The Summer Fellows program at Ursinus College allows sophomores or juniors to pursue an independent scholarly project under the close tutelage of a faculty mentor during an eight week period. Projects can be undertaken as independent research or a creative or artistic endeavor. All Fellows present their research during the last week of the program.
Submissions from 2015
Describing Distribution and Morphology of Microglia in Embryonic Ambystoma mexicanum and Larval Xenopus laevis, Meghan L. Later
Prion Dependent Changes in Protein Expression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Annie Li
Identification and Characterization of pam-1 Suppressor lz4, Timothy J. Litz
Reparations for Racism: Why the Persistence of Institutional Racism in America Demands More Than Equal Opportunity for Black Citizens, Alexander Lowe
Applying the Concepts Understanding by Design to a World War I History Course, Edward Malandro
Effectiveness of CoQ10 in Attenuating Parkinsonian Symptoms Caused by Overexpression of the LRRK2 Gene Modeled in Caenorhabditis elegans, Brennan W. McFarland
Urban Foraging Social Meetups in Philadelphia, PA, Kristin G. McGillis
Divided Scholarship Over Divided Government: Why do the President and Congress Seem Unable to Work Together?, Nicholas J. McIntyre
Ionic Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotubes, Samuel G. Menges
Structural and Functional Characterization of 3HisG4Dfsc, Katherine O'Shea
Gay Genocide: Contextualizing Midcentury Treatment of LGBT Americans, 1940-1969, Jordan Ostrum
Comparing Centrosome Behavior in Wild-Type and pam-1 Mutant One-Celled Caenorhabditis elegans Embryos, Devayu A. Parikh
My Body, Not My Say: Regulation of Reproductive Freedom in America, Kisha K. Patel
Simulations of the Angular Dependence of the Dipole-Dipole Interaction, Jacob T. Paul and Matan Peleg
Classifying Political Similarity of Twitter Users, William K. Paustian
Simulations of the Angular Dependence of the Dipole-Dipole Interaction, Matan Peleg and Jacob T. Paul
Characterization of 4-Histidine/2-Carboxylate Di-Iron De Novo Proteins, Christine M. Philip
Discrete Morse Functions, Vector Fields, and Homological Sequences on Trees, Ian B. Rand
The Effect of Host-Plant Resistance and Intercropping on the Potato Leafhopper in Alfalfa, Phoenixia A. Rene
Protecting Neurons From Damage Using an Antioxidant Derived From Green Tea, Elana Roadcloud
The Bell in the Forgotten Chapel: An Examination of Rilke’s Dreamcrowned in the Trajectory of his Life and Work, Anne K. Rus
Toward Quantum Analog Computing: Simulating Designer Atomic Systems, Veronica L. Sanford and Jacob L. Bigelow
The Secret to Polarity Lies in the Centrosome: Anterior-Posterior Axis Establishment in One-Celled C. elegans Embryos, Dominique M. Saturno
Distancing Moves, Emphasizing Sameness, and Humor: The Cultivation of a “We” in Classroom Discussions About Racism, Chelsea B. Sayegh
Host Plant Resistance and Pest Control: A Test of the Movement-Risk Hypothesis, Matthew R. Scott
Women in the Workplace, Then and Now: Gender Inversion vs. Gender Equity, Macy Smith
The Ethical Implications of Cognitive Enhancing Drugs, Krista Snyder
Exploring the Functional Role of Microglia in Response to HIV-1 Protein, Joshua T. Straka
Results on Ghost Series and Motivated Proofs of Overpartition Identities, Collin R. Takita
In the Eyes of the Perpetrator: How Sexual Violence is Justified, Michelle L. Thiry
Keeping Pace: The U.S. Supreme Court and Evolving Technology, Brian Thomas
Optimizing and Using a New Quantitative Prion Reporter System to Develop a Prion Formation Assay, Shouli Tung
Effect of Host-Plant Resistance and Intercropping on the Potato Leafhopper (Empoasca fabae) in Alfalfa, Scott W. Vondy
Distribution of Microglia in the Central Nervous System of Embryonic and Larval Amphibians, Sarah Weggeman
Desorption of Fluorescently Labeled Oligomers From Carbon Nanotubes, Casey J. Williams
Effects of 4-Week Lifestyle Intervention on Cardiovascular Health and Fitness Levels of Adults, Tia R. Wisdo
Submissions from 2009
Examining Our Roots: How Over 100 Years of Religion Yielded a Secular Liberal Arts Program at Ursinus College, Karen Boedecker
Submissions from 2001
Linda Grace Hoyer Updike: Woman, Author, and Mother, Leslie Hoffman
