UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ACHIEVEMENT FAIR

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2011
1:00 – 4:00 PM
BERMAN STUDENTS' CENTER

Berman Center Theatre – Paper Presentations and Discussion

1:00 Valerie Valdez (International Studies) "Income Inequality in China"

1:30 Cecilia Medyna (Romance Languages) "The Breton Question: Regional, National or European Identity?"

2:00 Brittany Baur (Biology) "The antioxidant and neuroprotective efficacies of several common bioavailable polyphenolic flavonoids and terpenoids from Ginkgo biloba leaf extract against neurotoxin-induced Parkinson's disease model in vitro"

2:30 Ricardo Gamez (Biology) "The neuroprotective efficacies of the various vitamin E isomers against neurotoxin-induced Parkinson's disease model and other neurodegenerative models in vitro"

3:00 Melat Tiruneh (Biology) "The ginsenoside constituents from Ginseng are effective antioxidant and neuroprotective agents against neurotoxin-induced Parkinson's disease model in vitro"

3:30 Valerie Lopez (Political Science) "Blacks as People: A Comparative Study of the Political Participation of Afro-descendents in Brazil and Ecuador"

Room 002 Berman Center – Paper Presentations and Discussion

1:00 Heather Breene (Music Education) "Successful Performance of a Contemporary Musical Work: The Collaboration between a Performer and Composer"

1:30 Samuel Crawford (Music) Solo Jazz Guitar Performance of "God Bless the Child" by Billie Holiday and Arthur Herzog, Jr.

2:00 Gina Viggiano (Art History) "Sustainable Homes"

2:30 Keeley McCue (Management) "The Juxtaposition of Natural and Artificial: A Photographic Reflection on the Environmental Movement"

3:00 Charlene Cordero-Matos (International Studies) "Sustainable Feminism: Can Ecofeminist Art Work as a Form of Resistance in both Feminism and Ecology?"

3:30 Alexandra Simonfay (Communication) "A Psychoanalytic Perspective in the Analysis of Disturbia and Rear Window"

Berman Center Lobby (1 – 4 p.m.) – Poster, Fine Art and ePortfolio Presentations

1. Ricardo Sanchez Ayala (Studio Art) Poster
2. Kavita Patel, Natalie Garcia, Pedro Kim (Biology) Poster
3. Tchotcho Teko (Biology) Poster
4. Madeline Gomez (Biology) Poster
5. Aimee Wanner (Studio Art) Fine Art
6. Alexander Doolan (Studio Art) Fine Art
7. Katrina Jordan (Studio Art) Fine Art
8. Cameron Graham (Undeclared) Fine Art
9. Elizabeth Sweeney (Studio Art) Fine Art
10. Matthew Marano (Studio Art) Fine Art
11. Keeley McCue (Management) Fine Art
12. Joe Horton (Studio Art) ePortfolio
13. Jeanette LeBlanc (Management) ePortfolio
14. Elizabeth Borgatti (Studio Art) ePortfolio
15. Amanda Ruderman (Studio Art) ePortfolio
16. Larry Laski (Computer Science) ePortfolio
17. Gina Viggiano (Art History) ePortfolio