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Antlions, Acrylamide, and Shakespeare Previous | Next Student research projects take center stage at Mount Holyoke’s annual Senior Symposium Mount Holyoke seniors emerge from labs, studios, and library carrels each spring to share their research projects with the campus community. The culmination of countless hours of intellectual effort (not to mention countless cups of coffee), the presentations showcase both the high caliber of student research at Mount Holyoke and our faculty’s dedication to mentoring.
In 2009, topics included: - Interference!: Antlions Learn to Alter Feeding Behavior When Faced with Threat of Prey Escape
Presenters: Laura Nos, Amy Williams
Advisor: Karen Hollis - Love, Sexuality, and Marriage in Shakespeare
Presenter: Laura Tallon
Advisor: Peter Berek - Would You Like a Side of Acrylamide with That?: Acrylamide Content in Fried Foods and How Its Effects Can Be Reduced
Presenter: Cathy Lew
Advisor: Sheila Browne - Using the Nintendo Wii to Assess Motility
Presenter: Rebecca Groveman
Advisor: Barbara Lerner - "A Force to Be Reckoned With": Women and Peace during the Vietnam War
Presenter: Hannah Rogal
Advisor: Jane Gerhard - The Place of Poetry in the Chilean Transition to Democracy
Presenter: Yana Stainova
Advisor: Christian Gundermann - Kinematics of Climbing and Unconventional Launching in the Small Marsupial Sugar Glider (Petaurus breviceps)
Presenter: Addison Kemp
Advisor: Gary Gillis - Collaborative Development: A Project on Revitalization Efforts in Holyoke, Massachusetts
Presenter: Sarah Krautheim
Advisor: Matthew McKeever |
