Recent Honors Projects

Biochemistry

• Using Chemical Denaturants to Investigate the Stability and Folding/Unfolding Pathway for the Tetrameric GrpE1-112 Protein

Biology

• Innate Predator Recognition and Cultural Transmission of Predator Recognition in the Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia guttata)

Chemistry

• Continuous-Flow Technique Utilizing the Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction for the Analytical Determination of Ascorbic Acid
• Synthesis of Biologically Active Phosphonates from Castor and Lesquerella Oils
• Ligand Exchange in Copper(II) Complexes: Utilizing Ligand Lability in the Synthesis of Novel Copper Dimers and Tetramers
• An Ab initio Study of the Reaction: Cl + Cyclopentane

Computer Science

• Implementing a Programming Language to Improve Programmer Productivity

Creative Writing

• What We Found There: Stories from Snowfall, Alabama

Creative Writing and Political Science

• Creativity in Life: Art and Ingenuity in D.C.'s Homelessness Community

Educational Program Development & Assessment

• Developing Talent Among Children of Color, Students from Low-SES Backgrounds, and English Language Learners Through Exposure to a Junior Great Books Program and the Arts

French

• Etude des Mots et Expressions Anglais Fréquemment Employés dans la Langue Française (Study of English Words and Expressions Frequently Used in the French Language)

Genetics/Metagenomics

• Assessing Dictyostelid Diversity Using Culture-Dependent and Culture-Independent Assays

German

• Beautiful Gender-Benders in a Scared-Straight Society

History

• The Jaffa Riots in Recent Historiography

Modern Languages

• Crossing Worlds: Strategies in the Translation of Asterix en Hispanie, L'Ile Noire, It's a Magical World, "The Hunt," and Mafalda

Neuroscience

• An Investigation into the Role of Estrogen Receptors in the Modulation of Synaptic Transmission within the Nucleus Accumbens
• An Examination of a Rat Model of Pediatric Depression and the Long-Term Effects of Administering Chronic Treatment of Paroxetine to Juvenile Rats

Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies

• To Never Allow Others to Define Me

Psychology

• The Effects of Oral Contraceptives on Olfactory Sensitivity and Pheromonal Perception