Undergraduate Research and Scholarship

National Conference on Undergraduate Research 2010

CURS Sponsors NCUR Travel Scholarship Award

Nine BGSU students present at NCUR 2010 at the University of Montana

 

In the Spring of 2010, the Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship awarded eleven scholarships to students whose abstracts were accepted for presentation at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR).  Nine of the students were able to attend and present their work at the University of Montana (Missoula, MT) from April 15-17, 2010. (The students and their project titles are listed below). 

                            

       

Pictured: Thomas Donahue (left) and Jeremy Didion (right) presenting their research posters at NCUR, 2010.

Those attending included:

Student Researcher

Student's Major

Project Title

Faculty Mentor

Lauren BiksackyPolitical ScienceA Strong Legal Doctrine to Protect the Weak Consumer: The Assumption of Contract Theory and the Doctrine of UnconscionabilityNeil Browne, Ph.D.
Allison BryanGeologyOxygen isotope Analysis of diatom silica in Surface Sediment Cores from Lake El'gygytgyn, SiberiaJeff Snyder, Ph.D.
Maureen CosgroveEconomicsThe Most Extraordinary Paper of All Time: Puffery, Advertising, and Consumer Rationality in the Canadian and US Legal SystemsNeil Browne, Ph.D.
Jeremy DidionBiologyRecognition of Visual Objects by Shape and Color in the African Cichlid Melanochromis auratusRobert Huber, Ph.D. & Moira Van Staaden, Ph.D.
Andrew ReedHistoryTreaty or Catalyst: The Failure of Versailles to Bring Lasting Peace to EuropeNeil Browne, Ph.D.
Thomas DonahueComputer ScienceUsing Connectionist Networks to Learn to Classify SoundsJ. Devin McAuley, Ph.D.
Kate CookSociologyTheatre as a Looking-Glass: A Study of the Effects Beil Labute's Drama on the Emergence of the Ethical SelfNeil Browne, Ph.D.
Alyssa CainPsychologyThe role of GABAergic Neurons in Timing and Divided AttentionJ. Devin McAuley, Ph.D.
Jessica VasquezPsychologyHow Do Reality Television Shows Affect Young Women’s Body Image?Dara Musher-Eizenman

 

For questions about the CURS NCUR Travel Scholarship, please contact:

 The Center for Undergraduate Research and Scholarship (CURS) at (419) 372-5401 or curs@bgsu.edu.