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Spring 2015

Abstracts

heavisides
Higher Levels of Confusion: Rocket Sensors in the Northern Lights
—John Heavisides (Mentor: Marc Lessard, Lasse B. N. Clausen )

Team work about rocket sensors brought John Heavisides to Norway and the difficulties of research.

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kinsella
Effects of Audible Human Disturbances on Koala (Phascolarctos Cinereus) Behavior in Queensland, Australia and Implications for Management
—Galina Kinsella (Mentor: Andrew Conroy, Alistair Melzer)

Australian koalas, like students, need their sleep, and Galina Kinsella looked into what disturbs them.

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platt
Do you “park your car”or “pahk your cah”?: The Changing Dialect of Southern New Hampshire
—Melanie Platt (Mentor: Maya Ravindranath)

Do you drop your r’s? Melanie Platt listened to southern New Hampshire speakers to find out who does and who doesn’t and why.

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shimer
Taking a Deeper Look into the Lives of Disadvantaged Children through Visual Content Analysis
—Julianne Shimer (Mentor: Catherine Comiskey , Carolyn Tobin, Prakashini Banka)

Seeking to understand a relationship between depression and the images depicted in children's drawings, Julianne Shimer conducted research in Dublin, Ireland.

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Waller
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina
—Hannah Waller (Mentor: Mary Malone, Vahidin Omanović)

Fueled by a passion for peacebuilding, Hannah Waller traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina to interview citizens living in the post-conflict society.

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Walsh
Diet Analysis for Wildlife Management: Protecting the Cheetah in Namibia
—Alicia Walsh (Mentor: Andrew Conroy, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel )

Alicia Walsh spent long hours in the genetic lab at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to help protect the wild cheetah.

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Research Articles

heavisides
Higher Levels of Confusion: Rocket Sensors in the Northern Lights
—John Heavisides (Mentor: Marc Lessard, Lasse B. N. Clausen )

Team work about rocket sensors brought John Heavisides to Norway and the difficulties of research.

 Read more »
kinsella
Effects of Audible Human Disturbances on Koala (Phascolarctos Cinereus) Behavior in Queensland, Australia and Implications for Management
—Galina Kinsella (Mentor: Andrew Conroy, Alistair Melzer)

Australian koalas, like students, need their sleep, and Galina Kinsella looked into what disturbs them.

 Read more »
platt
Do you “park your car” or “pahk your cah”?: The Changing Dialect of Southern New Hampshire
—Melanie Platt (Mentor: Maya Ravindranath)

Do you drop your r’s? Melanie Platt listened to southern New Hampshire speakers to find out who does and who doesn’t and why.

 Read more »
shimer
Taking a Deeper Look into the Lives of Disadvantaged Children through Visual Content Analysis
—Julianne Shimer (Mentor: Catherine Comiskey , Carolyn Tobin, Prakashini Banka)

Seeking to understand a relationship between depression and the images depicted in children's drawings, Julianne Shimer conducted research in Dublin, Ireland.

 Read more »
Waller
Post-Conflict Peacebuilding in Bosnia-Herzegovina
—Hannah Waller (Mentor: Mary Malone, Vahidin Omanović)

Fueled by a passion for peacebuilding, Hannah Waller traveled to Bosnia-Herzegovina to interview citizens living in the post-conflict society.

 Read more »
Walsh
Diet Analysis for Wildlife Management: Protecting the Cheetah in Namibia
—Alicia Walsh (Mentor: Andrew Conroy, Anne Schmidt-Küntzel )

Alicia Walsh spent long hours in the genetic lab at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia to help protect the wild cheetah.

 Read more »

Commentaries

Beehavior and Beyond: Realizations in Research
—Sean Lombard (Mentor: Sandra Rehan)
International Collaboration in Physics Research: A Summer at CERN
—Herbie Smith (Mentor: Per Berglund, Clement Helsens )

Mentor Highlights

Jeannie Sowers
—Brigid C. Casellini
John Cerullo
—Jennifer Lee