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Abhimanyu Aggarwal, '12, a biology major and
Franciscan Health Care Professions pre-med stu-
dent. He did a comprehensive study of Web 2.0
project management applications that are available
on the Internet as cloud-based technologies, offer a
collaborative user experience, and are cost effec-
tive. His research reviewed each of the web applica-
tions, their functional uses, a valuation of the cost
structure, and offered access to tutorials in using the
software effectively.
Heather Creary, '12, a psychology major. She stud-
ied the influence of the proximity and visibility of
fruits and vegetables on intake and purchasing be-
havior to test two hypotheses: one, that participants
will eat more fruits and vegetables when they are
more proximate and visible; and two, that con-
sumers will purchase more proximate fruits and
vegetables in a grocery store setting.
Francesca R. DiCillo, '12, an English major. Her
project was titled "Having it Your Way: The Food-
Service Industry in Films," which explored the
stereotypes people have about food-service work-
ers based on how they were depicted in film docu-
mentaries, comedies and dramas.
Terence Hartnett, '12, an English major. His project
entailed writing the beginnings of what would be-
come a novel as well as researching novel writing.
The creative side of the project resulted in a sub-
stantial skeleton of a novel, with passages from the
beginning, middle and end of the story. For his re-
search, he read four instructional texts on writing
and four novels by the authors of those texts, in-
cluding Ray Bradbury, Stephen King and Virginia
Woolf.
Chloe Koerner Priester, '12, a mathematics major.
"Exploring the Hyperbolic Plane" touched on the his-
tory of hyperbolic geometry and continued with a
survey of the hyperbolic plane. As the focus of the
project, the isomorphism between the group of mo-
tions and the group of linear fractional transforma-
tions is demonstrated.
Elizabeth Moran, '12, an education major. Her proj-
ect was "Teaching through Science: A Science-
based, Technology-infused Curriculum." She argued
that it is possible to meet standards for all subject
areas through a science topic, and that teachers
could feel confident spending a week or two on a
science unit knowing that their students were work-
ing toward math and ELA standards simultaneously.
Fifteen students completed Honors Projects during the
2011-2012 academic year; 14 of the students were seniors,
earning an Honors Degree at Commencement