ACADEMIC ACCOLADES

On the Saturday of Family Weekend (October 2nd), ten Roanoke College Summer Scholars presented their summer research projects before an audience assembled in Fintel Library. Nine other Summer Scholars were featured in the program, presenting their work in a poster session on the main floor of the library.

20-minute Presentations

Maria Kulp Tomas, Tereza, and the Body-Subject: Resolving Bodily Tension in The Unbearable Lightness of Being

Adam Hankins Complexity, Simplicity, Goodness and Knowledge in Ontological Equivocity

Jessica E. Montfort Gender vs. Genre: A Study in Medieval Spirituality In and Out of Its Social Context

Audra Quesenberry Elections are Not, in the Current Conditions, the Road to Democratic Change: Zapatista Criticism of the Mexican Electoral Process and the National Democratic Convention

Mason Vines Prisoner’s Dilemma in Parallel

Hanna Hughes Exploring the Healthcare System of the United States With An Emphasis on Alternative Medicine

Aleah Dillon Maximal and Longest Snakes in d-Dimensional Hypercubes

William D. Scott Empirical Work on Optimal Channel Assignments for Cellular and Square Wireless Networks

Jess McCluney Nitrogen Utilization of Heterotrophic Marine Bacteria: Using Molecular Techniques for an Ecological Approach

Ashley Elizabeth Rowe Linear Programming and the Transportation Problem: Theory and Applications

Poster Sessions

Amandaa Bostick A Study of Boric Acid Esters Using NMR Spectroscopy and CAChe Molecular Modeling

Michael J. Cashin Caspase Inhibitors

William E. Wolanski The Investigation of Rosemary and Lavender Oil Compounds as Deer Repellent

Jessica Simmers Cell Shape Determination: Location, Expression, and Function of SABRE in Arabidopsis thaliana

Garrett Cosenza Ethylene-Insensitive Mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana and Cell Shape Determination

Uyen Viet Le Apoptosis

Amy N. Neuhs Understanding Apoptosis: an in-depth look at Cathepsins and beyond

Bridget Trainer Investigation of Human Rights in Ghana

Angela Hinlicky Suitability of Using Type 1 Fimbrial Gene Differences in Escherichia coli as a Bacterial Source Tracking Method