Undergraduate Research and Creativity Colloquium

April 23, 2009

Session I                                                                               Harry Jack Gray Center

12:00 – 12:30                                                                       Balcony Room

Check in for speakers, audience, guests            

Sandwiches and cold drinks available all day

12:30 – 1:55                                                                          Room A

An Interpretation of Gossip Girl: Socio-Economic Class**

Melissa Lehm (A&S)

A Business Plan for a Unique Start Up-- Skyark Wind Cooperative

Keith Wood, Kyle Frisch, Brian Froehlich (Barney)

Security versus Rights: Administrative Detention and Enemy Combatants in Israel and the US**

            Alissa Rauch (A&S)

12:30 – 1:55                                                                          Room B

Hans Holbein the Younger: Image and Influence in Tudor England

Michael Bucci (Hartford Art School)

Turnover, Wellbeing, and Incivility

Scarlett Espinoza (A&S) and Alessandra Conaci (ENHP & A&S)

Chaucer's Marriage Group In The Canterbury Tales**

Vanessa Golembewski (A&S)

12:30 – 1:55                                                                          Room C

Humanities Center Seminar: Explorations of Pain

Blair Apgar, Jill Barreto, Rebecca Bonhomme, Ashley Czapkowski, Stephanie DeLuca, Julia Forrest, Lauren Hansen,

Genevieve Johnson, Nadya Koropey, Courtney McCall, George  Mensing, Biliana Mihaylova, Richard Otterson,

Torin Shur, and Brian Spellman

* *Presentation of University Honors Senior Research Project

Session II                                                              Harry Jack Gray Center

2:05 – 3:20                                                                            Room A

Comparisons of different microphones, microphone orientation and spacing on lateral energy measurements

      Clothilde Giacomoni and Amy Scherma (CETA)

Tetramerization of p53 is not required for p53-dependent repression of Cyclin B expression

Emily Greene (A&S)

2:05 – 3:20                                                                                     Room B

The Hidden Holocaust: My Work on the Sobibor Excavations Project

Sarah Rutman (A&S)

Creative and Collaborative Process:  Guitar Concerto No. 1

Daniel Lis (Hartt)

"i need you" - Works about Everyday Relationships and Ethical Decision-Making (University Scholar Project)

Jessica Hu (Hartford Art School)

2:05 – 3:20                                                                                     Room C

Words on the Wadsworth:  Hillyer College Honors Projects

 Brendan O'Neil, Larisa Woykovsky, and Samantha Eusebio (Hillyer College)

3:25-3:30 Awarding of Certificates to Participants      Room A

Session III                                                             Harry Jack Gray Center

3:30-4:45                                                                               Room A

Growing Up: A Woman’s Journey: A Monologue with Guitar Accompaniment

Maude Burke (A&S)

3:30-4:45                                                                               Room B

Communication Apprehension, Nonverbal Expressiveness, and Self-Monitoring**

Kristina LaFountain (A&S)

A Business Plan for an Online Art Brokerage Site, MyArt.com,

David Lewis and Brian Kane (Barney)

A Rhetorical Analysis of a Corporate Website: Philip Morris and Ethics

Peninnah Bonhomme, Genevieve Johnson, and Melanie Wilson

3:30-4:45                                                                               Room C

Mathlet Creation Software and its Application to Problems in Mathematics and Physics (University Scholar Project)

Victor Sklutovsky, Tim Andrews, and Andrew August (A&S)

Session IV                                                             Harry Jack Gray Center

5:00-6:30                                                                               Room A

Weight Discrimination in the Workplace

Frederic Langford (A&S)

Sexuality, Gender and Culture: A Cross-Cultural Look at the Acceptance of Non-Traditional Gender Roles  

Kyle Simons

5:00-6:30                                                                               Room B

The Question Concerning Scientific Realism**

Daniel Hultgren (A&S)

Poetry,Disfigurement and Redemption

Matt Kos (A&S)

A Process View of the Self **

Willie A. James (A&S)

Art and Meaning**

Miguel Carter-Fisher (Hartford Art School)

**Presentation of University Honors Senior Research Project

5:00 – 6:30                                                                            Room C    

Water for India:  Interdisciplinary Visual Communication Design Project for Water Resource Education in Abheypur India

Jessica Hu & Ashley Gummelt (Hartford Art School)

Cubism and Prehistory: Influence of Paleolithic Art in Braque’s Large Nude

Marisa Maldonado (University Studies)

Hiram Power’s The Greek Slave

Sarah Kessler (Arts and Sciences)

6:35-6:45  Awarding of Certificates to Participants     Room A