Honors Projects

Glucocorticoids (GC) are hormones secreted in our body in response to stress such as cortisol (in humans) and corticosterone (in rodents). Excessive exposure to GC can le[...]

Melanoma is the most dangerous skin cancer and is caused by uncontrolled growth of melanocytes, pigment producing cells. Zebrafish are an excellent model organism for ski[...]

Through my prints and drawings I interpret the vanitas genre as a changing, fleeting memory by contrasting line drawn and rendered medical objects in mixed media lithogra[...]

How have accuracies and inaccuracies of historical filmed media changed throughout time and historical contexts? What are these films’ effects on society and education? A[...]

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When Identities Align: An Examination of Co-Constructed Identities

This paper analyzes the ways in which Hamilton: An American Musical impacted both Broadway and society. When Hamilton premiered on Broadway in 2015, it quickly became a m[...]

Recent work has shown that the dorsal fins in fish operate not only as locomotive appendages, but also as sensory structures that aid in proprioception. To investigate ho[...]

This thesis provides a comprehensive view of the daily lives of the Soviet Proletariat in the 1920s and 1930s. Both negative and positive outcomes of the policies impleme[...]