Content Posted in 2026

Abused by the Husband, Sanctioned by the Community, Silenced by the State: How U.S. Law Disavows Polygyny and Overlooks Black Muslim Women, Fatima Kamara

A Case Study on Religion and Spirituality Across the Life Course in Northfield, Minnesota, Isabel Gable

Acoustics in Concert Hall Design, Max Kingston

Addressing Debt Dilution in Sovereign Debt Restructurings: Debt Ceilings and Covenants Mechanisms for IMF Supported Governments, Dylan Evans

Affirmative Action and Female Self-Employment in New York State Government Contracting, Julia Bartlett

AI Companion in CS257, Gideon Antwi, Cynthia Lu, Andres Bracho Valles, Charlie Ding, and Helana Solomon

Alexander, the Pilgrim King: Refractions of a Classical Legacy in Byzantine and Islamic History, Parker Johnson

All Too Well (The Innate Version): Maladaptive Macrophage Reprogramming by SARS-CoV-2, Adrián González

America’s Fastest Growing “Unhealthy Commodity” Industry: How Institutions Influence Casino Problem Gambling Prevention and Treatment, Katelyn Harder

A Nervous Breakdown, Nathan Kallin

Application of Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health Care: Can it Replace Therapists?, Lanmeng Li

A Rhetoric of Rescue and Retreat: Gendered Justifications for War and Withdrawal in United States Afghanistan Policy, Lola Taraday

Assessing a Transition in Environmentalism: A Comparison of Campaign and NGO Rhetoric and the Effect of Crises on Biden's Proposed Environmental Policy, Grace Pearson, Heqing Wang, and Allison Palmbach

A Temporal Analysis of Manoomin Co-Management in Minnesota, Marc Donnelly, Keely Fisher, Rebecca Horwitz, and Isabella Quattrucci

Balancing on the High Wire: The Physics of Generation and Stability in Electrical Power Grids, Harrison Redfern

Becoming Wives or Deviants: Postwar Conservatism and the Medicalization of Same-Sex Attraction at Smith, Mount Holyoke, and Wellesley Colleges in Mid-Century America, Caroline Cooper

Beyond the Beef: An Event Study of the 2003 BSE Announcement, Eli Allen

Beyond The Sound Barrier, Jack Curtis

Block by Block (Chain): Constructing Bitcoin through Digital Signatures, Elliptic Curve Cryptography, and Hash Functions, Isabel Intrater, Amelia Lawlor, Henry Wolters, and Natalie Tatar

Blueprints for Framing Activism: What We Can Learn From The Carletonian (1966-1972) About Social Movement Recruitment, Alexis Wallace

"Can a Food Hub Connect the Dots?": Helping Northfield, MN Pursue a Path to a Stronger Local Food System, Sophie Daudon, Kristen Dooley, and Casey Silver

Cartography as Conversion: Examining Time and Space in Matteo Ricci’s 17th-Century Map Kunyu Wanguo Quantu, Jerry Baoling Shang

circAPC Suppresses Canonical Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, Natasha Paez

Circular RNA ciRS-7 as a Central Regulator of Proteostasis and Amyloidogenic Processing in Alzheimer’s Disease, Sam Chutkow

Cognitive Distortions and Bad Habits: Why Both Matter in Intimate Partner Violence, Nadia Yang

Comps Project, Jason Garcia

Conditional Convergence in the Eurozone and West African Economic Monetary Union, Charles Shemwell

Conservation at College: A Demand-Side Management Approach to Reduce Student Water Consumption, Jake Reznick and Charlotte Arneson

Crumhorn at the Function, Ryan Bernstein and Nativ Berkovitz-Rave

DDoS Comps - Winter 2026, Feraidon AbdulRahimzai, Beshir Said, and John Hurtubise

Deformation features of the Mt. Simon Sandstone in the Pine Bend Impact Structure, Inver Grove Heights, MN, USA, Klara A. Kjome Fischer

Did Morals Go Dark with the Enlightenment? The Practice of Moral Relativism and its Effect on Moral Behavior, Leonardo Hess

Disaster Aid or Aid Disaster? Evaluating inequalities in federal assistance following Hurricane Helene, Sofia Jane Hanna

Does Price Matter?: A Laboratory Analysis of a Low-Cost Snack Market, Andrew Jamison

Don’t Open that Can of Worms: How Robert Morris took down the early internet, Changwoo Yu, Lee Li, and Nathan Parker

Emerging from the Dark Ages: A Modern History of the Donald J. Cowling Arboretum, Carly Yu and Sacha-Rose Phillips

Energy, Efficiency, and Lasers in the Immune System, Eleanor Johnson

Epstein-Barr Virus-Encoded Circular RNAs CircRPMS1 & CircBART_2.2 Respectively Promote Immune Escape via miRNA Sponging and Regulating PD-L1, Katherine Opria

Ethical Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder in Cancer Patients, Dylann Cullinane

“Even the Dead Trees are Home to Birds”: Forest Mortality as a Catalyst for Resilience and Possibility in Telluride’s Changing Landscape, Ruby Dirks

Examining the Regulatory Role of CircPVT1 and Hsa_circ_0023404 Within the Hippo Pathway and its Associated Cancers, Victoria Owusu

External Beam Radiation Therapy: From Beam Generation to Cancer Treatment, Eva Leikikh

Factors Influencing Farmers' Support for the Minnesota Buffer Law: A Cross-Country Case Study of Rice and Dakota Counties, Sarah Goldman, Jenna Greene, and Leland Swift

Failing to Protect: UN Security Council Intervention and Humanitarian Costs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Fatima Kamara

Feeding on the Dead: Hyenas, Carrion, and the Ecology of Disease Suppression, Hannah Mngodo

Following the Hunga Tonga Tsunami: From Deep Ocean to Upper Atmosphere, Sara Typrin

From Degradation to Dissemination: How Zika Virus Repurposes Autophagy for Transplacental Transmission, Savanna Blair

Genes on the Move: What Ancient DNA Tells Us about Human Migration and the Spread of Food Production Strategies in the Ancient World, Hadley Twichell

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Geoscience Mathematics Self-Efficacy Scale (GeoMSES) for Majors-Level Undergraduates: Psychometric Data, Michael Coe, Rory McFadden, Beth Pratt-Sitaula, and Eric Baer

Going Steady: Interweaving Individual and Community in the Experience of Parkinson’s Disease, Margaret Hu

Gravitomagnetism and NASA’s Gravity Probe B Experiment, Luke Bisio

Grounded, Lydia Olson

Guiding the Gobsmacked: Bridging the Digital Literacy Gap with Scaffolded Tech Support, Matthew Sigmond, Allie Hopper, Katherine Baker, Cuong Chi Tran, and Jonathan Woodall

Hammering Out The Physics: A Physical View of Metalsmithing, Kaylah Janis

"Hidden in Plain Sight": Zika Virus Hijacks Exosomes for Deceptive Infection and v-miRNA Transport, Abigail Burbery

Home, Zachary Wu

HOTAIR lncRNA regulation of miRNA34-a/Bcl-2 axis in Intervertebral Disk Degeneration as a Potential Therapeutic Target, Elizabeth Hiatt

How Anti-Colonial Movements Internationalize: Institutional Pathways to Legitimacy in Algeria and Kenya, Nora Kushner

How Cancer Talks in Circles: circRNA Communication Shapes EMT in Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Austin Zhu

How Do Submarines Stay Stable, Sustainable and Stealthy, Adam Mahabir

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How Economically Marginalized Adolescents of Color Negotiate Critical Pedagogy in a Computing Classroom, Jean Salac, Lena Armstrong, Megumi Kivuva, Jayne Everson, and Amy J. Ko

How Many Steps Does it Take to Change a Light Bulb? Integrating Higher Efficiency Lamps into the American Consciousness, Russ Aguilar, Ariane LeClerq, Arshia Sandozi, and Megan Teplitsky

How the Kiwi Lost its Wings, Florence Basile

Human Development and Sovereignty in the Caribbean, Zaeda Peter

Increasing Fungal-derived Microbial Necromass Carbon is Important in Promoting the Accumulation of Soil Carbon in Agricultural Soils, Misaki Taniguchi

Information is Physical: The Physics of Information Theory and Computing, Theo Demetriades

In Gratitude, Anna Larson-Cheng

Inositol Hexakisphosphate Plays a Role in the Activation of NRC2, Josh Sampson

Insight into the Diverse Applications of Guar Gum, Nathan Wang

Integration and Co-treatment of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors with Pseudorabies Oncolytic Virus to Improve Anti-tumor Efficacy, Esme Song

Inuit Art at Carleton: How Collectors and the Museum Define Authenticity, Lilian Burrows

Ireland’s Nursing Nuns: Imperial Authority and Social Welfare in the Nineteenth-Century Limerick Workhouse, Sylvia Dixon

“I Thought We Were Mates, You Rotten Sods!”: Reactions to Discrimination and Resistance to Sectarianism in the Deaf Community of Northern Ireland during the Troubles, Lily Petersen

lncRNA Tug1 Contributes to Parkinson’s Disease Through Disruption of PINK1/Parkin Mitophagy and Activation of the BAK/BAX Apoptotic Pathway, Selina Chen

London Bettman Studio Art Comps, London Bettman

Lying Behavior and Inequality: An Experimental Analysis of Payoff-Driven Dishonesty, Sivan Faruqui

Macroscopic Quantum Mechanics: The Physics Behind Josephson Junctions, Henry Wolters

Maeve, Ryder Bravmann

Magnetic Relaxation in Inorganic Molecular Solids, Ben Eveland

Making Crystal Math, Jacob Schaefer

Measles Evasion of Interferon Can Have Dire Consequences for Secondary Infections, Abigail Gooch

Measuring the Wind Power Potential Outside of Conservation Areas in Wyoming, Brendan Grant and Sarah Stadler

Mechanisms of Crustal Deformation: How Rocks Accommodate Stress and Strain, Jackie Harris

Modulation of Interferon Pathways: Coordinated Type I IFN Suppression and Type III IFN Sustenance for Chronic HCV Persistence, Christine Gichimu

Molecular Vibration, Owen Zhang

Mommet, Adiana Contreras

Moon Dreams, Joella Shearer

Mother Knows Best: African American Women Who Taught About Sexual Health (1883-1916), Eleanor Gullickson

“Natural” Gentrification?: The Role of Social Inequality and Natural Disasters in Gentrification and Urban Resilience, Seth Grauer

Necrophagous Insects, Volatile Organic Compounds, and Microbes Interact on Carrion, Shaping Succession and Resource Use, Aurora Juarez

Neuromodulation in the Treatment of Substance Use Disorders: A Comparison of Efficacy and Mechanisms, Ella L. Curtis-Revelle

Noether’s Theorem, Symmetries & Conservation Laws, Ben Ansbacher

Nos Fuimos, Yoel Izaguirre

Our Little Block Universe, Nicholas Q. Vlahos-Sten

Overstimulation, Daniel Casper

Paid Maternity Leave and Women’s Well-Being: Evaluating Family and Labor Market Outcomes for Women in the U.S, Maria Anzalone

Paper Gold? The Effect of Dollarization on Sovereign Spreads During Interest Rate Surprises, Kamran Ahmed

Physics of Snow and Avalanche Dynamics, George L. Wening

Poorly Made Machine, Catherine Zons

Prédatrice ou proie ? Symbolisme animal et dynamiques relationnelles dans Syngué Sabour, Sofia Jane Hanna

Prix Sans Frontières: A Dynamic Analysis of Border Policy and Violations of Purchasing Power Parity in the Schengen Area, 2000-2025, Theo Bester

Producing, sustaining, and experiencing illegality, Charlotte Gingo

Quick to Order, Quick to Deliver: Providing Mobile Access to Sexual Health Supplies, Stella Thompson, Maddy Brown, Ella Visconti, Cameron Richardson, Alex Wcislo, and Daniel Estrada

"¿Quién gobierna? No sé si importa" : Democratic Decline and Resilience in Argentine Youth, Suwannee Conroy-Baarsch

Reclaiming Agency: The Impact of Black Power on Self-Determination and Ethnic Nationalism, Yahnee Acklin

Re-Imagined Communities: Inclusive Nationalism’s Challenges, Successes, and Lessons: A Case Study Analysis of Bolivia & Singapore, Lily S. Wong

Relaxin and ACL Injury Risk: Menstrual Hormone Remodels Collagen in Female ACL Ligament, Kat Kresse

Riding the Red Line: Structural Forces and the Racialization of Urban Space in Chicago, Sophie Stein

Risk, Ambiguity, and Credibility: Does New Information Make Us Better or Worse Off?, Jacob Bushee

Rousseau's Solution to Selfishness: The Necessity of Shared Moral Frameworks to Counteract Anti-Social Self-Interest, Leonardo Hess

Russia's Grizzly Coast: A Case Study of Decision Making at the Minnesota Zoo, Molly Ellsworth and Kathryn Phillips

Seafood as a Primary Source of Concern for Per- and Poly-fluoroalkyl Substance Exposure in Humans, Veronica Ross

Seeing Through the Lens of Physics, Livi Peters

Show Us Your Secrets: Malware As Art, Abdul Rahim Hamid, Lyn Chen, Hildegard Gangolf, and Katrina Ostrom

Signum Fatale: The Transtextual Resonance of the Palladium in Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Natalie Tatar

Sissyphus, Leo Hu

Skills-Based Interventions to Prevent Addiction in Youth With Low Socioeconomic Status, Camilla Donald

Sovereign Debt Crises: IMF Conditionality as a Commitment Device, Jacob Stern

Spare and Share as Applied to Land Management Practices of Farmers in the Rice County Area, Jeremy Alsaker and Cooper Kohlman

Spun Through Teeth and Time: Realities of Textile Labor for Koryŏ Women, c. 1100-1392, Hope Yu

Staying Grounded: COVID-19 Impact on CO2 Emissions from Transportation in the United States, Sarah Shapiro and Erika Mitchell

Stormwater Mitigation at Carleton College: A Site Suitability Analysis for a Bioretention Basin on Campus, Evie LeDuc, Sydney Merrell, and Alex Mazur

Strategic Aid: U.S. Foreign Aid Allocation and Its Alignment with Presidential Foreign Policy Priorities, 1981–2024, Manoka Kozaki

Strengths, Limitations, and Complementarity of Airborne eDNA on Conventional Biodiversity Study Methods, Perri Thompson

Studio Art Comps, Cynthia Lu

Suburban Nights, Ryan Bernstein

Synthesis of Microfracture and Growth-Factor-Loaded Hydrogel Scaffolding Techniques: One Possible Future for Osteoarthritis Treatment, Andrew Sellers

Teacher Compensation and Student Performance: A Policy Recommendation, Nicholas Toole

“Terrorized in Its Authority”: Re-Writing the Canon in Wide Sargasso Sea and James, Winston Ingalls

The Economics of America’s Fertility Decline: Why a $5,000 Baby Bonus Is Not Enough, Ashlyn Haigh

The Father-Son Relationship in Declamation and Tragedy, Fitch Perkins

The Faults and Promises of Canon Formation in Latine Sociology, Juan Garcia

The Green Zones Initiative: A Community-Driven Environmental Justice Policy in Minneapolis, Alle Brown-Law, Fiona Casey, Karen Chen, and Maya Hilty

The Impact of Over-the-Counter Naloxone on Opioid Overdose Outcomes, Amelia Lawlor

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The impact of virtual reality analog‑trauma films and Tetris gameplay duration on intrusive memories, Kenneth B. Abrams, Zhang Yichen, Emerald Wang, Isabel T. Folger, Benjamin Chamberlain Zivsak, Nancy A. Cullen, Isaac M. Smalley, Catherine M. Marvin, Y. Ashley Ye, and A. Harrison James

The Integrated Functions of the NLR Sw-5b, Kaitlyn Chen

The Journey to the Higgs Boson: The Theoretical Origin and the Discovery, Yunan Liu

The Leopard, Cecilia Samadani

The “Outside Agitators” of the Iron Range: Understanding Newspaper Perceptions of Labor Action During the 1916 Mesabi Strike, Will Clausman

The Paradox of Authentic Food: Deconstructing Authenticity, Power, and Identity in Second-Generation Korean American Foodways, Junyoung Benjegerdes

The Populist Divergence: Variation in Anti-Establishment Orientations in Latin America, Abdulrahman Mohamed

The Price of Performance, Cameron Dolbow

The Quantum Future of Computing, Gavin Saxer

Tracking Newspaper Reporting on Wolves in Minnesota in the Years Immediately Following Their Listing and Delisting from the Endangered Species Act, Caroline Harvey, Christian Nielsen, and Thu Nguyen

Trapped-Charge Dating of Pottery, Bianca Lott

Traumatic Stress Among Social Workers and First Responders, Elana Schwartz

Untitled (Birds and Concrete), Oliver P. Black-Johnston

Using MS2 Viral Capsids as Targeted Drug Delivery Mechanism, Peter Calabrese, Emily Muenzer, Narjis Nusaibah, Rocío Avila, Aaron Lobsenz, Jack Rivkin, Madeline Tabora, Irene Tang, and Austin Zhu

Vertebrate Scavengers Mediate Carrion Resource Fluxes Through Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecosystems, Griffin Hintze

Viral Proteins Interact with Plant Host Immune Regulators to Promote a Balanced Relationship to Prolong Infection at a Lower Immune Response, Charles Dickey

Vital Vultures: Avian Scavengers Mitigate the Pathogenic Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors, Maxima Gomez-Palmer

Waveforms and Wavefunctions: The Navigational Capabilities of Bats and Birds Through a Physical Lens, Alison Trackman

Weathering or Worsening the Storm? The Effect of Risk Transfer Intensity on Insurer Equity Responses to Natural Disasters, Jacob Ventura

What a Cluster!: An Analysis of Three Radical SAM Enzymes, Ruby Spector, Hans Anderson, Ben Pennell, Per Johnson, Zev Charlson, Charlie Krajc, Eleanor Hebard, and Sophia Morse-deBrier

What Happens When You Turn It Up To Eleven: The High-Luminosity Large Hadron Collider Upgrade, Carolyn Chinatti

Where is the World Headed? Xi Jinping Offers Chinese Wisdom: A Critical Examination of the Tianxia System and its Role in Chinese Foreign Policy, Isabel Intrater

"Where Women with Disabilities are Learning to Write for Each Other": Community, Disability, Feminism, and Womyn's Braille Press, Brynn Gaebe

Whose Burden? Legal Responsibility for Student Mental Health on College Campuses, Franklin Tokioka

YARA: How to Detect Malware in Files and Websites, Palmy Klangsathorn, Rachel Azan, Daniel Lumbu, and Jeremy Gautama

You Are Who You Wear: a Systematic Review of Enclothed Cognition, Freya Stamets

You think you know a (fun)guy: What CERK1-type receptor-like kinases reveal about the blurred line between symbiotic and pathogenic plant-fungal interactions, Alice Bonnevie-Rothrock