Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado
Volume 2, Number 1 (2012)
The fall issue of the Undergraduate Research Journal highlights the finalists for the Research Excellence Awards, which are given during Academic Excellence Week each spring semester. Research Excellence Awards seek to encourage and reward those presentations that exemplify the highest levels of excellence in research. Only limited presentations were accepted into the awards program and each presentation was evaluated by a team of faculty.Oral Abstracts
The Effect of Presentation Level on the SCAN-3:A
Chelsea Matesi
Engaged Global Millennials: Preliminary Results on an Qualitative Analysis of a Global Millennial Generation
Michaela Frank
An Exploration of High and Low Level Processes in Understanding Others’ Minds
Christopher Gonzales
From Prince of Wallachia to Prince of Darkness: An In-Depth Analysis of the Identity of Vlad Dracula
Lindsey Goldfarb
Strategic Orientation of Big Pharma in Base-of-the-Pyramid Markets
Joshua Metherd and Meghan Patrick
Poster Abstracts
Natural compounds as sources of new drugs: venoms and cancer
Brianne Broughton
Spiritual Spinning Wheels: Religion's Role in Women's Spinning Bees During the American Revolution
Kate Johnson
Divergence of Sulfur-Flower Buckwheat using DNA Analyses
Taylor Brevik and Mitchell McGlaughlin
Song types, repertoires and patterns of song sharing among canyon wrens, Catherpes mexicanus
Anne Rose
Postural Stability and Flexibility in Young Adults
Danielle Ingle
The effect of discrimination on balance concentration and healthinformation processing and retention.
Johanna Zivotic, Danette Breitenbach, and Myraiah Callahan
2012 Judging Panels
- Undergraduate Oral Presentation Evaluation Team
- Michael Kimball, Center for HSL Director
- Thomas Smith, Dean of University College
- Richard Hyslop, Professor of Chemistry
- Bernadette Mendoza,
Graduate Assistant and Ph.D. Program ASRM