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Graduated in 2024
Adrian Balvuena, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2024, BOYS IN THE SUN
Henry Bowman, Physics (PHYS) 2024, Here Comes the Sun: An Overview of Semiconductor Photovoltaics
Trevor Jones, Biology (BIOL) 2024, The Molecular Pathology and Therapeutic Potential of Autophagy in Alzheimer's Disease
An Vong, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2024, Home for the Holiday
Yichen Zhang, Philosophy (PHIL) 2024, Between ren and Community: how does one die with moral value?
Graduated in 2023
Collin Adams, Biology (BIOL) 2023, The Multifaceted Role of Codon Usage Bias in Regulating Gene Expression
Luisa Alves Escosteguy, PJ Sangvong, Etienne Richart, Duc Nguyen, and Shirin Sharma, Computer Science (CS) 2023, Wiki Addition Viewer: An extension to add insights to your Wikipedia experience
Evangel Anyiwe, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2023, Justice: Political Structure’s Effect on Sentence Length
Jancyn Appel, Political Science (POSC), Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2023, Equality isn’t the Goal, but the Expectation: An Investigation of the Constitutionality of Racialized Policies through the Lens of Thurgood Marshall’s Supreme Court Opinions
Kelsie Armstrong, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Acclimation and Fluctuating Temperatures Affect Ecological Performance and Development in Frogs
Laurie Avila, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Tangles, Trips, and Treatment: An Overview and Analysis of the Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Therapy for Alzheimer’s Disease
Hannah Babcock, Studio Art (ARTS) 2023, Body and place
Juliana Bachulis, Linguistics (LING) 2023, Phonological Approximation in Computer-Mediated Communication: Governance of Deletion and Lengthening in SMS
Juliana Bachulis, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2023, Xi’s China and Trong’s Vietnam - The Emergence of Populism in the Authoritarian Context
Sophie Baggett, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Alzheimer's Disease: Turning Towards Tau
Avigail Bailon, Dominic Calicdan, and Chloe Truebenbach, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2023, Environmental Justice Curricula in Interdisciplinary Environmental and Sustainability Programs: Examining the Variance of Liberal Arts Undergraduate Institutions that Include Environmental Justice Curricula.
Lucille Baker-Stahl, Geology (GEOL) 2023, The Hidden Falls Member: Lithostratigraphy and Depositional Insights Into the Platteville Formation, Southeastern Minnesota
Maya Bannatyne, Geology (GEOL) 2023, Geochemistry, U/Pb ages, and Hf isotope analyses of plutons in Southeastern Alaska: Implications for the Resurrection plate debate and associated magmatism
Nicolas Bell, Geology (GEOL) 2023, Investigating Environmental Effects on Sediment Trapping and Binding by Microbial Mats
Lillian Berets, Women's and Gender Studies (WGST) 2023, Sharing Our Roots: A Radical Economy of Community Carework
James Berger, Computer Science (CS) 2023, PictaPhone: Using smartphones as Controllers
Aaron Berkowitz, Biology (BIOL) 2023, ApoE-TREM 2 Interaction: An Important Regulator of Alzheimer’s Disease Pathogenesis
Raine Bernhard, History (HIST) 2023, “By Virtue of a Bond”: Overseas Familial and Financial Connections between Loyalist Refugees and Americans after the Revolutionary War
Eledon Beyene, Studio Art (ARTS) 2023, Eledon's Fall Comps
James Bice, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2023, 3 Phone Calls
Indigo Bistrup-Peterson, English (ENGL) 2023, Between Meals
Sam Blair, Economics (ECON) 2023, International R&D Spillovers, Trade, and Welfare
Sawyer Blair, Studio Art (ARTS) 2023, Wood and Clay: A Material Study
Avery Blumenthal and Lucas Cantrell, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2023, Politics and Economics in the Endangered Species Act: Evaluating Endangered Species Delistings
Zoe Bonnell, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, From Gratitude to Grief: Conceptions of Identity and Belonging Among Chinese American Transracial Adoptees
Marte Borgmann, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, Labors of the Heart: Experiences of Refugee Resettlement Organization Workers
Maddie Boulis, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Human Cytomegalovirus RNA2.7 aids Viral Immune Evasion
Sean Boyce, Emma Watson, William Stepanksi, Lucy Shapiro, Ania Hoang, Nell Shafer, William Chang-Stucki, and Nora Caballero, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, A Molecular Perspective on Ammonia Chemistry in Atmospheric Water Droplets
Robert Breyer, Economics (ECON) 2023, The October 2019 Conundrum: Testing How Zero-Commission Trading Has Influenced Market Efficiency
Anders Brodnax, Economics (ECON) 2023, How the Paycheck Fairness Act Would Reduce the Gender Wage Gap
Harper Brooks-Kahn, Political Science/International Relations (POSI) 2023, "The 90 Minute Patriot": Sports and Secessionism through Time-Series Regression Analysis
Lauren Bundy, French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2023, « Ça n'existe pas, l'humour sans frontières » : Corporalité discursive chez Blanche Gardin
Emma Burke, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2023, Virtue/Vice
Ross Burnside, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Common Is Not Always Optimal: The Reasons for Using Rare Codons in Genes
Cole Cadaram, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, Modern Techniques in Electrochemical Organic Synthesis
Eway Cai, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, Targeted Protein Degradation and Genome Editing as Novel Applications of Chemical Inducers of Proximity
Cristina Camarillo, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, Maintaining and Creating Relationships with Rural Homeland Communities: An Ethnographic Study of Regalitos Being Exchanged between México and Texas
Lee Camp, Linguistics (LING) 2023, Breaking the Binary: Evaluating Gender Inclusivity in Neural Coreference Algorithms
Emma Carlson, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Codon usage bias as a regulatory mechanism of gene expression
Jalen Causey, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Love, Truth, and Healing: An Integrative Discussion of Childhood and Generational Trauma
Isabella Cha, Economics (ECON) 2023, The Case For Paid Maternity Leave: Reducing Inequities Between Low-Income and High-Income Women
Ben Chao, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, Electrodeposition of p-Type Mixed Metal Oxide Semiconductors from Aqueous Metal Nitrate Solution
Susan Charlie, Economics (ECON) 2023, Overturning Roe v. Wade: Economic Implications of Abortion Access on Women
Isabella Charlton, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Regulation of Abiotic Stress Response in Arabidopsis Via Alternative Splicing
Robin Cheatham, Studio Art (ARTS) 2023, Reflection On Self
Eleanor Chen, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Torpor-Associated Thermoregulation and Appetite Regulation in Endothermic Mammals: A Concerted and Tailored Process
Jared Chen, Thomas Zeng, Teagan Johnson, and Nathan Hedgecock, Computer Science (CS) 2023, Replication of "Counterfactual Fairness in Text Classification through Robustness"
Kevin Chen, David Chu, Anna Neiman-Golden, Chisom Oguh, Ben Aoki-Sherwood, and Lita Theng, Computer Science (CS) 2023, Is a Dollar Worth a Thousand Words? Visualizing the Connections Between U.S. Congress Members’ Funding and Speech
Emma Chin, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, (In)Visibility: Analyzing Media Coverage of Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in the Wake of COVID-19
Yoonho Choi, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, Producing Semiconductors Suitable for Water Splitting with Metal Nitrates
Thomas Chown, Economics (ECON) 2023, How Economies Recover from the Shocks of War
Sophia Chuen, Linguistics (LING) 2023, The Role of Affect and Social Bias in Perception and Language Attitudes towards Chinese-accented English
Jackson Cleveland, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, PHAding Away - Marine Biodegradable Polymers and the Potential of PHAs
Annabel Cohen, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, Keeping the Faith: Being Jewish in Officially Christian Academic Spheres
Canute Collins, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Behavioral Torpor Regulation of the Little Brown Bat
Justin Crawmer, Biology (BIOL) 2023, SRSF1 is an Oncoprotein and is a Key Regulator of Bcl-x Alternative Splicing in Lung Cancer
Isaac Crown, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2023, Who is living in my father's house?
Cassie Cunniff, Diaraye Diallo, Beck Woollen, and Zia NoiseCat, Environmental Studies (ENTS) 2023, Watering the West: An Exploratory Case Study of Indigenous Water Rights in the Colorado River Basin
John Daley, History (HIST) 2023, Block Communities Inc.: Less than helpful hands during the War on Poverty.
Thang Dao, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Anthropogenic Noise Modulation of the Avian Gut Microbiome Drives Phenotypic Differentiation Between Urban and Rural Environments.
Charles Davison, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, A Cross Cultural Comparison of Trauma Symptoms
Nicolo Del Negro, Art History (ARTH) 2023, Peggy Guggenheim Matron of Modernism: How Friends, Money, Love, and Luck Forged an Art Collection
Nicolo Del Negro, History (HIST) 2023, “To Centralize, or not to Centralize–that is the Question:” Evaluating the Changes Proposed in the 1963 NYC Charter
Aisha Dem, Sociology and Anthropology (SOAN) 2023, Navigating Space on The Cultural Identity Spectrum: How Second Generation Gambians Form and Express Identity in Minnesota
Helen Desta, Psychology (PSYC) 2023, Evaluating the Measurement of Sense of Belonging in Schools
Maya Donovan, Economics (ECON) 2023, Choosing Living & Care Arrangements: Informal Care Receipt and the Decision to Enter a Nursing Home
Maya Donovan, Philosophy (PHIL) 2023, Extending Loving Attention to Strangers
Charlotte Drake, Economics (ECON) 2023, The Impact of Landlord Type on Housing Insecurity: Evidence from Corporate and Individual Owners in the New York City Rental Housing Market
Adela Dujsikova, Biology (BIOL) 2023, SRSF1 and SRSF3 regulate the crosstalk between apoptosis and autophagy through interactions with Bcl-x and BECN1.
Aarnie Dushime, Economics (ECON) 2023, The Effect of the Liberalization of African Airline Markets on the Development of African Economies
Charles Dvergsten, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Ineffective Erythropoiesis and Anemia in Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Ringed Sideroblasts: The Role of SF3B1 Mutation
Noah Eckersley, Classics (CLST) 2023, Athena and Democracy in the Eumenides and the Ajax
Alyssa Ehrhardt, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Interactions Between Copper Dysregulation and Biological Markers of Alzheimer's Disease
Kaylin Eliza Engerman, Biology (BIOL) 2023, The Large-Scale Consequences of Ecological Mismatch between Bark Beetles and Their Host Trees
David Espinoza, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2023, Mi Vecina, La Llorona
Abraham Faber, Political Science (POSC) 2023, Who Defends Democracies in Crisis? Discerning How Groups Advocating Electoral Reform React to Democratic Backsliding
Sebastian Fallon, Physics (PHYS) 2023, The Anomalous Zeeman Effect
Grace Farwell, Linguistics (LING) 2023, Third Language Acquisition: Investigating the Roles of L2 Proficiency, The Typological Primacy Model, and the L2 Status Factor Model on German Vowel Perception in L1 English, L2 French Individuals
Max Felland, Biology (BIOL) 2023, The Calcium Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease: A view on NMDA receptors and Calcium Homeostasis Modulator Proteins
Will Feng, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Epstein-Barr Virus uses MicroRNAs as part of its Strategy for Host Immune Evasion
Will Feng, Alex Rowell, Allison Teichman, Ethan Li, Gavin Hazen, Helen Jin-Lee, Michaela Polley, Tommy Lisko, and Tony Qiang, Chemistry (CHEM) 2023, A Gold Star Approach: Using Gold Nanostars as a Drug Delivery Vehicle for Cancer Treatment
Ryan Flanagan, Political Science (POSC) 2023, The Olympic 'City of Exception' and the Subversion of Pluralism: Observing Convergence between Beijing and Rio de Janeiro
Will Fleming, Economics (ECON) 2023, How Does Zoning Impact Affordable Housing? What Can Be Done To Better Achieve Affordable Housing Goals?
Connor Flinn, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Assessing the Combined Impacts of Anthropocene Stressors and Atmospheric/Geographic Features on Global Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) Aggregations
Emma Freedman, Political Science (POSC) 2023, #Academic: The Legal Struggle to Apply Academic Freedom and Freedom of Speech to Digital Scholarship
Allie Fridkin, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Phenological mismatch and specialist pollinators: a comparison of current hypotheses and case studies
Dana Fried, French (FREN), French and Francophone Studies (FREN) 2023, Dissimulation et résistance de La bataille d’Alger et Papicha
Dana Fried, Chinese (CHIN) 2023, One King, Two Swords, Three Heads: Lu Xun’s “Forging Swords” in Translation
Molly Furlong, Cinema and Media Studies (CAMS) 2023, Stupid Little Place
Alex Gallin, Economics (ECON) 2023, Does the Federal Reserve Have an Advantage When Forecasting Housing Data?
Maia Li Garby, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Integrated Crop-Livestock Systems: An Analysis of Soil Carbon Storage, Sequestration, and Respiration
Thomas Gatewood, Biology (BIOL) 2023, Epstein-Barr Viral Proteins EBNA1 and vIL-10 Facilitate Immune Evasion by Supporting a Latent-Lytic Cycle of Infection
Fiona Gillen, Cognitive Science (CGSC) 2023, “Life is Like a Video Game:” The Impact of Violent Media on Moral Development
Sam Gloss, Economics (ECON) 2023, The Effect of Parental Leave Policy on Children's Outcomes and Reommendations for Optimization with respect to Childhood Development
Darius Goodman, Economics (ECON) 2023, The Quality of Life from Being Pro-Life: Analyzing the Impact of the Overturning of Roe v. Wade on the Economic Lives of Black Women
