Oscar Alcántar '06:  México "At Risk":  The Challenges of Meeting Nutritional Needs when Pregnant, Debra Martin, Hampshire College, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Anthony Arger '06:  The Spanish Transition from Dictatorship to Democracy:  An Insiders Perspective, Francisca López, Spanish, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant, Bates Student Research Fund Grant.

John Atchley '06:  Samuel Beckett:  Constructing a Theoretical Framework, Sanford Freedman, English, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Ainur Begim '07:  The Study of the Panathenaic Festival in Athens, Greece; Phillips Student Fellowship.

Erin Beirne '06:  Investigation of Organic Carbon Cycling and Sequestration over the Last 5,000 Years at Sprague Marsh, Phippsburg, Maine, Beverly Johnson, geology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Lindsy Blazej '06:  Searching for Sustainability:  An Exploration of European Ecovillages; Otis Student Fellowship.

Sherika Blevins '06:  Neuroanatomical Visualization Web Development, J. Roxanne Prichard, psychology, advisor: Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Jacob Bluestone '07:  The Honesty of Broken Language; Phillips Student Fellowship.

Monique Brown '07:  Calix[4]Resorcarenes as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel and Catherine Dignam, chemistry, advisors; Dreyfus Fellow Award.

Monique Brown '07:  Chirality Textbook Project, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Faculty Development Grant.

Jason Buxbaum '08:  Beyond the Nation State:  Historical Institutionalism and Integration in Mercosur and Nafta, Francesco Duina, sociology, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.

Carolina Caceres Salvoni '06:  Interregionalism Phenomenon:  The Effect of Bilateral/Biregional Agreements on the Democratization Process in Paraguay, Matthew Nelson, political science, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

John Matthew Chudomel '06:  Utilization of Chiral Calix[4]Resorcarenes as NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

Melissa Coito '07: Control and Modulation of Rhythmic Motor Patterns, Patsy Dickenson, biology, Bowdoin College, advisor, INBRE Grant.

Lillian Conover '07:  Calix[4]Resorcarenes as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel and Catherine Dignam, chemistry, advisors; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Allison Coville '06:  Diagnosis and Treatment of Bipolar in Adolescents, Kathryn G. Low, psychology, advisor; Ruggles Scholar.

Sorina Crişan '07:  Trees:  Links to History, Charles Nero, rhetoric, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Shelly Davgun '06:  Molecular Characterization of Glutamate Receptors in Pond Snails, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Akiko Doi '07:  Express, Purify, and Evaluate the RNA Binding Behavior of the EMCV 3CD Diprotein Precursor, T. Glen Lawson, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

Emmanuel Drabo '08:  Science Curriculum Web Page Project, David LeGloahec, Lewiston Middle School, advisor; Hughes Science Education Fellowship.

Neha Duggar '06:  Financial Physics, Eric Wollman, physics, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Jessica Edgerly '06:  The Trophic Role of the Invasive Green Crab Carcinus maenas in the Wells Estuary, William Ambrose, biology, advisor; Hughes Summer Fellowship.

Erin Faulder '08:  Bates Oral History Web Site, Kat Stefko, Muskie Archives and Special Collections Library, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Cynthia Freeman '06:  Cultural Politics, Native American Philosophy, Africana Thought and Practice, John McClendon, African American Studies and American Cultural Studies, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Katherine Gatti '06:  Evaluation of Child Protective Proceedings at the Lewiston District Court, Sawyer Sylvester, sociology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Adam Gemus '06:  The History of the Maeda Clan's Patronage of the Arts, Atsuko Hirai, history, advisor; Hoffman Summer Fellowship.

Kristin Gerhold '05:  The Actions of Glutamate in Helisoma trivolvis, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Kay Gonsalves '07:  Synthesizing a Naturally Occurring Spiroketal Enol Ether, Jennifer Koviach, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Justin Graves '06:  Effects of an Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AhR) Agonist on the Beat Rate of Embryonic Chick Cardiomyocyte Primary Culture, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Morey Hallet '06:  Analysis of Stable Isotopic to Determine Changes in Salt Marsh Structure, Beverly Johnson, geology, advisor; Faculty Grant.

Megan Hamilton '06:  The Works of Alice Munro, Robert Farnsworth, English, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Keith Hengen '06:  Cell-phone Induced Perceptual Impairments during Simulated Driving, Todd Kahan, psychology, advisor; Ruggles Scholars Program.

Htay Hlaing '06:  Multi-mode Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers with Optical Feedback, Hong Lin, physics, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Yang Jerng Hwa '05:  Technical and Design Support for Web Development, Greg Struve, informational services and technology, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Yi-Xing Hwa '06:  Art Portfolio Web Development, Pamela Johnson, art, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Daniel Johnson '06:  Beta-adrenergic Gene Expression in AhRNull and Wildtype Mice, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Marshall Karpel '08:  Cloning of the Chicken Beta1-adrenergic Receptor Gene, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant. 

Angela Knox '05:  The Actions of Glutamate in Helisoma trivolvis, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Shawna-Kaye Lester '08:  Utilization of Carboxymethylated Cyclodextrins as Chiral NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; Dreyfus Fellow Award.

Matthew Lipstein'06:  Experience-dependent Development of Behavioral and Molecular Responses to Light in Rat, J. Roxanne Prichard, neuroscience, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Ann Lovely '07:  Utilization of Chiral Calyx[4]Resorcarenes as NMR Shift Reagents, Thomas Wenzel, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

James Maldonis '06:  RUI:  Translated Regulation of RpoS mRNA, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

Sarah Mazur '06:  Shetland Islands Climate and Settlement Project, Michael Retelle, geology, advisor; Hoffman Summer Fellowship.

Sarah Mengel '06:  Inter-religious Dialogue as an Approach to Social Change:  An Exploration of Mixed Greek Orthodox and Muslim Communities, Robert Allison, religion, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant, Bates Student Research Fund Grant.

Noah Miller '06:  Mineralogical Study of the Sebago Granite, John Creasy, geology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Helen Minsky '06:  Self-ordering Templates for Fabricating Metal Oxide Nanostructure Arrays, Matthew J. Côté, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Nicole Moraco '06:  Functional and Morphological Assessment of the Heart in Mice Exposed to Arsenic Early in Development, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

J. Brooks Motley '06:  Quantifying Late Holocene Climate Change in the Arctic, Michael Retelle, geology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant, Hughes Summer Fellowship.

John Mulligan '06: 2005 Public Summer Theater, Denis Sweet, German, advisor, Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Tanya Nauvel '06:  Mathematical Modeling in Neuroscience:  Studying Music Perception and Production, Scott Makeig, Swartz Center for Computational Neuroscience, advisor; Hughes Summer Fellowship.

Chi Nguyen '05:  Math Education for Underprivileged Children in Huancayo, Peru, David Haines, mathematics and Aldo Tineo, PeruForYou, advisors; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Trang Nguyen '07:  Forest Land Allocation and Poverty Alleviation, Hoang Van Thang, Vietnam National University, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research in Economics or Law.

Tyler Paul '06:  Exploring Identity and Economic Development in Central Asia; Phillips Student Fellowship.

John Phelan '06:  Civil Society's Role in the Intersection of Race, Education, and Human Rights in the Czech Republic, James Richter, political science, advisor; Stangle Grant for Research in Economics or Law.

Daniel Pitts '06:  Synthesis of 2-deoxyglycosides to a Novel Disaccharide, Jennifer Koviach, chemistry, advisor; Research Corporation.

Suresh Rana '07:  Does Radiotherapy Make the Patient Radioactive?  Mark Semon, physics advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Zackery Ray '07:  Environmental Economics Web, Lynne Lewis, economics, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Catherine Reedy '06:  Experience-dependent Development of Behavioral and Molecular Responses to Light in Rat, J. Roxanne Prichard, neuroscience, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Kate Russell '06:  Activity-dependent Plasticity and Perinatal Development of Respiratory Control, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Ryo Sakai '06:  Comparative Functional Analysis of Enterobacteria RpoS mRNA Sequences, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Elizabeth Scannell '07:  Molecular Characterization of Glutamate Receptors in Pond Snails, Nancy Kleckner, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Amanda Seadler '05:  Interactive Latin Quiz Web Development, Margaret Imber, classical and medieval studies, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Rachel Silver '05:  The Role of Schooling Plays as a Mediating Space of U.S. National Identity Week, Patricia Buck, education, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.

Julia Simons '06:  Activity-dependent Plasticity and Perinatal Development of Respiratory Control, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Gregory Sousa '06:  Self-ordering Templates for Fabricating Metal Oxide Nanostructure Arrays, Matthew J. Côté, chemistry, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Andrew Currier Stokes '06:  Moonshine in Rural Guatemala:  The Perfect Household Cooking Fuel for the Rural Poor?  Elibabeth Eames, anthropology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Andrew Stowe '06:  Correlating Sharp-tailed Sparrow Display Repertoires with Vocalization Types at Atkins Bay and Morse River Marsh, Phippsburg, Maine, Ryan Bavis, biology, advisor; Bates Summer Research Fellowship.

Stoyan Stoyanov '06:  Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Bulgaria, Melinda Harder, mathematics, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant, Christian A. Johnson Summer Research Grant for Students Movements for Change.

Vanni Thach '06:  Cambodia's Genocide:  Finding Myself in the Killing Fields; Phillips Student Fellowship.

David Thomazy '07:  Multi-mode Vertical-cavity Surface-emitting Lasers with Optical Feedback, Hong Lin, physics, advisor; Hughes Student-Faculty Grant.

Chelsea Tryder '06:  Accessing the Arts:  Hogar Nuestra Señora de la Paz; Phillips Student Fellowship.

J. Gabriel Tungol '06:  Adolescence:  A Sensitive Period for the Effects of Stress on Brain Development, Cheryl McCormick, neuroscience, advisor; Hughes Summer Fellowship.

Katharina Unger '06:  Kinetically Evaluate the Relative Importance of a Mapped Protein DestructionSignal and the N-teminal Amino Acid in the Recognition of the HAV 3C Protease by the Ubiquitin-protein Ligase E3alpha, T. Glen Lawson, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

Alison Vander Zanden '06:  Genetic Studies of Human Hair Growth:  A Review of the Literature, Rebecca Herzig, women and gender studies, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.

Leyi Wang '07:  RUI:  Translational Regulation of RpoS mRNA, Paula Schlax, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

Ashley Wentworth '06:  Comparative Analysis of D.O. and M.D. Humanitarian Behavior and Attitudes toward Medically Indigent Patients, Heidi Chirayath, sociology, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant, Bates Student Research Fund Grant

Ashley Wentworth '06:  Morphological Assessment of the Heart in Mice Exposed to Arsenic Early in Development, Rebecca Sommer, biology, advisor; INBRE Grant.

Kimberly Whipkey '06:  Gender-based Affirmative Action:  Predictors of Public Opinion in the United States, Emily Kane, sociology, advisor; Summer Research Apprenticeship.

Eric Williams '06:  Martin Scorsese and Italian Cinema, Steven Dillon, English, advisor; Hoffman Research Support Grant.

Michael Williams '06:  Museum Web Exhibits, Mark Bessire, Museum of Art director, advisor; Collaborative Technology Development Project Grant.

Challen Willemsen '07:  Quechua Ethnobotany in the Peruvian Andes; Otis Student Fellowship.

Andrea Wolf '06:  Aymara Culture:  Textiles and the Environment; Otis Student Fellowship.

Jin Zhang '06:  Kinetically Evaulate How HAV 3C Protease N-terminal Amino Acid Identity Modulates E3alpha-catalyzed Ubiquitination Rates, T. Glen Lawson, chemistry, advisor; National Science Foundation Grant.

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