Ursidae: The Undergraduate Research Journal at the University of Northern Colorado
Volume 7, Number 1 (2017) Research Day 2017 - Undergraduate Research Excellence Award Winners & Finalists
This issue features the abstracts of the 2017 winners of the University of Northern Colorado’s annual Research Day - Undergraduate Research Excellence Awards competition. First, second and third place were awarded in the categories of oral presentations and poster presentations in three fields: Natural Sciences, Humanities, and Social Sciences.Abstracts
Chronic Inflammation, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Dietary Inflammatory Index in Cancer Survivors
Matthew Christensen
Thermal Effects During Incubation on Corn Snake (Pantherophis guttatus) Pigment and Pattern Formation
Hawken Carlton
Effects of migration on wing morphology in Rock Wrens
Nickolas Godlove
Actual vs. Perceived Body Composition and How Body Image Impacts College Students
Kiera Papish and Pyper Newton
Systemic Depreciation: An Analysis of Non-White Neighborhood Vulnerability to Urban Gentrification
Abigail McGaha Miller
Predicting Network Dynamics Based on Neural Connectivity
Samantha Moore
Relationships Between Ambient Noise Levels and Vocal Effort when Working as a Restaurant Bartender
Ashley Bautista
Design, Synthesis, and Biological Activity of O-phenyl-N-(9’-acridinyl)-hydroxylamines
Matthew DeSelm
The small but healthy hypothesis: Evidence of skeletal stress and adaptation in Himera, Sicily
Tessa Smith
Conquering Math Anxiety
Kendra Ellett
Biological distance between flexed and supine burials at the ancient Greek city of Himera using dental nonmetric data
Jessica Czapla
Frankenstein's Fixations: A Psychoanalytic Approach to Childhood, Sexuality, and Outsiders
Kaitlin Harris
The U.S. Heath Care Experience
Cristian Montes