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.

We congratulate all our 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

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