F&M Student Research Fairs Collection
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Student research fairs at Franklin and Marshall College provide students with the opportunity to showcase and share their work with the F&M community and beyond. The College holds two annual fairs: the Autumn Research Fair and the Closer Look Research Fair in the spring. The fairs include both poster sessions and oral presentations. The Student Research Fairs Collection provides online access to posters and presentations from the fairs, beginning with the 2016 Autumn Research Fair. It also includes programs from the fairs.
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The Role of Meaning Making in Outcomes of Racial Discrimination
(2017)Stress is most often misconstrued as purely negative. This is particularly the case in relation to the stress caused by racial discrimination and the overwhelming evidence of its negative outcomes. However, stress does not ... -
Social learning in Society Finches
(2017)Social learning is a phenomenon in which individuals learn new behaviors through watching others, often conspecifics, and it has been demonstrated in many diverse taxa, including birds. However, social learning is a ... -
Glucocorticoid and Behavioral Responses of Shelter Dogs to Human Interaction: Investigating the Effects of the Dog-human Bond on Animal Welfare
(2017)Millions of dogs are relinquished to animal shelters and rescues each year. Even in a well-run and attentive shelter, dogs are introduced to a variety of psychological stressors and experience a drastic increase in cortisol ... -
Evaluation of the Temperature Sensitivity of Different Coral Symbionts via Site Directed Mutagenesis of Glyceraldehyde-3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
(2017)Coral bleaching occurs when corals expel their symbiotic algae (Symbiodinium). This happens especially at high temperatures, and can be fatal to the coral. However, different clades of Symbiodinium seem to provide different ... -
The effect of flower color and nectar on Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) pollination
(2016)In this study we quantified the effect of floral pigmentation and nectar volume on pollinator visitation, behavior, and pollen movement in Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed). To do this we observed the frequency, type, ... -
Increasing Use and Knowledge of Lancaster County's Natural Reserves
(2016)Spending time outdoors is beneficial to adults and children. However, in recent years, fewer people have been spending time outside. In our local Pennsylvania community, the Lancaster County Conservancy (LCC) offers ... -
Calculation of Positronium Energy Levels at Order 𝑚𝛼7
(2016)The main purpose of the research project is to calculate the positronium energy levels at the order 𝑚𝛼7. Positronium is a bound state of an electron and its antiparticle, positron. Since the electrodynamic interaction ... -
Calculating the Energy Levels of Positronium at Order mα7
(2016)Positronium is a bound state of an electron with a positron. In particle physics a complete understanding of positronium energy levels is the basis for finding the energy levels of more complex systems. It is important to ... -
A Revised Examination of Materialism and Conspicuous Consumption Among Young Chinese Adults
(2016)With the growing rise of China's economic and spending power, it is increasingly important to understand the implication of these developments on consumer behaviors. This study examines materialism and conspicuous consumption ... -
The Grand Canyon: Visible Impacts on the Colorado
(2016)In 2015 the non-profit, American Rivers, named the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon the #1 most endangered river 2015. With threats of unprecedented development and multiple varieties of pollution, one of the seven natural ... -
Understanding the Common Roman Man Through Ancient Graffiti
(2016)An analysis of ancient Roman graffiti was studied in the Italian cities Rome, Naples, Pompeii, and Herculaneum. Unlike ancient literature written by upper-class Roman men, graffiti was the literary method of choice for the ... -
Emotion Regulation in the Context of Stress
(2016)Due to the ubiquitous nature of emotions, it is increasingly important to effectively regulate them in stressful situations. Much of the prior research on emotion regulation has been performed in the laboratory. Very few ... -
Computational Study of the Combustion and Atmospheric Decomposition of 3-Ketohept-1-oxy Radicals
(2016)Biofuels have been introduced as an alternative energy source to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. However, the combustion of biofuels releases volatile organic compounds that undergo oxidation reactions ... -
Financial Accessibility of Lancaster Central Market
(2016)My research focus was on the financial accessibility of Central Market (CM) compared to other grocers in Lancaster for the city’s food insecure population. CM is physically accessible because it is within walking distance ... -
Charge Balance Mechanism of Counter Ion Substitution in Carbonated Apatite
(2016)Carbonated apatite is present in the bones of vertebrates and has useful biomedical properties. Carbonated apatite is a common form of ion-substituted apatite, but the mechanism employed by the hexagonal structure in the ... -
A Momentum Correction Factor to Recalculate LHCb Data
(2016)The LHCb detector measures particle showers from proton-proton collisions at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN). Measurements from multiple components of the detector are combined to calculate the mass ... -
2016 Autumn Research Fair Program
(2016)
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