Daniel Agar '01 conducted bibliographic research on the Russian banking sector in preparation for his thesis (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, J. Richter, political science).

Sumner Andrews '01 conducted an internship at the archives of the Franklin Furnace, a center for avant-garde performance art in New York City (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, W. Pope.L, theater).

Sze Wei Ang '01 studied the ethnic, cultural, and racial tensions encountered by the indigenous Orang Asli peoples of Malaysia, under the auspices of a non-governmental organization, the Center for Orang Asli Concerns (Phillips Fellowship).

Thomas Armet '01 studied the role of the mitochondrial exchange system in glutamate-mediated excitotoxicity in rat cortical neurons (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, N. Kleckner, biology and neuroscience).

Crystal Arpei '01 examined the physiological effects of artists' pigments and solvents (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, L. Abrahamsen, biology).

Irina Babayan '01 studied isolation and characterization of tumor cells to optimize the selection of cancer therapies at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, Scher Fellowship; C. Cordon-Cardo, research advisor).

Radhika Bhatia '03 studied the financial services industry in India (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, V. Mehta, research advisor).

Stacey Berkowitz '01 studied sacred Jewish spaces in Romania, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, and Russia (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, M. Caspi, religion).

Jenny Blau '02 worked in a cancer research laboratory at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, Ladd Internship; H. Scher, research advisor).

Van Brantner '02 examined the effects of reform on Chinese women's status and pay (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, M. Maurer-Fazio, economics).

Annaliese Brown '01 studied the influence of Native Alaskan women's cultural identity on their experiences and ability to cope with domestic violence (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, Mulford Internship, R. Herzig, women’s studies).

Kate Buzzi '01, developed a method for rapidly surveying bacteria that degrade hydrocarbons to determine the molecular mechanism by which these metalloenzyme-catalyzed reactions occur (Princeton University Center for Environmental Bioinorganic Chemistry (CEBIC) Fellowship, R. Austin, chemistry).

Patrick Carter '02 examined the association between human cytomegalovirus and atherosclerosis (Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant, L. Abrahamsen, biology).

Amanda Cause '01 attended the American-European Summer Academy in Schloss Hofen, Austria (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, J. Richter, political science).

Ken Chiang '01 evaluated the effectiveness of breast cancer risk prediction models for women in Maine at the Maine Center for Cancer Medicine and Blood Disorders (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, M. Harder, mathematics, and K. Rasmussen, research advisor).

Zoia Cisneros '01 studied the philosophy and choreographic discipline of traditional dance in Martinique (Hoffman-Mellon Grant).

Brett Coonley '01 assisted in the development of computer-based labs for a new team-taught course in quantum chemistry (Hughes Curriculum Development Grant, M. Cote, chemistry, and J. Rhodes, mathematics).

Brian Curtis '01 developed an annotated bibliography on Roman gladiators, Christian martyrs, and Roman law (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, M. Imber, classics and classical and medieval studies).

Carrie/Scott Delmore '01 created a video documentary on the 2000 Benjamin Mays Institute, framing questions of race, sex, class, and sexuality in terms of chaos theory (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, C. Aburto Guzman, Spanish).

Ngan Dinh '02 studied the integration of China’s changing urban labor market (Summer Research Apprenticeship, M. Maurer-Fazio, economics).

Jason Doppelt '01 worked on developing an inducible in vivo expression system for cloned encephalomyocarditis virus 3C protease genes (NSF grant, T. Lawson, chemistry).

Kathryn Dutille '01 worked on the Navajo Reservation in Arizona, at the Tuba City Indian Medical Center, assisting in treatment programs for diabetes, obesity, and hyperlipidemia; and as a basketball coach in a sports camp for high school girls on the Reservation (Phillips Fellowship).

Mary-Katherine Fasy '01 examined paleoenvironmental reconstruction and modern sediment processes in the central Canadian Arctic archipelago, Nunavut, Canada (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, M. Retelle, geology).

Margot Fine '03 volunteered as a tutor of English for an NGO focusing on women's issues in rural Nepal, and she studied the Engaged Buddhism and American Jewish Buddhism movements and the Kopan Monastery (Philips Fellowship).

Kate Fink '01 examined the receptor transduction mechanism in glutamate-inhibited neural networks controlling feeding behavior in the pond snail, Helisoma trivolvis (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, N. Kleckner, biology and neuroscience).

Geoffrey Geiger '01 worked to prepare full-length infectious poliovirus RNA containing mutations in the 3C protease coding region (NSF grant, T. Lawson, chemistry).

Megan Goggins '01 developed an annotated bibliography of Holocaust literature, from Mein Kampf to survivors' accounts of concentration camp experiences (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, S. Hochstadt, history).

Rejean Guerriero '01 examined whether the activation of NMDA receptors is essential for the consolidation of locomotor sensitization in rats (Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant, J. Kelsey, psychology and neuroscience).

Erin-Anne Harrop '01 studied ethnic minority and majority attitudes toward ethnically diverse organizations (Summer Research Apprenticeship, M. Sargent, psychology).

Kristen Hines '02 conducted an ethnographic study of environmental practices in two villages in Ecuador, through a program sponsored by Florida Atlantic University (Phillips Fellowship).

Phoebe Hsueh '01 examined the ways in which Hong Kong can overcome the problem of rising unemployment (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, J. Hughes, economics).

Ogniana Ivanova '00 assisted with translations of texts chronicling the fate of children of Macedonian refugees now living in the USA and Canada (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, L. Danforth, anthropology).

Forrest Janukajtis '01 studied laminated sediments in high coastal Cape Eardley Wilnot Lake, southwestern Devon Island, Nunavut, Canada (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, NSF Grant; M. Retelle, geology).

JooRi Jun '02 examined the cultural consequences of Flying Doctors of America's western medical missions in remote parts of the world, especially Tibet and North Korea (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, A. Gathercoal, research advisor).

Mika Kanda '03 studied the characteristics of "third culture kids" (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, A. Basu, psychology).

Pramod Khadka '02 studied atomic behavior by examining collisions between laser-excited barium atoms and noble gas atoms (Summer Research Apprenticeship, J. Smedley, physics).

David Levin '01 studied alpine vegetation and bedrock geology in the alpine zone, White Mountain National Forest, New Hampshire (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, J. Eusden, geology).

John Daniel Lichtman '02 examined the intersection of environmental preservation and economic development in Kakamega Township in Kenya, through a program called Global Routes (Phillips Fellowship).

Anne Lockard '01 studied religion and the formation of class consciousness among nineteenth-century German workers (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, E. Tobin, history).

Vicki Losik '01 determined whether a suspected protein destruction signal in the hepatitis A virus 3C protease is responsible for the recognition of the protein by the ubiquitin mediated proteolytic system (NSF grant, T. Lawson, chemistry).

Lucy Lu '01 measured patients' cellular immune response to a new monovalent phase I prostate cancer vaccine under development at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, Scher Fellowship; S. Slovin, research advisor).

Neeraj Mahadoo '01 examined the development and persistence of Creole languages in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, C. Brasuell, Multicultural Center).

Ali Malik '01 studied the implementation of a forward-secure digital signature scheme at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, N. Sheikh, research advisor).

Sameer Raj Maskey '02 generated and modified prosody in a text-to-speech synthesis system at the California Institute of Technology (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, Sigety Grant; J. Arvo, research advisor).

Meta Mason '01 identified proteins that interact with receptors involved in chronic inflammatory disorders, at the University of Montana at Bozeman (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, H. Miettinen, research advisor).

Kara McKeever '01 studied place names and the cultural significance of places in the region of the Blackfeet Reservation at Flagstaff, Montana (Otis Fellowship).

Christian McTighe '02 compared two contemplative paths--Roman Catholic monasticism and Zen Buddhist monasticism--at several monastic communities in Japan (Phillips Fellowship).

Amanda Meader '01 studied the unique role of women in single-attorney law practices, as pre-thesis research on women and the practice of law (Stangle Grant, M. Kessler, political science).

Jesse Minor '02, a violinist and mandolinist, studied Ghanaian musical heritage, drumming, and lute in Accra, Kumasi, and Cape Coast (Phillips Fellowship).

Gudrun Mirick '01 studied lanthanide-crown ether systems as chiral NMR shift reagents (Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant, T. Wenzel, chemistry).

Christian Nauvel '02 conducted astronomical research at the Biosphere, Oracle, Arizona (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, K. Vanlandingham, research advisor).

Mindy Newman '01, retraced the pilgrimage route of the early Christian woman diarist Egeria, through Alexandria, Jerusalem, the Galilee, and Istanbul (Phillips Fellowship).

David Omom '01 studied the political economy of a common market and economic and monetary union in Europe and East Africa (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, M. Maurer-Fazio, economics).

Kaneolani Pilobello '01 studied the chemistry of an osmium imidazole complex, at the University of Seattle Department of Chemistry (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, J. Mayer, research advisor).

Lisa Prueser '01 examined how "public interest" litigation raises the price of prescription drugs (Summer Research Apprenticeship, J. Hughes, economics).

Carolyn Reamer '01 studied Na+/K+ APTase protein expression in chick embryos following developmental 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) exposure (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, R. Sommer, biology).

Rayann Richard '02 studied gendered language in the presentation of acid-base chemistry (Summer Research Apprenticeship, T. Wenzel, chemistry).

Rajarshi Saha '03 conducted microstructural analyses of nano-materials at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, India (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, S. Gupta, research advisor).

David Sek '01 studied lanthanide-crown ether systems as chiral NMR shift reagents (Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant, T. Wenzel, chemistry).

David Sharratt '01 studied the notion of sacred places among indigenous people, native guides, and climbers in the Peruvian Andes (Otis Fellowship).

Prerana Shrestha '03 studied the angiogenesis, etiology, and pathophysiology of vascular anomalies at the NYU School of Medicine (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, F. Blei, research advisor).

Matthew Silva '01 examined whether membership in the European Union is the right choice for the Czech Republic (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, D. Aschauer, economics).

Amanda Smith '02 explored the art of storytelling and collected stories in Glacier National Park, Montana (Otis Fellowship).

Arthur Smith '01 refined an assay for analyzing human cytomegalovirus-infected vascular smooth muscle cells using flow cytometry (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, L. Abrahamsen, biology).

P. Christopher Staecker '00 studied the effects of program optimization (NSF grant, P. Johann, mathematics and computer science).

Volkan Stodolsky '02 taught English and studied Russian language in Orel, Russia (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, J. Costlow, Russian).

Milko Todorov '01 studied the development of different financial derivatives used by various financial institutions and the mathematical models used to price them (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, Rawlings Grant; G. Brightwell, research advisor).

Greg Weaver '03 undertook an evaluation of the unstable leader protein of the encephalomyocarditis virus as a candidate for ubiquitin mediated proteolysis (NSF grant, T. Lawson, chemistry).

Aaron Wheeler '01 studied the effects of program optimization (Hughes Student-Faculty Research Grant, P. Johann, mathematics and computer science).

Andrew Wheeler '01 studied the significance of insect pest predation in Iris versicolor (Hoffman-Mellon Grant, R. Thomas, biology).

Ewan Wolff '01 studied the macro- and microfaunal record of the Isle of Wight, UK, to determine early paleogene ocean trends (Hughes Individual Student Research Grant, M. Munt, research advisor).

Ishin You '01 conducted an investigation of the Riemann Zeta Function (Rawlings Grant; J. Rhodes, mathematics).