Undergraduate Symposium Program

La Maison Francaise

April 2, 2007

8:00 Welcome reception (Foyer)

8:30 Presentation session I (Auditorium)

10:00 Poster session/Creative work display I (Salon)

11:15 Keynote speaker (Auditorium)

12:15 Luncheon for student presenters and mentors (Marriott Room – Taylor Dining Hall)

1:30 Presentation session II (Auditorium)

3:00 Poster session/Creative work display II (Salon)

4:15 Presentation session III (Auditorium)

Presentation Session I
La Maison Auditorium

8:30 AM Peptide Purification at New England Peptide, Kathleen Jakubosky, Natural Sciences Department

8:50 AM IDEOLOGICAL CONFLICT IN WHALE RIDER, Jennifer Jaworek, English Department

9:10 AM INTERACTION OF RKIP IN THE RAF KINASE PATHWAY, Aditya Ahlawat and Jessie Evans, Natural Sciences Department

9:30 AM THE NATURE OF SLEEP AND FOREGIVENESS IN TOBIAS WOLFF’S WINGFIELD, James Murphy, English Department

9:50 AM SONATINA MERIDIONAL, MANUEL PONCE (1882-1948), Bryan Wrenn, Art and Music Department

Poster session/Creative work display I
La Maison Salon

Morning session presenters (10-11:15 AM): Cara Seidel; Martine Krzeminski and Denise Gotta; Robert Doyle (MAT); Laurie Cadigan; Lynn Sullivan and Emily Richard; Tanya Breault, Meghan Lovett and Megan Urban; Megan Gazda; Bill McKinnon; Sandra Garney, Rose Lotocky, and Kristina Topham; Ashley Daige; Courtney Marshall and Alexis Johnson.

Keynote address
La Maison Auditorium

11:15 AM POKING AND PRYING WITH A PURPOSE: THE TRUE NATURE OF RESEARCH, Dr. Jo B. Paoletti, University of Maryland.

Presentation Session II
La Maison Auditorium

1:30 PM POWER, MAN, AND THE IDEOLOGIES THAT DRIVE THEM, Kelly White, Political Science Department

1:50 PM Central Massachusetts Water Quality: Monitoring and Analysis. Robert Doyle, Kristen Panton, Natural Sciences Department

2:10 PM VIOLENCE IN TELEVISION PROGRAMMING: COMPARING NETWORKS AND TARGET AUDIENCE AGE, Victoria Duke and Chelsea Gilson, Psychology Department

2:30 PM CHARACTERIZATION OF A UV SENSITIVE MUTANT IN HALOBACTERIUM. Andrew Buckley, Natural Sciences

2:50 PM Explorations in Painterly Ways Allison Sherlock, Fine Arts Department 

Poster session/Creative work display II
La Maison Salon

Afternoon session presenters (3-4:15 PM): Allison Herrmann; Grace Morales and Gina Diliddo; Elizabeth Rubin and Jaime Imbrascio; Aditya Ahlawat, Brian Mulkern, Robert Doyle, Chris Rocheleau; Matthew Owens and Matthew Jose; Kristin Doucet; Robert Doyle (CHM); Kristina Boidi; Amy Krager; Andrew Nadermann and Casey McNally.

Presentation Session III
La Maison Auditorium

4:15 PM TRANSCRIPTION COUPLED REPAIR IN THE HALOPHILIC ARCHAEA HALOFERAX VOLCANII. Kathryn Pietrosimone, Natural Sciences Department.

4:35 PM PODCASTS: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO HISPANIC LANGUAGE AND CULTURES. Brittany Carney, Catherine Cortesa, Victoria Duke, Shannon Reynolds; Modern Languages

4:55 PM Methods used in the research of aerosol drug delivery, specifically metered dose inhalers (MDI) and nasal sprays.  Kristen Ganno, Chemistry Department, Xemplar Pharmeceuticals

5:15 PM Beyond the Headlines: Le Provocateur . Ashley Bishop, Nicole Dellasanta, La Provocateur.

5:35 PM Importance of THE C-terminus of OXR2 gene in oxidative DAMAGE prevention , Anna Susi, Natural Sciences Department