CYTOTOXICITY OF RU COMPOUNDS AGAINST CANCER Sanjana Reddy, Jordan Sumliner, Liza Valdivia (Biology and Chemistry)
SYNTHESIS OF alpha-PINENE DERIVATIVES Giovanna DeLuca, Daniel Cohan, Kevin Eames, Cynthia Colon (Chemistry, Biology)
SYNTHESIS OF MONOBACTAMS Destiny Rivera, Maria Rodolis (Chemistry)
RU alpha-KETOIMINATE COMPLEXES:BIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS Jordan Sumliner (Chemistry)
SYNTHESIS AND SEPERATION OF RU-THIOCYANATO ISOMERS Nancy Nazzaro, Darryl Steffen (Chemistry)
FINDING "TRUTH" IN AMERICAN HISTORY CLASSROOMS Shannon Gryntysz (History)
JUROR PERCEPTIONS OF SEX OFFENDERS Bobbie Coleman (Psychology)
THE ROLE OF NON-ADJACENT LETTERS IN READING Denise Donatien-Coder (Psychology)
STARTING IN THE MIDDLE Brittany McKeldin (Psychology, Student Development)
UNDERPINNINGS OF LIBERAL AND CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT Ayla Fleming (Psychology)
IMAGINING VISIBILITY AND THE LESBIAN AVENGERS Ellice Litwak (Sociology and Women's Studies, Sociology)
GLOBALIZATION, FAIR TRADE AND LOCAL FOOD Christopher Utzig (Sociology, Geography)
ASSISTANT DIRECTING BLOOD WEDDING Rachael Brandt (Theatre Arts)

5:55-6:35 Poster session II
ARCHITECTURE IN ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPT ILLUMINATION Hannah Van Wely (Art History)
AFFORDABLE AND COLLAPSABLE PAPERMAKING STUDIO Melissa Mandel (Art/ Printmaking)
THE AFRIKAN WORLDVIEW AND BLACK COMMUNICATION Kathryn Hall (Black Studies/ Linguistics)
COLORFULLY INTEGRATING THE PSI INTO UNDERGRAD ED Kara Gluc (Biology)
MOLECULAR STUDIES OF THE NR1D FAMILYOF NRS Zuchra Zakirova (Biology)
ADOPTING ORPHAN NUCLEAR RECEPTORS IN CIONA Christopher Cahn (Biology)
THERMODYNAMICS OF OLIGONUCLEOTIDE FOLDING chelsea hull (Chemistry)
EXAMINING THE ISSUES SURROUNDING ADHD Jamie Morvitz (Education)
ENERGY AWARE SCHEDULING IN HETEROGENEOUS SYSTEMS Venkateswaran Shekar (Electrical and Computer Engineering)
WAR AND WORDS: SHELL SHOCK AND MODERNISM Michelle S. Kramisen (English, Communication)
BLURRING BOUNDARIES BETWEEN FICTION AND NONFICTION Lee Conell (English)
GOOD GIRLS AREN'T FUNNY: WOMEN'S STRATEGIC USE OF HUMOR Kiersten Henry (English)
AN OVERVIEW OF THE PICARD METHOD FOR SOLVING ODES Olga Stulov (Mathematics)
PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS OF CONFORMAL MAPPING Timothy Ivancic, Ryan Vinson (Mathematics)
HOW HUMOR STYLES AFFECT MATE ATTRACTION Rachael Carmen (Psychology)
BUILD-A-PROFESSOR Anastasyia Yakhkind (psychology)
INSTRUCTIONAL IMPORTANCE STUDY Sean Wilson (Psychology)
WHY DON'T MASTERY GOALS PROMOTE STUDENTS' SUCCESS? Sarah Wolfe (Psychology)

6:35-7:15p Poster session III
THE EFFECTS OF DIETARY REGIME ON DROSOPHILA Jannett Dinsmore (Biology)
SURVEY OF NUTRIENT-PROCESSING BACTERIA Denni Catalano (Biology)
THE EFFECTS OF pH LEVELS ON USPA GENE EXPRESSION Sarah Porzelt (Biology)
ALPHA PINENE DERIVATIEVES AND MUSCA DOMESTICA angela acevedo (biology and chemistry)
MELANOGENESIS STIMULATORY EFFECTS OF H. MAXIMUM shyam prajapati (Biology, Chemistry)
TYROSINASE STIMULATION BY P. CORYFOLIA Alisha Philip, Igor Gembitsky (Chemistry, Biology)
STUDY OF A BIOSURFACTANT MADE BY B. BACTERIOVORUS Kimberly Lundberg (Geology, Chemistry)
PALEO-ECOLOGICAL COMPARISON BETWEEN THREE E.E. SUB UNITS Christina J. Hartwell (Geology)
WATER QUALITY ANALYSIS OF SURFACE WATER Kevin Kolvenbach, Adam Roscino, Allison Platsky (Geology)
SKUNNEMUNK OUTLIER STATIGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION Tom Schramm (Geology)
ABANDONED: LAW AND LAWYERS LEFT BEHIND Joshua Simons (Political Science)
CIVIL WAR AND THE SPREAD OF MALARIA Leah Hirsch-Cotter (Political Science)
THE WEAKEST NONPROLIFERATION REGIME: BWC Ivan Pavlenko (Political Science and International Relations)
THE EFFECTS OF BELIEF IN DETERMINISM Viola Silvan (psychology)
CONFIRMING THE METHODOLOGY OF OUR PRIMARY STUDY Adam Villela, Joanna Rousseau (Psychology)
NON-VERBAL BEHAVIOR IN THE EMPLOYMENT INTERVIEW Anna Lange, Stacey Smiel, Jeff Cummins (Psychology)
WHY WOMEN ASK FOR DIRECTIONS Kate Remauro, Regina Musicaro
PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTION Larissa Goldberg (Theatre Arts)