KSC 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.

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