Celebration of Student Achievement
The Celebration of Student Achievement (CoSA) is an all-day campus-wide event which engages the entire Ursinus College community in the presentation, discussion, and celebration of all forms of intellectual and creative work done by our students at all levels of their college careers.
Submissions from 2025
Economic Effects of the Separation of Serbia and Montenegro, Marko Balic
Analyzing the Sentiment of Feminist and Non-Feminist Works, Jasmine Borie and Megan G. Falschlehner
Dosage-Dependent, Carboplatin and NG52 Show Synergistic Effect on Inhibiting Cell Proliferation in Breast Cancer Cell Line, Ben Couture and Ryan Zhuge
Food Insecurity at Ursinus College: Past, Present, Future, Isabella Dolan, Danielle Monaco, and Greyson Fusco
Characterization of Ionizable Amphiphilic Janus Dendrimer Nanoparticles for Nucleic Acid Delivery, Nicholas M. Fareno, Paige Flaugh, and Eleenah Sanders
Alternate Founding Figures, Anita Farrell, Bryce Svensen, Seamus Clune, and Kieran Wamba
Social Identity and Belongingness: College Students’ Happiness, Life Satisfaction, and Personal Growth, Julia Gallo
Analyzing CIE Texts Through History Using R, Rachel A. Hart and Aaron Ditto
Designing a Statistical Plan for Measuring Self-Efficacy Using a 2k Factorial Design, Rachel A. Hart and Eugene H. Thompson
Fighting Modern Battles, Brawling a Breast Cancer From the Past: A New Combination Therapy Technique Combining a Platinum-based Agent and HDAC Inhibition Agent, Matthew I. Hyder and Jackson D. Southern
Determining the Locations of Solar Farms and Why That is Essential, Wilder A. Kapolka
Raising Ocean Literacy in the Next Generation: A Month-Long Plan, Wilder A. Kapolka
Forgotten Cultures, Luke Luehrs, Elliot Stone, Ryan Emmerich, and Joshua Borie
Food & Drugs Unite: Targeting Leukemia with a [6]-Gingerol and 5-Fluorouracil Combination Chemotherapy, Alexa Mazzeo and Samantha Wechsler
Effects of Gender on Lactate and Fatigue During Resistance Training, Rianne Moll and David Kenny Jr
Diversity and Habitat Use of Bats in Modified Suburban Landscapes, Brittany Morgera
NeuN Immunoreactivity in Olfactory Epithelium and Telencephalon Across Development of Axolotls, Ashton Newswanger and Julia Dees
Sex Differences in Anxiety and Locomotion After Cervical Spinal Cord Injury, Ashton Newswanger, Pratyush P. Kore, R. Logan Murphy, Chary M. Batista, Katherine D. Green, Robert Robinson, and Steve I. Perlmutter
There's a Method to This Physics Madness, Hanna J. Ross
Single Cryotherapy Treatment in Mice After Muscle Injury, Daniil Salimov, Jayden Dautruche, and Deanna Murray
Investigation Into New Organic-Based Compositions of Glass, Daniil Salimov, Kya Jones, and Meagan Crothers
A Statistical Comparison of Selected Old Testament and New Testament Books, Branden F. Stahl, Kevin Guan, and Adam Denn
A Text Mining and Sentiment Analysis of Valuable CIE Texts Using R, Eric Sugarman, Ethan Turber-Ortiz, and Hannah Quinn
Financial Tools for the GGTW Mini-Internship, Eugene H. Thompson
DataFest Philly 2025 Experience, Eugene H. Thompson, Emily Musgrove, Thea Nagasuru, and Mia Sideris
Self-Stigmatization and Shame Surrounding OCD Health Outcomes, Emily A. Veasey
What Happens in the Shadows: Racial Hierarchy and the Policing of People of Color, Nanditha Vinod
Effects of Prozac on Voluntary Wheel Running in Mice, Renee Washart, Charles J. Cunningham V, Kharis Bohn, Alexandria Chin, Ian Wright, and Aiden Tobin
Acquiring Awareness & Infiltrating Action: Diversity Initiative Analysis of the United States, Olivia Zarzycki
Submissions from 2024
Internship With the Scarring Alopecia Foundation, Shannon Bagnell
Hello, World., Elliot Cetinski, Evan Chartock, Olivia Cross, Kiran Drew, Kaya Eller, Ben Little, Joey Nolan, Spencer Toth, Sophie Wahl-Taylor, Sadie Walker, Destiny Young, and Annie Zulick
Are Students Actually Learning What You Think They Are? An Exploration Into the Educational Outcomes of Course Based Undergraduate Research Labs, Matilda Dumaine and Jacob Saadoun
Doubling Down on Degrading Romantic Relationships: The Role of Attachment Anxiety and Avoidance, Julia Gallo and Natalie Rubinkam
Association of Color Polymorphism with Fossorial Behavior and Costal Groove Number of the Red-Backed Salamander, Samantha Holden, Tyreek Mitchell, and Sierra Hufnagle
Correlation Analysis Between Leaf Litter and Elevation Using ArcGIS Pro to Explain Different Morphological Frequencies of Plethodon cinereus, Andrew Philburn
Leveling Up With My Better Half: Commitment Amplification, Partner Fit, and Self-Concept Change in Romantic Relationships, Natalie Rubinkam
Charismatic Leadership and Vulnerability: A Comprehensive Study of Cult Dynamics, Danielle Santana Denrich
Investigating Chaperone and Disease Protein Interactions Involved in Neurodegenerative Diseases, Nalia Seibert and Erin Stubbs
The Effects of Prozac on Mice: A Pilot Study, Renee Washart, Charles J. Cunningham V, Kharis Bohn, Alexandria Chin, Nicholas DiGiuseppe, Ian Wright, and Aiden Tobin
Submissions from 2023
The Lottery by Shirley Jackson Sentiment Analysis with R, Benjamin Cuccolo
R Text Analysis for Adam Smith CIE Selected Works, Charlotte Grahame
Chinese Exclusion: The Leadup, Solomon Griffith
NVIZ: Unraveling Neural Networks Through Visualization, Kevin Hoffman
Special Needs in Pediatric Dentistry, Emma Kail
CIE Text Analysis: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, The Declaration of Independence, and The Declaration of Sentiments, Arianna Knipe
Sentiment Analysis Before and During COVID-19, Emily Musgrove
Applying Bioactive Glass Beads for Long-Term Drug Delivery, Marie O. Sykes and Rashi Sharma
Submissions from 2022
An Exploration of a Year at the Ursinus Food Forest, Victoria Bearden
Investigating the Effect of the wee-1.3 and pam-1 Mutations on Meiosis in C. elegans, Diana Cando and Zara Tabackin
Self-Efficacy & Perception of Mental Well-Being, Sarah L. Capen-Becerra, Sophie K. Louis, Abigail Danzig, and Olimpia Sansone
Shifting Weight Attitudes? A Look at Stigma and Implicit Bias, Carolyn H. DeCicco, Sarah L. Capen-Becerra, and Sophie K. Louis
Changes in Body Composition and Strength During a Collegiate Gymnastics Season, Alyssa-Mackenzie DeLorme
Mouse Strain Differences in Female Mice Fed a Short-Term Western Diet, Mya A. Knappenberger, Kenyon W. Sprankle, and Erica J. Locke
Effect of Estrous Cycle on Insulin Sensitivity, Kaylin Knapsack
Developmental, Personality, and Family Influences on Risk-Taking During Young Adulthood, Jessica Leach
Migrants, Citizens and Subjects: How People Moved and Became Citizens in the Roman World, David Rocha
Progress in the Development of Ciprofloxacin Attached Nanotubes, Eric Sugarman, Candace Hudson, and Claire Worley
In Too Deep: Staying Afloat While We Rock the Boat, Ali Wolf, Kate I. Foley, Gabriella Marrero, Jacob Ryan, Zara Tabackin, Abbie Painter, Emily Bradigan, Leigh Willis, and Naomi Marin
Submissions from 2021
Determining the Characteristics and Function of the Unknown 4DIU Protein, Benjamin Antill, Christine Heren, and Samantha Zubler
Just Mercy: Mass Incarceration and the Death Penalty, Sophie Auerbach
Research Proposal: Clarifying Any Interactions Between Cytoskeletal Proteins and the Aminopeptidase PAM-1, Alexis Ayala
Exploration of the Food Forest Outreach Team, Victoria Bearden
Forest Stories, Victoria Bearden, Nate Berger, Kristen Cooney, and Peter Scuderi
Potential of Urban Foraging to Combat Food Insecurity in Cities, Victoria Bearden and Kristen Cooney
Ursinus College Women's Investment Management Company, Taylor Beaumont, Shannon Blessing, Olivia DeFusco, Julia Ewing, Angela Gervasi, Wendy Luo, Eve Peiffer, Becca Lewis, Ellie Templeton, Emily Benning, Rebecca Lam, Maddy Sorokanych, Theodora Zeibekis, Marcella Thanh-Guyet, and Delanie Rogers
Purification and Characterization of the Protein 2O14, AJ Belville and Andrew Vogelei
Whiteness and the Irish American Assimilation Experience, Caroline Bormann
Proliferation, Migration, and Cathepsin Expression in the Presence of Bisphenols, Sydney Bowman and Stephanie Chell
Shallot Smith: A Sci-Fi Play, Isaiah Braugher
Analyzing Potential Solar Farm Sitting for Montgomery County, PA Using GIS, Elizabeth Burke
Analyzing the Business Model and Science Behind 23 & Me Through the Disease Hereditary Amyloidosis, Elizabeth Burke, Lexi Fowler, Arabella Taucher, Luke Lesher, Dylan Wambold, Katie Moore, Ro Murphy, Jess Gutekunst, and Kyle Schaffer
The Impact of SARS-CoV-2 S1 Glycoprotein on the Phagocytic Activity of Microglia Cells, Courtney Burns
The Broadcasting Of Morality, Harry Callahan
Characterization of Unknown Protein 3H04, Stephanie Chell and Kayla Ruiz
The Effect of Belowground Depth and Treatment on Root Biomass, Julie Cherneskie
Impacts of Nitrogen Addition on the Soil Microbial Community in Grass Versus Legume Soil, Kylie Cherneskie
The Newfound Influence of the Online Gambling Industry, Carmen Christiana
Building an Anti-Racist Dance Classroom Through the Dance Education Lab of the 92nd Street Y in New York City, Karen Clemente, Christina Foley, Kevin Harris II, Jackie Henigan, Jeanine McCain, Jeannine Osayande, and Jessica Rogers
Use of Ultrasounds and Cystotomies in Diagnosing and Resolving Bladder Stones, Kirsten Cline
Museum Studies 2021 Strata Exhibition Curatorial Seminar Presentation, Kristen Cooney, Justin Mitchell, and Katie Sanfield
The Interaction Between pam-1 and MPF in Oocyte Maturation, Quaran Davis
The Portrayals of Grief and How it Affects Childhood Development on Netflix’s Haunting of Hill House, Gabriella DeMelfi
Mixed-ish: Disingenuous Dialogue and Narrative Structure, Shelsea Deravil
Modulation of Cytoskeletal Protein Expression by Neuroinflammatory Mediators in Microglia, Melanie Derosa and Mekha Varghese
Why Girls on the Run? Benefits of a Physical-Activity Based Positive Youth Development Program, Kevyn Dewees
Northwestern Mutual Spring Internship 2021, Aaron Diamond
Sunk or Dunk?: An Empirical Analysis of the Effect of Sunk Cost Fallacy in Professional Basketball, Hailey DiCicco
A Psychoanalytic Reading of Heironymus Bosch's Tondals Vision, Katelyn Doherty
Using MIR Spectroscopy to Understand Soil Carbon Stability in Relation to Microbial Communities in Organic Matter, Sabrina Doherty
Analysis on the Enzymatic Activity and Function of a Previously Unclassified Protein 3H04, Britney Dyszel and Nate Raffier
UCIMCO Equity Analysis, Joshua Echevarria, Michael Green, Jacob Keiths, William Peiffer, Kayla Weil, Chris Perzelt, John Wagner, Kareem Elghawy, Akwasi Prempeh, Arabella Taucher, Storm Snape, Stevie Benson, Kevin Travis, Alexander Dean, Matthew Lamb, and Liam Tatlonghari
Advanced Creative Writing Class Reading, Cyn Ercole, Sarah Buck, Anastasia Dziekan, Samuel Ernst, Amy Litofsky, Morgan Mason, Adam Mlodzinski, Sarah Noon, and Millie Drury
Can Firms Do Better By "Doing Good"?, Julia Ewing
Internship With Mishock Physical Therapy & Associates, Lauren Ferguson
Body Image Through the Platform of Lizzo: Looking Through the Lens of Social Media and Influencers, Annellie Freed
Disparities in Sports Media Representation, Madison Handwerger
Commitment and Connection Through Bonner, Emily Harris
Induced Obesity Through Various Diets Reveals Changes in Body Weight, Heart Weight, Fat Weight and Plasma Triglyceride Levels in Female Murinaes, Madisen Harvey and Savona Cerra
Globalizing the Great Migration: African American Movements from 1910-1940, Joseph Heasley
