Undergraduate Honors Papers: Recent submissions
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Sea sickness: The viral spread of sea shanties during the COVID-19 pandemic
(2022)During the early months of 2021, an unexpected new trend went viral on TikTok: sea shanties. A few short months later, our world was drastically changed by the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing much of our society indoors and ... -
The Effects of Antioxidant Therapy on the Oxidative Stress Pathway in Microglial Cells
(2022)Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with old age and marked by deficits in memory and cognitive function. AD pathology is characterized by amyloid-beta accumulation, which leads ... -
Rapid visual processing deficits in children with dyslexia
(2022)Developmental Dyslexia (DD) is a heritable disorder that affects approximately 5-12% of children (Shaywitz et al, 1990) and persists in 4-6% of adults (Schulte-Korne & Remschmidt, 2003). In those with dyslexia, reading ... -
Effects of Season and Body Size on the Mercury Concentrations of Orb-Weaving Spiders
(2022)Mercury (Hg) is an anthropogenic contaminant found in all aquatic ecosystems across the world. One method to monitor levels of Hg contamination in an ecosystem is assess Hg in sentinel organisms: abundant and widely ... -
Hydrodynamic Analysis of Surfboard Fin Performance
(2022)Hydrodynamic Analysis of Surfboard Fin Performance set out to analyze how the outline of a surfboard fin can impact performance. Performance analysis involved running images from the manufacturers' websites through a MATLAB ... -
Eulogy of Dreams
(2022)On May 7th, 2022, I, Nick Sangalis, will graduate from college. I am 22 years old. I have held two corporate jobs in my life. I have been involved in a dozen or so student organizations on campus. I have volunteered over ... -
Ultimate Frisbee Team Come To Life: Denver Diamonds
(2022)This project involves the design, marketing, and branding of a new professional women's ultimate frisbee team based in Colorado, created to expand the sport of ultimate. This will be accomplished with extensive research ... -
From On the Basis of Sex to the Trial of the Chicago 7: Resistance in Courtroom Dramas
(2022)Courtroom dramas are a familiar film genre for American audiences, where lawyers argue cases to demonstrate the legal system's ongoing tension between law and justice. Films from the late 2010's, namely On the Basis of ... -
Untitled: An Unrequested Pamphlet of Personal Musings
(2022)Have you ever wanted to take a deep dive into the mind, history, and life of a 21-year-old redhead? Well, lucky you! Untitled: An Unrequested Pamphlet of Personal Musings is your chance. This manuscript features weighty ... -
The Impact of Women's Representation in State Legislatures on the Introduction of Reproductive Legislation
(2022)Over the past few decades, there has been a significant rise in both female representation at the state level and state-level restrictions on reproductive rights. According to the Guttmacher Institute, as of December 30, ... -
An Investigation into Riemannian Manifolds of Positive Scalar Curvature
(2022)In the field of Riemannian geometry, the condition on the Riemannian metric so that a manifold has positive scalar curvature (PSC) is important for a number of reasons. Many famous researchers have contributed gradually ... -
Applications of Alginate Hydrogels and Porous Silicon in Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering
(2022)Tissue engineering encompasses many important medical applications that pertain to the repair and regeneration of various tissues throughout the human body that have been adversely affected by disease or injury. Through ... -
The Enneagram as a Psychographic Segmentation Tool
(2022)Within Marketing, personality is used as a psychographic segmentation tool. Personality is a valuable segmentation tool because it can impact consumer behavior and purchasing decisions. Assessing the personality traits of ... -
Camille Matcha Makeup
(2022)This project involves the design, marketing, and branding of a luxury makeup company with a unique selling point of matcha. Extensive research into the cosmetic and skincare industry, FDA regulations, and matcha tea will ... -
Looking for Another Piece: An Analysis of the Dividend Puzzle
(2022)This paper aims to contribute to the dividend puzzle by synthesizing theoretical distribution theories and real-world distribution analysis practices. This paper provides brief introductions to the dividend puzzle, dividend ... -
Perceptions of Stigma: People Living with Dementia
(2022)Dementia is an umbrella term that covers a number of diagnoses that affect the cognitive and behavioral functioning of an individual. This diagnosis carries with it a surrounding stigma that impacts a person with dementia's ... -
Utilizing Digital Thermal Monitoring (DTM) to Measure Reactive Hyperemia of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus on Cardiovascular Endothelial Function
(2022)The role of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on the female cardiovascular system remains largely a mystery. However, it is widely accepted that insulin plays a role in cardiovascular protection. Hemoglobin A1C levels allow ... -
A feature film screenplay: Somewhere Only We Go
(2022)"Accident," "false reality," and "coma" were the three words that popped into my mind while trying to fall asleep one night after asking myself, "what will my first feature-length screenplay be about?" I didn't know what ... -
U.S. National Park Service Rebrand
(2022)The brand and graphic identity of the United States National Park Service has become outdated for newer, modern audiences. In order to best understand how to successfully redesign the NPS look and function. In-depth and ... -
Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of a Threonine-Rich Macrocycle; A Review of “Introduction to Research”
(2022)This work describes the synthesis of a 24-atom, threonine-rich macrocycle homodimer, T-T. Syntheses of macrocycles are of interest due to their potential applications as drugs. If the synthesis design allows for a wide ...