| The 2023 Arts & Sciences Exposition |
| Accounting |
Valentina Cossio- Siles '23: “Art in Business.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Michael Kasperski
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| Biology |
Neeya Shetty '24 & Tara Kaul '25: “The Effect of Glutamine Inhibitors on Mitophagy in AML Cells.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra
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Courtney Fox '23: “FEZ1 Expression in Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) Mixed Lineage Leukemia-rearrangement (MLL-r).”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Madelyn Dziezgowski ’24: “The Effect of HDAC11 Inhibition on Fez1 Expression and Cell Viability in MLL-wt vs MLL-rearranged AML Cell Lines.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Tharini Nagarkar ‘24: “Finding Fez1: Nuclear Function in MLL-rearranged Acute Myeloid Leukemia.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Amelia Haley ’23 & Filip Morawski ‘23: “Exploring two potential components of synergistic AML cell targeting via autophagy inhibition and disruption of glutamine metabolism.”
Mentor: Dr. Kaitlyn Dykstra |
Nishtha Tripathi ‘24: “Investigating Brain Circuitry and Behavioral Output in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease Progression.” REU.
Mentor: Dr. Sean Ryan |
Tessa Fabiniak ’25 & Tanvi Paritala ‘23: “The Effect of 3,5-Dicholorosalicylic Acid (DCSA) on Craniofacial Development in Zebrafish.”
Mentor: Dr. Sean Ryan |
Laurie Horsch ’23: “Generation of pUC18 vector containing a narG-GFP construct for Pseudomonas aeruginosa applications.” Independent biology research.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Shannon Heinig ‘24: “Generating histidine kinase & response regulator mutants in Moraxella catarrhalis.” Independent biology research.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Samantha Greco ’23 & Allison Pierce ‘22 (Sam Greco presented): “Using Identification Methods to Name Unknown Bacteria.” Course research from BIO 321 - Microbiology.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Erin McLaughlin ’23 & Adam Russ ‘23: “Eye Spy with My Little Eye Several Unknown Microorganisms: Identification of Microbes Using Biochemical and Genetic Identification Methods.” Course research from BIO 321 - Microbiology.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
Emily Gustafson ‘23: “The Pet Project.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Johanna Schwingel |
| Biochemistry |
Arden Bui ‘23: “Serine/Arginine-rich 45 affects Arabidopsis thaliana Reproduction by Promoting Pollen Tube Development and Suppressing DUO1-Activated Zinc Finger 1.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Leigha Haberly ‘23: “A molecular battle ground: How Serine Arginine-Rich (SR45) suppresses protease SAP2 to regulate immunity in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Serena Fan ‘24: “Investigating the nuclear localization of SAP18 in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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Iesh Gujral ’26 & Nele Vetter ‘26: “Investigating the Effect of Serine/Arginine-Rich 45 on Flowering Time and Gene Activity in Transgenic Arabidopsis Lines.”
Mentor: Dr. Xiaoning Zhang
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| Chemistry |
Erin Brege ‘23: “Dental Anxiety.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Lillian Crane ‘25: “The molecular corking effect.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Katherine Merkel ‘23: “An Investigation of the Structure of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
Kishan Patel ’24 & Samay Saxena ‘25: “Calculating Octanol-Water Partition Coefficients for Polyfluorinated Alkyl Acids.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
William Wozniak ‘24: “Calculating the effects of corks on single atom alloys aggregation.”
Mentor: Dr. Scott Simpson |
| Computer Science |
Teddy Murphey ‘24, Arjun Patel ‘23, & Kyle Strycharz ‘23: “Campus Dining Hall Rating Application – isHickeyGood.” Course project for CS 390 - Software Engineering.
Mentor: Dr. Chris Bopp |
Blake Krlic ’24 & Brandon Nguyen ‘24: “User Experience Design App Prototypes.” Course project for CS 257 - User Experience Design.
Mentor: Dr. Chris Bopp
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| Inclusive Special Education |
Sarah Sefried ‘23: “The Social and Emotional Needs of Children Receiving Foster Care Support from the Perspective of Foster Parents: A Qualitative Study.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. René Hauser |
| Philosophy |
Amara Young ‘23: “An Ethical Examination of Laptop Ban Policies in Undergraduate Courses.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Russell Woodruff |
| Psychology |
Yasmine Lotfi ‘23: “Magnetic Mind: Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Simulation (rTMS) as a Promising Treatment for Resistant Depression.” Behavioral Neuroscience Senior Seminar report.
Mentor: Dr. Althea Kaminske |
Jacqueline Kibler ‘24: “Sports-Related Concussions: Evaluating Protocol.” Behavioral Neuroscience Senior Seminar report.
Mentor: Dr. Althea Kaminske |
Angela LaGrou ‘24: “Environmental Effects on the Development and Progression of Alzheimer’s Disease.” Behavioral Neuroscience Senior Seminar report.
Mentor: Dr. Althea Kaminske |
Andrew Jozef ‘24: “Bilateral Movement as a Treatment for Corpus Callosum Defects.” Behavioral Neuroscience Senior Seminar report.
Mentor: Dr. Althea Kaminske |
Fatima Lagunilla ‘25: “Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Effectiveness in Treating Bipolar 1 & 2.” Behavioral Neuroscience Senior Seminar report.
Mentor: Dr. Althea Kaminske |
Neeya Shetty ‘24: “Microaggressions on College Campuses.” Independent study.
Mentor: Dr. Irene Strasser |
Abigail Holohan ‘23: “Boy-Oh-Boy: Effect of Perception of Gender on ADHD Diagnosis.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Stephane Vogel |
| Public Health and Health Science |
Ayushi Jain ‘23: “Queering Medical Education through an Intersectional Lens: An Overview & History of the Medical Treatment and Discrimination Against Trans* Patients of Color in Health Care.” Honors Project.
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Allen
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Caroline Rozanski ‘23: “For Joey: Investigating the Knowledge of 5k Runners on 5K Charities.” Honors project.
Mentor: Dr. Jeffrey Allen
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| Visual and Performing Arts |
Carolina Berlingieri ‘25: Two acrylic portraits, oil landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Isabella Biviano ‘26: Oil landscape, watercolor landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Arden Bui ‘23: Two pastel landscape drawings.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Caitlin Cullinane ‘24: Oil portrait, oil dog portrait, oil still Life, watercolor landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Lyndsay Flippin ‘23: Three architectural designs.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Maxwell Wolfe ‘26: Oil landscape, watercolor landscape.
Mentor: Anne Mormile, M.F.A.
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Benjamin Allen ‘23, Alexandra Beamish ‘25, Vivek Boddakayala ‘23, Nikolas Figueroa ‘23, Joseph Fisher ‘23, Yasmine Lotfi ‘23, & Tanvi Paritala ‘23: Original Production Music Composed and Arranged by members of MU 431 - MIDI & Audio Applications.
Mentor: Dr. Les Sabina
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| Women's Studies |
Bianca Billoni ‘23: “The Evolution of Female Rage in Cinema – From Being Angry Because of Others to Being Angry for Herself.” WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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Faith Gworek ‘23: “The Pay Gap in Women’s Sports.” WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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Abigail Holohan ‘23: “Baking, She Wrote: Recipes Inspired by Fictional Women.” WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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Ayushi Jain ‘23: “Crossroads of Womanhood: An Art Collection on Intersectional Feminism.” Three paintings. WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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Tenaya Ramadhan ‘23: “Rape Culture in the Film Promising Young Woman (2020) – How the Film’s Villains Fit the Social Roles of Rape Culture.” WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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Amara Young ‘23: “The MSSA’s Male-Only Registration Requirement.” WS 499 capstone project.
Mentor: Dr. Lauren Matz
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