2013 Sage Undergraduate Research Day

 

UG Research Day 2013 

The Sage Colleges
Undergraduate Research Day
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

 

Final Schedule of Events

[Program materials will be available in Buchman Pavilion beginning at 8am.]

 

Sage College of Albany Campus Events

  • 8am-8:30am: Registration
    Location: KCC Gym
  • 8:30am: Dean's Opening Remarks
    Refreshments and coffee will be served
     Location: KCC Gym
  • 8:40am-10:00am: Law and Society Capstone Seminar
    Location: KCC Gym
  • 8:40am-10:00am: Biology Poster Presentations
    Location: KCC Gym
  • 8:45am-1pm: Graphic + Media Design Senior Capstone
    Location: Opalka Lecture Hall
  • 9:30am-12pm: Fine Arts Senior Capstone
    Location: KCC 104
  • 9:00am-1pm: Interior Design Senior Capstone Poster Display
    Location: Art & Design Building, First floor hallway
  • 9:30am-10:30am: Business Capstone Internship Panel
    Location: KCC 105
  • 9:45am-10:45am: Victims and Their Experiences (PSYC 348/CRM 310)
    Location: KCC 347
  • 10am-11am: Writing & Contemporary Thought Internship Presentations
    Location: KCC 224
  • 10am-5pm: Spring Ahead:  Juried Student Show
    Location: Little Gallery
  • 10:15am-11:15am: Problems of the Alcohol and Drug Dependent Person Poster Presentations
    Location: KCC 101
  • 10:30-10:45am: Patronage and the Tabletop Role-playing Game Industry
    Location: KCC 105
  • 10:45am-11:15am: Hurricane Sandy: Did we do the right thing?
    Location: KCC 105
  • 11:15am-11:30am: Soccer Dice Board and Computer Game
    Location: KCC 105 
  • 11:30am-12:30pm: iThink Poster Presentations
    Refreshments will be served
    Location: KCC Gym

Russell Sage College Campus Events

  • 7:30-9:30am: Breakfast (Buchman)
  • 8:00-9:45am: Department and Program Capstone, Honors, and Special Projects Presentations
    • Chemistry and Biochemistry
      Location: Science 103
    • Psychology
      Location: Gurley 301
    • Biology
      Location: Gurley 101
    • English
      Location: French House Dining Room (9am)
    • History and Political Science
      Location: Gurley 104
    • Mathematics
      Location: Mathematics Lab
  • 10:00-11:30am: RSC Honors Convocation (Bush Memorial in Troy)
  • 11:00-2:00pm: Buffet Lunch (Buchman in Troy)
  • 12:40-1:20pm: RSC Athenians Honors Society Induction (Bush in Troy)

The Sage Colleges Combined Events

  • 12:00-12:30pm: "First Annual Sage Colleges Last Lecture," Dr. Sharon Robinson (Bush Memorial in Troy)
  • 1:30-5:00pm: Symposium (2nd floor classrooms in Gurley Hall in Troy)

The Sage Colleges 2013 Undergraduate Research Symposium

1:30-2:30 :

Session 1A (Gurley 201; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Deb Lawrence):

  • Kyrie Ellison, Lexie Phillips, Sara Curtis, "The Makings of a Broadway Smash"
  • Katherine Voorhees, "How Euler Did It: A Theorem of Newton"

Session 1B (Gurley 202; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Kenneth Howard):

  • Mackenzie Riley, "Prevalence of Wolbachia bacteria on the different reproductive behaviors of three ant species"
  • Alexandra Scoville, "The Effect of Roundup on Microorganisms: Experiencing the common Ambiguity and Inconsistency of Glyphosate Experiments"
  • Angelica Costello and Dana Schleifstein, "Effect of Ingestion of M. Vaccae by Pregnant Mice on Learning and Anxiety Behaviors in their Offspring"
  • Chelsea Sipperly, "Of Mice and Microbes: Can a Lowly Bacterium Help Conquer Fear?"

Session 1C (Gurley 204; Faculty Moderator: Prof. Penny Perkins):

  • Megan Whipple, "The Relationship Between the Functionality of Families and Expectations for Future Relationships"
  • Allison Lund, "Language Influence on Dreams"
  • Cherisse Buffonge, "The Relationship Between Birth Orders and Beliefs About Romantic Relationships"
  • Alicia Anderson, "TV Portrayals and Stigmatisms of the Mentally Ill"

2:40-3:40:

Session 2A (Gurley 201; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Shealeen Meaney):

  • Brittany Beyus, "Childlessness and Chick Lit: Reading and Writing the Female Experience”
  • Sarah Israel, Cassandra VanNostrand, and Chelsea Tarsa, "Expo 1920s"

Session 2B (Gurley 202; Faculty Moderator: Prof. Sean Hovendick):

  • Rachael Cattel, "Eros & Psyche"
  • Jessica Ward, "it, happens"
  • Alexandra Farina, "U Are Here"
  • Hailey Verenini, "Prisms: The Dragon Reborn"

Session 2C (Gurley 204; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Andor Skotnes):

  • Elizabeth Puckey, "The Sage Colleges Armory Project: A Higher Education Fusion Facility"
  • Julie Cappiello, "Letting Go of History: A Look at Kings Park"
  • Jacqueline Zysk, "Janine Antoni and the Feminine Ideal: A Formal Analysis of Lick and Lather"

3:50-4:50 :

Session 3A (Poster Session—Buchman Bistro):

  • Susan Polgreen, "Probiotics in Fermented Foods"
  • Donna Grandeau, "Is High-Fructose Corn Syrup Really Making Us Fat?"
  • Katie Fargnoli, "Artificial Sweeteners and Obesity"
  • Gina Pendolino, "Accurately Targeting Yearling Pumpkinseed Fish for PCB Analysis"
  • Regina Marie Gillis, "The Effect of Water Quality on the Growth Rate of Crops"
  • Elizabeth Salazar, "Potential Queen Ant Larvae and Their Evolutionary Response to Mechanical Stress"
  • Lisa Eytel, "L-Factor Synthesis: Preparation for sex pheromone synthesis of the Nasonia vitripennis Walker jewel wasp"
  • Karley French, "Eyreing Feminist Perspective"

Session 3B (Gurley 202; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Andor Skotnes):

  • Alexandra Scoville, "The Einstein Phenomenon: How History, Science, and Public Awe made Albert Einstein a Lasting Celebrity"
  • Lauren Brady-Haskell, "The Influence of Philosophy on Einstein's Theory of Relativity"
  • Bethaney TenEyck, "Are We Living In A Simulated Reality?"
  • Kayla Nelson, "Shared Symbolism: Alchemical and Christian Meanings in the Works of Edgar Allan Poe"

Session 3C (Gurley 204; Faculty Moderator: Dr. Sarah Butler):

  • Robert Hansen, Serena Heard, Naseema Din, Melissa Estremera, Laurel Martin, "Hurricane Sandy: Did We Do the Right Thing?"
  • Jordan Dibernardo, "Veiled Empowerment: Women of Afghanistan Resist from the Soviet Union to the Taliban"
  • Kendra Anderson, "Walking with the Incas: An Early Peruvian History"

5:00-5:20 (Bush Memorial)
Brief performance by cast of "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" 

5:30 (Kellas Formal)
Michelle Hutchins, 2013 Doris Adams Ferguson Memorial Fellow for Sociology, "Feminism and Politics: A Sociological Observation of the 2012 Election"

5:20-6:00 (Bush Memorial)
Closing Reception

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