Submissions from 2024
The Effect of Population Density on Harmful Algal Blooms in Southwest Florida, Emma Barry '25
The Effect of Integrated Pest Management on Nutrition of Bee Collected Pollen, Kaitlyn Bresnahan '25
How to Identify Various Sparrow Species, Aidan Castricone '24, Alexis Larsen '24, and Emma Barry '25
Seven Behaviors Exhibited in the Blue Jay, Gillian Chapleau '24 and Jide Owoeye '23
The Effect Sea Temperature Has on Coral Reef Health in the Great Barrier Reef, Elizabeth Glasspool '26
Michigan Water Supply: Analysis of Health Violations, Gabriela Guzman Reyes '24
GDP Effects on Bottlenose Dolphins Within the Gulf of Mexico, Kathleen Kelly '24
Sea Surface Temperature Influence on Tropical Storms and Hurricanes, Elise LeRoux '26
Identifying the American Goldfinch, Margaret Low '24 and Laura Mooney '24
Mallards and Their Interesting Facts, Caitlin McHugh '24 and Jessica Slaton '24
Whale Harvest Through Time: Unveiling the Hemispheric Contrasts in Whaling, Laura Mooney '24
The Effect of Temperature on the Invasive Asian Needle Ant, Kaylee Mulligan '25
Blue Jays, Meriam Salo '25 and Gabriela Guzman Reyes '24
Submissions from 2023
Size and Swimming Velocity in Nature, Samantha Borruso
Honeybee Nutrition Through the Ages, Kaitlyn Bresnahan
The Effect of Integrated Pest Management on Honey Bee Behavior and Colony Level Health, Kaitlyn Bresnahan
Effect of Dietary Protein on Honey Bee Pollen Foraging Behavior, Katherine Burke
The Influence of Sampling Frequency on Bee Species Richness, Courtney Caccamo
Diversity of Bees in Trees and Their Foraging Preferences on an Urban College Campus, Aidan Castricone
Diversity of Bees in Trees on Urban College Campus, Aidan Castricone and Courtney Caccamo
Does More Pollen Mean More Sneezing?, Diraliz Cruz
Be Happy, But Not Too Happy: Taiwanese and American Childrearing Differences in Regulation of Ideal Affect., Samantha Dietel
Microplastics’ Effects on Painted Lady Butterfly Survivorship, Migratory Behavior, and Fecundity, Kaelin Ferland
Ants and AI: Describing Antennal Behavior, Sara Filler
The Impact of Age and Catch Location on the Mortality Rates of Striped Bass, Owen Finnegan
Alternative Technologies for Assessing Marine Populations Using Environmental DNA, Grace Foltz and Matthew Rock
The Effect of Water Temperature on Tiger Shark Location, Philip Gelso
Effect of Decreased Snowfall During an Atypical Winter on a Rare Butterfly’s Host Plant, Breelyn Gilbert
Element Levels in Soil Depend on Elevation, Sean Harris
Visual Host Plant Surveys Correlate with Abundance of a Rare Butterfly, Isabelle Heron
Does Artificial Lighting Cause Sea Turtle Hatchling Disorientations?, Kate Hickey
Suitability and Nutritional Analysis of Spotted Lanternfly Habitats, Kathryn Hickey
Circadian Rhythms Effect on Brain Metabolism in Mutant Flies, Olivia Kozub
Genetic Disruption of Metabolic Balance in Mouse Cerebellar Neurons Causes Deficits in the Postnatal Development of Their Dendritic Tree and Mouse Motor Skills, Hayden Lens and Mary Boghos
Neurodevelopmental Deficits Precede Purkinje Cell Loss in a Mouse Model of Niemann-Pick Type-C Disease, Collin MacLeod
Threshold Wounds Rejuvenate Skin Cells Via Modulation of Cellular or Mitochondria Activities, Bridget Maynard
Effect of Decreased Snowpack on a Rare Butterfly’s Host Plant, Caitlin McHugh
Effect of Natural Disasters on Coastal Human Populations of the Southeastern U.S., Caitlin McHugh
Analyzing Behavior in Flies modeling Frontotemporal Dementia, Colin McNulty, Julia Bonavolonta, and Connor Barber
The Effect of Nuclear Power on Carbon Intensity, Lukas Mullaney
The Predation Resistance of Squashed E. coli, Kathryn Mulvey and Caroline Zielinski
Precipitation Effects on Butterfly Species Richness, Maggie Ritchie
The Evolution of Pollution Resistance in the Atlantic Killifish, Matthew Rock
Circadian Rhythm Effects of Social Jetlag and Exercise on Stress Levels and Weight Change of Fischer Rats, Brian Schwalm
Floral Nutritional Value and Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Northeastern (USA) Urban Areas, Gracey Sorensen
See You Later Alligator: Forelimb and Wrist of Alligators Walking the Treadmill, Erin Trammell, Inthavha Singharaj, and Sasha Rudich
Land and Energy, Devan Viani
Submissions from 2022
A Patient-Derived iPSC Model to Study Glutamate Deficiency by SHANK-3 Mutation in Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tiffany Berry and Courtney Caccia
Environmental toxins disproportionately affect low income and minority communities along the Providence River, Jalynn Booker
Honey Bee Nutrition Through the Ages, Kaitlyn Bresnaham
Developing a COVID-19 Yeast Oral Vaccine for Low Income Countries, Christopher Bresnahan, Noah Kozub, and Taylor Brysgel
Effect of Dietary Protein on Honey Bee Pollen Foraging Behavior, Katherine Burke
Asset values of trees vary among age and condition, Aidan Castricone
Diversity of Bees in Trees on an Urban College Campus, Aidan Castricone
Yeast Bax Inhibitor (Bxi1p/Ybh3p) is a Calcium Channel in E. coli, Madelyn Crago and Julia Aguiar
Metabolic Rates of Brachyponera Chinensis from Rhode Island, Diraliz Cruz
Assessment of Population Size, Survival, and Movement Behavior of the Rare Frosted Elfin Butterfly, Breelyn Gilbert
Prey Range, Predation Efficiency, And Comparative Genomics of Bdellovibrio From the Same Soil Sample, Brianna Harper
Climate effects on butterfly species richness, Isabelle Heron
Visual Host Plant Surveys Correlate with Abundance of a Rare Butterfly, Isabelle Heron
Lyme disease cases dependent on annual snowfall, Andrew Jordan
Circadian Phase Shifts Effect of Social Jetlag on Cellular Metabolism and Circadian Genes in Wildtype Flies, Olivia Kozub
Rare Elfin Abundance Correlates with Host Plant Density, Matthew Look
PMSF and SFN Reduce Alpha-synuclein Aggregation in a Yeast Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Devyn Luden, Noah Kozub, and Daniel Furey
Effect of Decreased Snowpack on a Rare Butterfly’s Host Plant, Caitlin McHugh
Effect of Dietary Protein on Honey Bee Pollen Foraging Behavior, Caitlin McHugh and Gracey Sorensen
How Social Behavior and Interactions Scale with Group Size in Drosophila Melanogaster, Leigh Paradis
Metabolic Dysregulation in Frontotemporal Dementia, Emily Peterson and Jackson Diltz
Validation of Rotoscoping Method for Two-Marker Bones in the Alligator Forearm, Nina Pitre
Building a Reference Collection of Insect Pollinators, Alexa Pudlo
The Evolution of Pollution Resistance in the Atlantic Killifish, Matthew Rock
The impacts of pH on biodiversity in marine environments, Matthew Rock
Bird nesting trends in Massachusetts, Dieter Rodriguez
Floral Nutritional Value and Plant-pollinator Interactions in Providence, Rhode Island, Gracey Sorensen
The effect of temperature on algal blooms in New York State, Kylie Taylor
Differentiation and Maturation of Cerebral Organoids from APOE3/APOE4 Stem Cell Lines, Christopher Walsh, Hayden Lens, Colin Luca, Isabella Glennon, and Ryan Fodero
Submissions from 2021
The Effect of Circadian Phase Shifts on cellular respiration in wild type and flies with mutant circadian genes, Shannon Maguire, Michael Yarrows, and Kathryn Donohue
Elbow Motion in Walking Alligators, Thao Pham, Luciana Emmanuelli, Megan Rowlings, and Nina Pitre
The Presence of Transposable Elements in Actinopterygii, The Ray Finned Fish, Matthew Rock
Stuck in Hot Water: Environmental Conditions Affecting Mysid Populations, Kristian Tomasic, Lauren Flynn, and Jordan Pagliuca
Submissions from 2020
Cancer: The Role of Bax Inhibitor in C. elegans, Ibrahim Abaherah, Michael Bittner, and Kevin Ly
There’s a new species of thief ant hiding in the Pine Barrens of Rhode Island, Justin Andries
Drosophila Models of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Ella Clifford, Jackson Diltz, and Emily Teixeira
Studying Cardiovascular Disease Using Human Stem Cell-derived 3D Cardiomyocytes, Nicholas Dash and Veronica Bohl
Autophagy and Lipid Metabolism in C.elegans, Cristina de Corral and Samantha Otalvaro
39 and Me: The Evolution of Dogs through the Study of Genomics, Lauren Flynn, Kathleen Kuhl, Jordan Pagliuca, and Megan Russel
Distribution of the cold water coral Astrangia in the waters of Narrangansett Bay, Jared Getgano, Sarah Ramsaran, Victoria Hartley, and Noah Mina
PMSF and SFN Reduce Alpha-synuclein Aggregation in a Yeast Model of Parkinson’s Disease, Noah Kozub, Taylor Brysgel, and Christopher Yerxa
Investigating metabolic reprogramming in neurodegenerative disease, Sidney MacKinnon and Samantha Nicodemus
In Vitro Assessment of Acute Neuro-inflammation in a Model of the Blood Brain Barrier, Cassandra Phillips, Dak Ojuka, Ramon G. Ortega-Alvarez, Anne-Deyssa Victor, and Kathryn Fama
Yeast Bxi1p/Ybh3p is a pH-sensitive calcium channel in Escherichia coli., Amanda Raffa and John Kalhorn
Modeling Parkinson’s Disease in the Budding Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Yuri Takenaka
