Twelve Honors students will be present on topics ranging from parrots to comedy in politics and so much more for their end-of-semester senior presentation to be fulfill the oral presentation requirement for their Honors degree.

The symposium is on Friday November 18 from 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and will be held at College Hall rooms 101 & 106. The event is open to all students, faculty and staff. Click here to see full program with detailed abstracts.

The following students will present:

Shivam Arora, Finance
Title: Identification of Leaders and Followers in US-Listed Indian ADRs and Domestic Listings of Underlying Stocks
Faculty Mentor: Dr. David Rakowski

Marcus Braymer, Political Science
Title: The Comedy of Politics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Thomas Marshall

Sarah Daggs, Nursing
Title: The Role of WNT3a in Bone-Muscle Biochemical Crosstalk and Promoting Primary Myoblast Differentiation
among Mouse Primary Muscle Cells
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Marco Brotto

Meghan Gresham, Psychology
Title: Personality and Well-Being in Psittacines (parrots)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Scott Coleman

Neelim Haider, Computer Science Engineering
Title: Smart Hospital Management Tool
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Christopher McMurrough

Christina Koo, Biology
Title: Effects of the Copper Tolerance Protein bll2211 (copB) in the Nodulation Process for Soybean Plants and Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria Bradyrhizobium Japonicum
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Woo-Suk Chang

Jesssica Lilley, Biology
Title: Nanomaterial-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization for Mass Spectrometry-Based Detection of Street Drugs on Fingertips
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kevin A. Schug

Nina Ling, Nursing
Title: Compliance with Hand Hygiene Policy in a Nursing Home: A Pilot Study
Faculty Mentors: Dr. Deborah Behan & Dr. Kathryn Daniel

Nadine Shihabeddin, Biology
Title: Neuroprotective Effect of Basil Leaf Extract on Hippocampal Cell Line Exposed to Ethanol
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Subhrangsu S Mandal

Micalah Spenrath, Earth and Environmental Science
Title: Identification of the Plateau Of Cadmium Extraction From Aqueous Solution by Invasive Macrophyte: Eichhornia Crassipes
Faculty Mentor: Dr. James Grover

Kiayra Spights, Pyschology
Title: Exercise as an Approach to Alleviate Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP)
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Robert Gatchel

Natalie Thomas, Political Science
Title: The Effect of the Feminist Movement on Women’s Political Involvement in the United States
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Susan Hekman