Students Present at COPLAC Undergraduate Research Conference
Keene State College Students from a variety of disciplines presented their original research and creative projects at the first ever Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges’ Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference was held October 1-2, 2010 at the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts in North Adams, Massachusetts.
Congratulations to all student presenters on their accomplishments!
- Miles Warner, Art: Selections from Chad Bentley installation
- Laura Mann, Art: Selections from Tangled Stillness
- Amanda Izzo, Biology: Transcriptional Activation and Repression by LuxR in Vibria harveyi
- Curtis Guild, Chemistry: Crystallographic Studies of a Variety of Pharmaceutically Active Compounds
- Andrew Abeleira and Jacob Meier, Chemistry: Separation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons using cyclodextrin modified capillary electrophoresis
- Jacob Meier and Andrew Abeleira, Chemistry: Environmental monitoring of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in lichen using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry
- Amy Curran, Geography: Secrets of the Fleet: Using interviews and sketch mapping to identify the timing and location of lobster fishing on the Maine Coast
- Meagan Blais and Taylor Mitchell, Holocaust and Genocide Studies: What is at Stake?
Faculty and administrators accompanying our scholars included:
- Mel Netzhammer, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
- Gordon Leversee, Dean of Sciences and Social Sciences
- Peter Roos, Associate Professor of Art
- Paul Vincent, Professor, Holocaust and Genocide Studies
- Becca Hickam, Coordinator of Experiential Education, CELT
