Students with a high academic record entering their senior year—above a 3.5 GPA—can pursue Honors by completing significant or original work in their major. These projects are some of the finest work Ursinus students have completed, often leading to work in graduate school or by future Ursinus students. Students who complete a project of remarkable discipline and originality can earn Distinguished Honors.
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Overcoming Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Using PEG-Modified Nano-graphene Oxide, Katherine A. Fiocca
The Use of Tetracycline-Functionalized Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes to Overcome Tetracycline Resistance in Escherichia coli, Madison Force
A Plan for Pollinator Landscape Management on the Ursinus Campus, Megan N. Hanscom
Quantum Mechanical Interference in the Field Ionization of Rydberg Atoms, Jacob A. Hollingsworth
Effect of Age on Microglial Cell Response in Axolotl Salamanders, Christian M. Hoogheem
Effects of Age on the Morphology of Regenerated Spinal Cords in Axolotls, Keven M. Hoogheem
Creating The Capable Public: A Call for Liberal Arts Education in Public Schools, Olivia R. Keithley
The Unintended Legacy of Hellenism: The Development and Dissemination of the Buddha Image, Chukyi Kyaping
Students Today Into Entrepreneurs Tomorrow: The Impact of Major Choice on Grit and Risk Aversion, Keith D. Larkin
Effort and Ethics, Edward J. Lee
Prion-Dependent Changes in Protein Expression in Yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Annie Li
The Role of Zuo1 Modification in Ribosome Association and Prion Formation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Sophia Lisowski
Trading Ahead of Bad News: Evidence From Short-Sales of Stocks and the Options Market, Nicholas E. Macksoud
Investigating Interactions Between Complement Component 3 and the Lectin-like Domain of Thrombomodulin in Atypical Hemolytic-uremic Syndrome, Shelby N. Marchese
Bosnia: Doomed to Failure or a Rising Hope?, Caitlin V. Moore
Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Nitroalkenes to Primary Amines, Brendan Phillips
One Man's Reaction to NATO Expansion, Jamie M. Putnam
Patchwork of the Religious Self: An Analysis of Identity and Expression, Elspeth C. Sarro
The Role of Centrosome-Cortical Contact in the Establishment of the Anterior-Posterior Axis in the One-Cell C. elegans Embryo, Dominique M. Saturno
Identification of the lz5 Suppressor of pam-1 in Caenorhabditis elegans, Emily M. Schleicher
The Role of Continuum States in the Field Ionization of Rydberg Atoms, Michael P. Vennettilli
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Characteristics of STEM Success: A Survival Analysis Model of Factors Influencing Time to Graduation Among Undergraduate STEM Majors, Riley K. Acton
Hemispheric Lateralization of Global and Local Auditory Processing, Emily M. Black
A New Role for Student Media: College Newspapers and the Crisis in Journalism, Rachel Brown
Scelus et Poena: A Comparison of Legal Bias in Ancient Rome and Contemporary America, Aaron R. Caffrey
Did Antebellum Illinois Free Banks Take Undue Risk With Their Bond Portfolios?: An Analysis of Decision-Making Prior to the Civil War, Scott N. Clayman
Carotid Artery IMT, Blood Pressure, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Males and Females, Christina M. Cromwell
The Regulation of Cathepsin L Activity by Estrogen and Bisphenols A & S: Relationship to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Dylan T. Cuva
Scientific Awareness at Ursinus College, Frank G. DeVone
Survival of the Toughest: An Ethnographic Study of a Collegiate Wrestling Team, Sydney A. Dodson-Nease
The Effects of Host Plant Resistance on Potato Leafhopper, Pea Aphid and Predatory Insects in Alfalfa, Jamie A. Faselt
The Way I Wear My Hair: Black Women’s Hairstyles and Self-Presentation in Facebook Profile Pictures, Janel Forsythe
Going to Heaven in a Wheelbarrow, Quinn Gilman-Forlini
Effect of Dopamine on Apoptosis in Caenorhabditis elegans Dopaminergic Neurons, Erica Gorenberg
“A Battle for Hearts and Minds”: U.S. Public Diplomacy in the Cold War Middle East, Christopher M. Goss
The Shaikh’s Republic: The Kurdish Regional Government’s Incorporation of Tribalism, Brian A. Kennedy
A Redemption of Meaning in Three Novels by Italo Calvino, Dominick J. Knowles
Students Talk About Gender and Race Within the Classroom, Amanda Lucock
An Experimental Analysis of Adaptive Learning in a Multi-Subject Economy, David Martin
Playing Mind Games: Neural Correlates of Personality, Cortical Activity and Suggestibility, Steven A. Medeiros Jr.
Inspired Images: On Georgia O'Keeffe & Alfred Stieglitz's Collaborative Photographs, Jack A. Meyer
Lower Extremity Joint Angle and Range of Motion are Associated With Cardiovascular Health, Joyann E. Oakman
Pyrazine and Asymmetric Pyrazine-Modified Cyanoferrate Complexes in the Electro- and Photochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide, Aubrey R. Paris
"To Deal", Kyle Peterson
Genetic Mapping of New pam-1 Suppressors in Caenorhabditis elegans, Katlin M. Power
Estrogen, Bisphenol A, and Bisphenol S: Regulation of Cathepsin L Activity and its Relation to Systemic Lupus Erythematosis, Regina M. Powers
Reckless Abandonment? Explaining Congressional Hispanic Caucus Support for the 2001 No Child Left Behind Act, Elizabeth C. Reynolds
Positive Influence Dominating Set Generation via a New Greedy Algorithm, Matthew Rink
Choosing the Right Steps: Management Decisions of Dance Businesses, Jessica B. Rosina
Minstrelsy and Contemporary Media, Sydney Rotman
Innovation of a Novel Prion Reporter System in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Daniel Selechnik
Conservation of the Antillean Manatee in Mexico, Xylia R. Serafy
Resurrecting the "Dead" Second Amendment: How the Libertarian Legal Movement Has Shaped Gun Control Litigation, Anthony M. Sierzega
Mathematical Modeling and Optimal Control of Alternative Pest Management for Alfalfa Agroecosystems, Cara Sulyok
It's a Bird! It's a Plane! It's...Cultural Anxiety? Using Detective Comics' Three Biggest Heroes to Identify and Explore Cultural Anxieties as Depicted Through Television, Jonathan Vander Lugt
Executive Control, Neural Correlate, and Visual Processing Changes During the Acquisition of Arabic Language, Alvin Varghese
Constructing the Yellow Peril: East Asia as the Enemy in American Discourse and Political Rhetoric, Laura K. Witwer
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Is Geographic Diversification Associated With Increased Risk? Evidence From the Spanish Banking Crisis, Briana Anderson
Experimental Evidence for Heterogeneous Expectations in a Simple New Keynesian Framework, Atticus David Holm Graven
"Nature is Pushing One Way and People are Pushing the Other": A Political Ecology of Forest Transitions in Western Montgomery County, PA, Megan Elizabeth Maccaroni
Connecting the Dots: An Economic Study of Parental Factors Shaping Early Childhood Cognitive Development, Bryn Alexandra O'Neill
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Does Race Influence Executive Compensation in Chinese Firms?, Elizabeth Mahoney
What Effect Do Corporate Governance Characteristics Have on CEO Compensation in a Small Cap Firm?, Kiley Stauffer
The Look of the Line: An Empirical Investigation of the Impacts of Facial Symmetry on Salary Levels of Offensive Linemen in the NFL, Kristen Wampole
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
The Death of Music Videos?: An Analysis on the Effectiveness of Music Videos as a Promotional Tool, Carmen Cheng
Approaches to Alternative Energy Policy: A Comparison of the United States and Germany, Martina Dzuna
Estrogenic Regulation of the Immune System in a Murine Model for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Matthew James Zuber
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Do Ugly Criminals Receive Harsher Sentences? An Analysis of Lookism in the Criminal Justice System, Kelly Beck
The Ursinusiana Project: How the Religious History of Ursinus College Yielded Today's Liberal Arts Curriculum, Karen Boedecker
Evaluating the Target Pipeline in a Pharmaceutical Acquisition, Daniel Vass
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Stats or Studs: Does it Pay to be Good Looking? The Economic Impact of Lookism, Lisle O'Neill
Theses/Dissertations from 2008
Does Quality Matter? An Hedonic Analysis of College Tuition Price, Joshua Delano
Cheating With Honor, Christian A. Pfeiffer
The Right to Learn Across the Tracks: An Analysis of School Funding and Integration in Seattle, Houston, Philadelphia, Chicago and Washington, D.C., Erin M. Pollard
Theses/Dissertations from 2004
The Effects of Asset Allocation and Active Management on Total Return of Managed Funds, Florian Halili
Theses/Dissertations from 2003
Profit Maximization in the Banking Industry: Early Adoption of Technology and its Effects on Efficiencies, John Gulnac
Theses/Dissertations from 1985
The Role of Patronage in Public Wage Determination, John Fessick
Theses/Dissertations from 1976
Preparations and Reactions of Two Aldoketenes: t-Butyl and Benzyl, Donna E. Loeffler
An Inexpensive Differential Thermal Analyzer: Construction, Qualitative and Quantitative Applications, Kenneth T. Miller
Theses/Dissertations from 1975
Financing Elementary and Secondary Education, Jeanmarie Grubb
Steric Effects on the Dimerization of Alkyl Substituted Aldoketenes, Barbara Carol Pittner
Theses/Dissertations from 1974
Assessment of Economic and Social Benefits of Day Care and a Budget Proposal for a Hypothetical Day Care Center, Nancy K. Lecrone
Investigation of the Mechanism of Poly (Vinyl Alcohol)-Iodine Complex, David J. Martella
The Effects of Productivity on the American Economy, C. Lee Metzger Jr.
The Economics of Planned Cities, Barbara J. Orsburn
Poly (4-Vinylpyridine) Synthesis and Solution Properties, Warren L. Robinson Jr.
A Measurement of the Economic and Social Impact of Ursinus College, Jan M. Smith
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Japan's Economic Success Following Her World War II Defeat, Karen E. Davidock
Crime: An Economic Approach, Pamela E. Lynch
An NMR Study of Substituent Effects in Ortho-Substituted Aryl Methyl Sulfides, Luba Anne Pacala
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
The Synthetic Chemistry of Carboxyalkyl-P, P-Diphenyl Phosphines, Larry S. Andrews
An Investigation Into the Effectiveness of Using Silver Price Changes as an Economic Indicator, Francis X. Buschman
An Evaluation of the Chinese Economy 1949-1972, Gerald Green
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Agricultural Policy in India as Related to Economics of an Emerging Underdeveloped Nation, Wayne Ingram Christman
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
A Study of Substituent Effects in Selected Aromatic Systems by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Carol K. Haas
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
The Synthesis and Reactions of Isatoic p-linear bis Anhydride, Willis G. Frick
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
The Development of Transportation, With Special Emphasis Upon the Changing Importance of the Railroad in the United States, Nancy E. Coleman
