Each fall, the students who participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE ) program present their research results to the campus community. The SURE students work full-time on a project under the guidance of a faculty mentor. The 2008 SURE presentations will take place early in the fall semster. Each student will present for approximately 15 minutes.
Heather Slivko-Bathurst, Anthropology, May 2010 (Kenneth C. Nystrom, Anthropology) “Evaluation of the Impact of Modern Anthropogenic Lead on the Reconstruction of Prehistoric Mobility”
Chelsea Hull Chemistry May, 2009 (Pamela St. John, Chemistry) “Thermodynamics of single stranded oligonucleotide folding”
Ellice Litwak, Sociology, May 2009 (Karl Bryant, Sociology) “The Science Of Sexual Reorientation: A Textual Analysis Of Reparative Therapy Within The “Ex-Gay” Movement”
Jordan Sumliner, Chemistry, May 2010 (Daniel Freedman, Chemistry) “Synthesis of Ruthenium Complexes of Chiral -diketiminate Ligands for Asymmetric Transfer Hydrogenation Reactions”
Giovanna Deluca, May 2010 (Preeti Dhar Chemistry,) “Synthesis and antimicrobial activity of skeletally modified alpha pinene derivatives”
Jannett Dinsmore, Biology, Spring 2009 (Aaron Haselton, Biology) “Glucose tolerance in young and old wild-type and insulin-like peptide compromised Drosophila melanogaster”
Arsalan Aslam, Biology (Maureen Morrow, Biology) “Production of a thermostable amylase”
Evan Pilnick, Geology, 2009 (Alex Bartholomew, Geology) “Stratigraphy of the Oatka Creek/Mount Marion Formations in Central and Eastern New York State: implications for hydrocarbon sources and traps within the Middle Devonian of eastern New York”
Corbin Neuhauser, Linguistics, Spring 2009 (Margaret Wade Lewis, Linguistics) “Patterns in Semantic Drift Across Word Classes : A Comparison of Mandarin Chinese and Japanese Morphemes”
Denise Donatien-Coder, Psychology, December 2008 (Giordana Grossi, Psychology) “The Effect of Non-Adjacent Letter Combinations on Letter Identification”
Ryan Vinson, Physics, June 2009 (Richard Halpern, Physics) “Non-Invasive Measurement of Bioelectric Currents with a Vibrating Probe”
Kathryn Hall, Black Studies & Linguistics; Dec 2009 (Karanja Carroll, Black Studies,) “Worldview & Educational Experience: Assessing the Impact of Alternative Worldviews”
Tonya Pasternak May 2009 (Megan Ferguson, Chemistry) “Characterizing membrane-bound biosurfactants produced by Pseudomonas putida grown in the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons”
Presenters (the faculty mentor and department are provided in parentheses):
