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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Bee bee tree (Tetradium daniellii) acclimation to low light and invasive potential in mature forests
(2018)Bee bee trees (Tetradium daniellii) are native to Korea and on Pennsylvania’s invasive species watch list. Sixty germinant bee bee tree seedlings were grown in the Steinman Plant Growth Facility over the summer-fall 2017 ... -
The Relationship Between Trauma, Mental Health, and Physical Health in Lancaster County’s Congolese Refugees
(2018)The purpose of the study is to better understand the complex relationship between traumatic experiences, mental health and physical health in Congolese refugees. Participants include approximately 50 adult Congolese refugees ... -
In Sickness and in Filth: Children's Emerging Biases Toward Unhealthy and Unclean Others
(2017)Cleanliness and health are highly valued, and individuals lacking these qualities often elicit negative attitudes (Speltini & Passini, 2014). To measure 5-9 year-olds’ attitudinal biases towards unhealthy and unclean people, ... -
2017 Autumn Research Fair Program
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Tree-Huggers vs. Human-Lovers: Differences in Cognitive and Emotional Tendencies Influencing Attributions of Moral Worth
(2017)Modern societies have begun to assign moral worth beyond kin and ingroup members (Crimston et al., 2016). Moral worth is generally thought to proceed along a single dimension stretching from humans to the natural world ... -
The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Bringing the Past into the Present and Future
(2017)Founded in 1870, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City is a universal survey, "encyclopedic" museum displaying and interpreting works of art from all time periods and from all over the world for the public. Now ... -
The Effect of Flower Color and Nectar Concentration of Asclepias syriaca on Pollinator Behavior
(2017)Flower color is a mechanism angiosperm plants use to attract pollinators that facilitate reproduction. Asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) is a flowering plant that varies in color (white to dark pink) and requires insect ... -
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 ...
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