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Concurrent Sessions III

Concurrent Sessions III: 2:50-3:50 p.m.

Session IIIA — Clack; Moderator: Adam Ellsworth

  1. Observations of a Medical Clinic in Kerala, India; Karin Bruinsma, Leanne Nichols (EHS — Luetkemeier)
  2. Effects of Exercise at Moderate Altitude on Sweat Composition and Sweat Rates; Lauren Hasler (EHS — Davis/Luetkemeier)
  3. Effects of Altitude Exposure on Lactate Clearance During Active and Passive Recovery; Sara Swanton, Kelley Walsh (EHS — Davis)

Session IIIB — DOW L-1; Moderator: Tyler Kreft

  1. Pharmacological Characterization of 5-HT Receptors Mediating Contraction in the Rat Jugular Vein; Geri Gaskell (EHS — Ball)
  2. Soil and Water Contaminants on the U.S./Mexico Border; Abigail Grieve (CHM — Strait)
  3. The Allene-Claisen Rearrangement to Produce Sandalwood Odorants; Blake Reed (CHM — Turk)

Session IIIC — DOW L-4; Moderator: Nate Howell

  1. Substrate Color-Induced Melanization in Adult Midland Painted Turtles (Chrysemys picta marginata); Charles Bunce (BIO — Clark/Rowe)
  2. DNA Isolation and PCR to Produce Sequence of BT Receptors in Danaus plexippus; Katherine Burton (BIO — Keeton)
  3. A Brachial Plexus Injury in a Collegiate Football Player and Its Complications; Megan Darcy (EHS — Griffin)

Session IIID — SAC 109; Moderator: Rachel Blackhurst

  1. An Ethical Analysis and Evaluation of Defensive Wars; Kevin Bilbrey (PHL — Dixon)
  2. HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa: Is “Universal Access” to Antiretroviral Medications Feasible When Pharmaceutical Patents Must be Enforced by Least Developed Countries After 2016?; Drew Emge (FOR — Hulme)
  3. Literacy Beyond Borders; Kathryn Rice, Kyla Wojtas (STC — Hulme)

Session IIIE — SAC 113; Moderator: Emily Neil

  1. Exploring the Process of Writing a Novel; Sarah Lindesmith (ENG — Vivian)
  2. Worlds Without Men: Speculative Fiction and Masculinity; Faina Polt (ENG — von Wallmenich/Bender)
  3. Lessons in Looking: Poetry-Writing Workshops for Elders; Abigail Zukausky (ENG — Palmer)

Session IIIF — SAC 215; Moderator: Anthony Elenbaas

  1. Searching and Seizing in the 21st Century: An Analysis of America’s Origins and Modern Conceptions of Privacy; John Fillmore (HST — Olbertson)
  2. The Historical Persuasiveness of Renaissance Explorers; Daniel Fraser (HST — Smith)

Session IIIG — Library, Smith Room; Moderator: Brittany Lewis

  1. A Common Table: Understanding and Generating Rights-Based Local Agricultural and Social Development
  2. Practices in Rural Mexico; William Allen (PAF — Lorenz)
  3. The Myths of Hispanic Undocumented Immigrants in the United States; Emily Boerman (PAF — Lorenz) Effective Ways to Fund Health Care in Third-World Countries Using Foreign Aid; Anita Hemlich, Ben Roberts (PAF — Lorenz)

Session IIIH — SAC 215; Moderator: Lauren Shaw

  1. A Balanced Perspective — Incorporating Women into History Courses; Amy Seidl (HST — Smith)

 

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Corinna Kizer

Corinna Kizer
Graduation: 2008
Major: Biology
From: Webster, New York
Interests: Singing, Percussion

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