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Campus Kudos
ORS sponsored the Seventh Annual Celebration of Student Scholars held May 4, 2007. The day featured poster displays and oral presentations of the outcomes of student research efforts, as well as an address from the Director of Research and an evening reception to celebrate their accomplishments. The Eighth Annual Celebration of Students Scholars is scheduled for May 4, 2008 in Brennan Hall. Please drop by to support our students and see the wonderful things they've been up to!
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View the 2007 CELEBRATION SLIDESHOW (ppt) |
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View the 2007 CELEBRATION BOOKLET (pdf) |
Sixteen faculty members were awarded Spring 2007 Faculty Internal Research Grants. Recipients are:
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Christopher A. Baumann, Ph.D., Chemistry, for a project titled, Photolysis Efficiency in the Picosecond Irradiation of Biacetyl Isolated in Inert Gas Matrices |
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Benjamin Bishop, Ph.D., Computing Sciences, for a project titled, Hardware-oriented techniques for interactive computer animation |
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Barbara Buxton, Ph.D., Nursing, for a project titled, The Perceptions and Experiences of Women with Obesity with Health Care and their Relationshiop with their Health Care Provider |
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Harry Dammer, Ph.D., Sociology/CJ, for a project titled, Chaplains in Pennsylvania's Prisons |
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Antonio Calcagno, Ph.D., Philosophy, for a project titled, Two Books: “The Philosophy of Edith Stein” and “Badiou and Derrida: Politics, Events and Their Time” |
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George Gomez, Ph.D., Biology, for a project titled, Mapping the glomeruli of the olfactory bulb of the domestic chicken |
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Gary Kwiecinski, Ph.D., Biology, for a project titled, Preliminary investigations of verrucae of Phyllostomid bats from St. Lucia |
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Hong Nguyen, Ph.D., Economics & Finance, and Michael O. Mensah, Ph.D., Accounting, for a project titled, Tests of Financing Constraints Using a Sample of U.S. Non-Financial Firms |
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Declan Mulhall, Ph.D., Physics/EE, for a project titled, Order from Random Interactions on a Simple 2-level system |
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Susan Poulson, Ph.D., History, for a project titled, Bringing the Suffrage Stuggle to Life |
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Sergio Ramirez-Franco, Ph.D., Foreign Languages & Literatures, for a project titled, Autobiographia precoz: una lectura tardia (Early Autobiography: a Late Reading) |
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James C. Roberts, Ph.D., Sociology/CJ, for a project titled, The Bars of Scranton |
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Robert J. Smith, Ph.D., Biology, and Maria E. Squire, Ph.D., Biology, for a project titled, Characterization of Bone Morphology in Passerine Landbirds |
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Jennifer A. Tripp, Ph.D., Chemistry, for a project titled, Radiocarbon Dating of Molluscan Shells: Pretreatment Using Density Fractionation |
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Janice Voltzow, Ph.D., Biology, for a project titled, Particle capture by the gills of gastropods |
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Margarete Zalon, Ph.D., Nursing, for a project titled, Electronic Data Collection for Serial Mental State and Confusion Assessment |
University President Scott R. Pilarz, S.J. announced six recipients of the 2007 President's Fellowship for Summer Research. Each undergraduate student participates in research projects with their faculty mentors during a 10-week period this summer.
Award recipients are:
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Robert Bahnsen is working with Ronald McKinney, SJ, Ph.D., Philosophy, on a project titled, Altered Nuclear Transfer - The Ethical Solution to Stem Cell Research? |
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Patrick Donnelly is working with Joe Vinson, Ph.D., Chemistry on a project titled, Synthesis and Isolation of Polyphenol Metabolites for Use as Standards |
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Thomas Guiler is working with Lee M. Penyak, Ph.D., History on a project titled, Bracero Railroad: Mexican Guest Workers in Pennsylvania During the 1940s |
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Kaci Haines, is working with George Gomez, Ph.D., Biology, Investigating the Effects of Embryonic Sensory Experience on Fetal Development |
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Sara Muth is working with Robert Waldeck, Ph.D., Biology, on a projected titled, Search for Localized Areas of Goldfish Telencephalon Involved with Startle Response |
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Chris Truszkowski is working with Benjamin Bishop, Ph.D., Computing Sciences, on a project titled, Techniques for Hardware Accelerated Interactive Computer Simulation |