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Spring 2024

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Michael Christof and Wimeth Dissanayake

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Michael Welte Ph.D.

Articles

    • Severe bleeding due to an acquired FXIII inhibitor in an otherwise healthy patient by Bianca Santonastaso
    • Investigating the Interaction between Macrophages and Erythroid Cells in Bone Marrow: Implications for Erythropoiesis and Anemia by Xup Ou
    • NMDA Receptors in Stroke: Pathways and Potential Treatments by Lilli Tamm
    • Martha Chase at the University of Rochester: The Woman in STEM Who Was Forgotten by Michelle A. Bischoff, Xuke Wang, Erin Song, Gabrielle Wilson, Monica Brody, Suchi Iyer, and Kirya Cain
    • Frederick Douglass: Man of Pictures by Rose Frank
    • Voyeur & Violator: The Obscene Narrative in Early Modern Italy by Daniel Heberle
    • Aging Well: Politics of Aging, Sexuality, and Womanhood in The Golden Girls by Adam Kolers

Citations

    • Santonastaso, B., Spector, H., Cahill, C., Akwaa, F., Ifthikharuddin, J. J., Gim, G., Refaai, M. (2024). Severe bleeding due to an acquired FXIII inhibitor in an otherwise healthy patient. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). http://doi.org/10.47761/SYIQ6533
    • Ou, X., McGrath, K., Kingsley, P., Palis, J. (2024). Investigating the Interaction between Macrophages and Erythroid Cells in Bone Marrow: Implications for Erythropoiesis and Anemia. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/JZYM6125
    • Tamm, N.L., Miller, R. (2024). NMDA Receptors in Stroke: Pathways and Potential Treatments. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/JBMF6736
    • Bischoff, M.A., Wang, X., Song, E., Wilson, G., Brody, M., Iyer, S., Caine, K., Clark, M. (2024). Martha Chase at the University of Rochester: The Woman in STEM Who Was Forgotten. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/HEMA1238
    • Frank, R., Jarvis, M. (2024). Frederick Douglass: Man of Pictures. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/URZR8898
    • Heberle, D., Heuer, C. (2024). Voyeur & Violator: The Obscene Narrative in Early Modern Italy. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/YYAT4860
    • Kolers, A., Pedersen, J. (2024). Aging Well: Politics of Aging, Sexuality, and Womanhood in The Golden Girls. University of Rochester, Journal of Undergraduate Research, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.47761/IEQK6940

Fall 2023

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Priya Mandava and Michael Christof

Articles

    • Health Disparities Between English and Non-English Speakers in Rochester, NY by David I. Del Valle Ortiz
    • Review: Peripheral Neuroprosthetics for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain by Diana Karosas
    • The Role of Human THUMPD3 methyltransferase in RNA Modification and Protein Translation by Hoang Anh Vu Tran
    • Cult of Isis Frescoes as Narratives at the Temple of Isis in Pompeii by Kirsten Bell
    • On the Role of “Therefore” in Argumentative Discourse by Lilli Tamm
    • The Role of PDE10A in DOX-induced Cardiotoxicity by Sparsh Kumar
    • How Confucianism and Daoism Influence the Characterization of Fox Spirits in Chinese Classics SouShenJi 搜神记 during the Six Dynasties Period by Xuewen Geng

Citations

    • David I. Del Valle Ortiz, “Health Disparities Between English and Non-English Speakers in Rochester, NY”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 8-11
    • Diana Karosas, “Peripheral Neuroprosthetics for the Treatment of Phantom Limb Pain”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 12-16
    • Hoang Anh Vu Tran, “The Role of Human THUMPD3 methyltransferase in RNA Modification and Protein Translation”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 17-35
    • Kirsten Bell, “Cult of Isis Frescoes as Narratives at the Temple of Isis in Pompeii”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 36-41
    • Lilli Tamm, “On the Role of “Therefore” in Argumentative Discourse”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 42-46
    • Sparsh Kumar, “The Role of PDE10A in DOX-induced Cardiotoxicity”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 47-53
    • Xuewen Geng, “How Confucianism and Daoism Influence the Characterization of Fox Spirits in Chinese Classics SouShenJi 搜神记 during the Six Dynasties Period”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 22, no. 1 (2023): 54-60

Spring 2023

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Jocelyn Mathew and Ryan Hecker

Interviews

    • Alumni Interview: Dr. Francisco Ramírez-Valle & Dr. Kofi Mensah

Articles

    • Effects of Ocean Acidification on Fish and Possibilities for Adaptation by Elizabeth Croyle
    • Investigating the Relationship Between Select Emergency Department Patient Characteristics and the Disposition of Emergency Department Patients Among Two South Korean Emergency Departments by Alan Ardelean
    • Knowledge: A Fringe Definition and its Implications for the Unity of Science by Fletcher Seymour
    • Investigating the Effect of Early Reperfusion Conditions in Reactive Oxygen Species Generation by Reverse Electron Transfer in Mitochondrial Complex I, Using a Mitochondrial Model by Caio Fukushima
    • Parental Behavior and Friendship Quality in College Students by Emily Han
    • Essence of the Twin Primes Conjecture by Siddarth Seenivasa
    • Asherah’s Decline: The Burning of Sacred Poles by Casey A’Hearn
    • Innovative Method to Assess the Viability of Fusion in a Plasma Using a Wollaston Prism by Joanna Rosenbluth

Citations

    • Elizabeth Croyle, “Effects of Ocean Acidification on Fish and Possibilities for Adaptation”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 14-23
    • Alan Ardelean, “Investigating the Relationship Between Select Emergency Department Patient Characteristics and the Disposition of Emergency Department Patients Among Two South Korean Emergency Departments”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 24-33
    • Fletcher Seymour, “Knowledge: A Fringe Definition and its Implications for the Unity of Science”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 34-41
    • Caio Fukushima, “Investigating the Effect of Early Reperfusion Conditions in Reactive Oxygen Species Generation by Reverse Electron Transfer in Mitochondrial Complex I, Using a Mitochondrial Model”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 42-49
    • Emily Han, “Parental Behavior and Friendship Quality in College Students”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 50-56
    • Siddarth Seenivasa, “Essence of the Twin Primes Conjecture”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 57-61
    • Casey A’Hearn, “Asherah’s Decline: The Burning of Sacred Poles”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 62-73
    • Joanna Rosenbluth, “Innovative Method to Assess the Viability of Fusion in a Plasma Using a Wollaston Prism”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 2 (2023): 74-77

Fall 2022

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Jocelyn Mathew and Ryan Hecker

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Dr. Meyer & iGEM Team

Articles

    • In the Main: Exploring the Interdisciplinary Work of Zora Neale Hurston by Sasha Murray
    • Drinking Water as a Source of PFAS Exposure in Pregnant Women: Well versus Municipal Water Sources in Monroe County and the City of Rochester by Evan Bushinsky
    • Usefulness of the Reactive Strength Index (RSI) in Assessing Burnout in Division III College Athletes by Domenica Verdi, Iva Savic, and Hannah Keiper
    • Mauritian Creole Kinship Terms of Reference by Jillian Breithaupt
    • Abolishing the Death Penalty in Pakistan: Public Sentiment, Harm Prevention and Punishment by Syeda Mahnoor Raza
    • Investigating the Role of TRMT1L in tRNA Modification by Chesna Apere
    • Pro Evolution and Evil-ution: Revealing the Assertion of National and Cultural Identities Through the Twentieth- Century Transformation of la Calavera in Mexico and Bawon Samdi in Haiti by Megan Emery
    • A Response to Alternative Decision Making Capacity Standards by Samuel Streicher
    • Improving Pronto Performance with Buffered Persistence by Yiyao Yu

Citations

    • Sasha Murray, “In the Main: Exploring the Interdisciplinary Work of Zora Neale Hurston”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 13-21
    • Evan Bushinsky, “Drinking Water as a Source of PFAS Exposure in Pregnant Women: Well versus Municipal Water Sources in Monroe County and the City of Rochester”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 22-36
    • Domenica Verdi, Iva Savic, and Hannah Keiper, “Usefulness of the Reactive Strength Index (RSI) in Assessing Burnout in Division III College Athletes by Domenica Verdi, Iva Savic, and Hannah Keiper”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 37-43
    • Jillian Breithaupt, “Mauritian Creole Kinship Terms of Reference”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 44-52
    • Syeda Mahnoor Raza, “Abolishing the Death Penalty in Pakistan: Public Sentiment, Harm Prevention and Punishment”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 53-57
    • Chesna Apere, “Investigating the Role of TRMT1L in tRNA Modification”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 58-62
    • Megan Emery, “Pro Evolution and Evil-ution: Revealing the Assertion of National and Cultural Identities Through the Twentieth- Century Transformation of la Calavera in Mexico and Bawon Samdi in Haiti”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 63-71
    • Samuel Streicher, “A Response to Alternative Decision Making Capacity Standards”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 71-73
    • Yiyao Yu, “Improving Pronto Performance with Buffered Persistence”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 21, no. 1 (2022): 74-80

Spring 2022

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Nisha Arya and Jocelyn Mathew

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Jack Paine Ph.D.

Articles

    • The Gendering of Harmful Magic: The Process of Gendered Differences in Witchcraft by Kristen Bell
    • Data Movement Distance: An Ordinal Evaluation Metric by Aidan Goldfarb
    • Predicting Contraceptive Method Choice of Women Based on Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics by Jose Luna Jr.
    • The Purchase of Virtue: The Commodification of Altruism in the Voluntourism Industry by Julia Bergel
    • Color Polymorphism and Its Effects on the Substrate Preference of European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas) by Regan Collins
    • Olfactory Cues Guide Mate Search in Meloe Blister Beetles by Atalanta C. Ritter & Federico Sánchez Vargas
    • Commodifying Jewish Culture and Identity by Samantha Becker

Citations

    • Kristen Bell, “The Gendering of Harmful Magic: The Process of Gendered Differences in Witchcraft”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 13-17
    • Aidan Goldfarb, “Data Movement Distance: An Ordinal Evaluation Metric”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 18-23
    • Jose Luna Jr., “Predicting Contraceptive Method Choice of Women Based on Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 24-29
    • Julia Bergel, “The Purchase of Virtue: The Commodification of Altruism in the Voluntourism Industry”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 30-35
    • Regan Collins, “Color Polymorphism and Its Effects on the Substrate Preference of European Green Crabs (Carcinus maenas)”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 36-41
    • Atalanta C. Ritter & Federico Sánchez Vargas, “Olfactory Cues Guide Mate Search in Meloe Blister Beetles”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 42-47
    • Samantha Becker, “Commodifying Jewish Culture and Identity”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 2 (2022): 47-53

Fall 2021

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Nisha Arya and Jocelyn Mathew

Abstracts

    • From the University of Rochester Annual Undergraduate Research Expo 2021

Articles

    • On the Use of Information from Past Unethical Research ​by Samuel Streicher
    • Review: An Investigation of Neuroprosthetic Treatments of Phantom Limb Pain by Carolyn Kocheck
    • Characterization of B Cell states with respect to BCR and HIF-1 α Pathways using discrete-state modeling by George Kassis
    • Reducing the Gender Gap in Technology through an Entrepreneurial Network by Maria Fernanda Sesto Carballo
    • For the Sake of the Future: The Soviet Economy and a Surfeit of Shortages by Matthew Burgess
    • Manganese Promoted Oxidative Radical Addition Reactions by Yeonseong Seo

Citations

    • Samuel Streicher, “On the Use of Information from Past Unethical Research”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 8-13
    • Carolyn Kocheck, “Review: An Investigation of Neuroprosthetic Treatments of Phantom Limb Pain”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 14-18
    • George Kassis, “Characterization of B Cell states with respect to BCR and HIF-1 α Pathways using discrete-state modeling”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 19-24
    • Maria Fernanda Sesto Carballo, “Reducing the Gender Gap in Technology through an Entrepreneurial Network”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 26-28
    • Matthew Burgess, “For the Sake of the Future: The Soviet Economy and a Surfeit of Shortages”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 29-39
    • Yeonseong Seo, “Manganese Promoted Oxidative Radical Addition Reactions”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 20, no. 1 (2021): 40-46

Spring 2021

Letters

    • From the Editors, by John Roy Lozada and Shelby Sabourin

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Llerena Searle Ph.D.

Abstracts

    • From the University of Rochester Annual Undergraduate Research Expo 2021

Articles

    • The Direct and Indirect Effects of Calcium Dyshomeostasis on Amyliodogenic BACE-1 Enzyme in Alzheimer’s Disease by Lia Calcines-Rodriguez
    • The Pakistani Constitution: in Pursuit of Justice by Syeda Mahnoor Raza
    • Reflection and Correction: Guaman Poma’s Precolonial Critique of Spanish Dominance in the Andes by Anna Remus
    • Beauty of Social Media and its Racial Intersections by Dominique Dorvil

Citations

    • Lia Calcines-Rodriguez, “The Direct and Indirect Effects of Calcium Dyshomeostasis on Amyliodogenic BACE-1 Enzyme in Alzheimer’s Disease”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 2 (2021): 21-26
    • Syeda Mahnoor Raza, “The Pakistani Constitution: in Pursuit of Justice”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 2 (2021): 27-36
    • Anna Remus, “Reflection and Correction: Guaman Poma’s Precolonial Critique of Spanish Dominance in the Andes”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 2 (2021): 37-44
    • Dominique Dorvil, “Beauty of Social Media and its Racial Intersections”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 2 (2021): 45-48

Fall 2020

Letters

    • From the Editors, by John Roy Lozada and Shelby Sabourin

Articles

    • Investigating the Phase Behavior of Bead-Spring Polymer Blends with Molecular Dynamic Simulations by Oion Akif
    • Review: Deep Brain Stimulation as Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Suggested Targets by Michaela Alarie
    • The Representation of Vowel Formants in the Inferior Colliculus due to Singing, Reciting, & Speech by Akshay Sharathchandra, Mohammed Abumuaileq, and Victoria Figarola
    • A Forgotten Whaling Wife: Eunice Lawrence of Falmouth, Massachusetts by Marija Mikavcic

Citations

    • Oion Akif, “Investigating the Phase Behavior of Bead-Spring Polymer Blends with Molecular Dynamic Simulations”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 1 (2020): 9-19
    • Michaela Alarie, “Review: Deep Brain Stimulation as Treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Suggested Targets”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 1 (2020): 20-23
    • Akshay Sharathchandra, Mohammed Abumuaileq, Victoria Figarola, “The Representation of Vowel Formants in the Inferior Colliculus due to Singing, Reciting, & Speech”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 1 (2020): 25-32
    • Marija Mikavcic, “A Forgotten Whaling Wife: Eunice Lawrence of Falmouth, Massachusetts”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 19, no. 1 (2020): 33-36

Spring 2020

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Arkoruba Cheetham-West and John Roy Lozada

Abstracts

    • From the University of Rochester Annual Undergraduate Research Expo 2020

Articles

    • A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: How Redlining in Rochester Led to a Modern Housing Crisis by Nisha Arya
    • The Search for Happiness in Meditation Technology by Xueying Chen
    • Calling the Cops: How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Contribute to the Perception of Police at the University of Rochester by Syed Arsalan Ghani
    • Expression Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Immunoglobin Proteins Across Follicular Epithelium and Embryo Tissues with RNA-Seq by Colleen Mallie, Jacob Rozowsky, Himi Begum, and Nadim Quazi
    • Implementing Chemical Reaction Networks in AR by Tayfun Sahin

Citations

    • Nisha Arya “A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: How Redlining in Rochester Led to a Modern Housing Crisis”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 2 (2020): 15-20
    • Xueying Chen, “The Search for Happiness in Meditation Technology”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 2 (2020): 21-24
    • Syed Arsalan Ghani, “Calling the Cops: How Race/Ethnicity and Gender Contribute to the Perception of Police at the University of Rochester”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 2 (2020): 25-27
    • Colleen Mallie, Jacob Rozowsky, Himi Begum, Nadim Quazi, “Expression Analysis of Drosophila melanogaster Immunoglobin Proteins Across Follicular Epithelium and Embryo Tissues with RNA-Seq”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 2 (2020): 28-33
    • Tayfun Sahin, “Implementing Chemical Reaction Networks in AR”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 2 (2020): 34-39

Fall 2019

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Arokoruba Cheetham-West and John Lozada

Articles

    • Review of a Selection of Physiology Tests Performed at the PEAK Laboratory and their Relevance and Applicability to Testing on an Athletic Population by Bianca A. Hall
    • Kerry James Marshall’s Knowledge and Wonder: Towards a Public Particular Classification of Site-Specific Art by Alexandra Jerejian
    • The Interpretation of Homosexuality in Dante’s Inferno by Zina Miqdadi
    • Disparities in locations of sheltered and unsheltered sites, focusing on low-levels of carbon monoxide exposure amongst the homeless population of Rochester, NY by Paul Mokrzycki
    • Applying a Bandage Instead of Treating the Infection: Dress Codes as a Cover-up for Dealing with Male Sexualization of the Female Body by Julianna Savitz

Citations

    • Bianca Hall, Michelle Porto, “Review of a Selection of Physiology Tests Performed at the PEAK Laboratory and their Relevance and Applicability to Testing on an Athletic Population”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 1 (2019): 11-15
    • Alexandra Jerejian, “Kerry James Marshall’s Knowledge and Wonder: Towards a Public Particular Classification of Site-Specific Art”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 1 (2019): 16-19
    • Zina Miqdadi, “The Interpretation of Homosexuality in Dante’s Inferno”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 1 (2019): 20-23
    • Paul Mokrzycki, “Disparities in locations of sheltered and unsheltered sites focusing on low-levels of carbon monoxide exposure amongst the homeless population of Rochester, NY”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 1 (2019): 24-36
    • Julianna Savitz, “Applying a Bandage Instead of Treating the Infection: Dress Codes as a Cover-up for Dealing with Male Sexualization of the Female Body”, Journal of Undergraduate Research 18, no. 1 (2019): 37-41

Spring 2019

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Victor Zhang and Michelle Klein

Articles

    • Mid-Wave Infrared Photodetectors by Ankur Desai
    • Balancing Facilitation and Friendship as a Workshop Leader by Daniel Krajovic
    • Seismic Reinforcement Analysis of the Triumphal Arch of the Church of Andahuaylillas, Peru by Zhongdi Liu
    • Coercion and Empire in a Thucydidean Slavery by Eugene Nakamoto
    • How colid Artificial Intelligence create employment opportunities in Zimbabwe? by Alessio Simoya
    • “She is the sun and the moon, and anything that represents brightness.” – A shift from communal worshipping to personal spiritual connection through the case of Guanyin worshipping in Hong Kong by Eunice Wun Ling To
    • Exploration of Jabba Protein Expression levels on Lipid Droplets in the Drosophila Larval Fat Body in vivo by Callie Winters

Fall 2018

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Victor Zhang and Michelle Klein

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Giulio Trigilia, PhD

Articles

    • Sordid Spoils of War: Does State Weakness Cause Sexual Violence? by Jacqueline A. Heinzelmann
    • Now What: Cimarronaje and Contextual Identity in Spanish South America, by Louis Herman
    • Experiential Motifs at the Interface of Gender and Workshop, by Daniel Krajovic
    • How does Campaign Spending Affect Voter Behavior, and What Does this Mean for the American Democracy? by Hope Pungello

Spring 2017

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Victor Zhang and Emily Gore

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Beth E. Jorgensen, PhD

Articles

    • Guidebooks to Havana: The Tourist Transformation of the Cuban Public Sphere, 1859-1953, by Ethan Dimmock
    • Nasonia Venom Research, by Mengni He
    • Candidate Positioning in U.S. House Elections: The Case of Donald Trump, by Jason Altabet
    • Role-playing Game AI, by Yutong He, Ben King, Jason Brar, David Fink, Shir Maimon, Zachary Polansky, Po-Chun Chiu, Joel Kottas, Chang Kyung Kim, Abdullah Al Mamun, and Evan Strohm

Fall 2016

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Kyle Smith and Emily Gore

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Elaine Sia, PhD

Articles

    • Dansaekhwa and Its Increasing Value, by Ruoyu Li
    • Understanding the Historical Context for the Neoliberal Attack on Public Education in the United States, by Michale Hogan
    • Dangerous Women of Soviet Education Posters: The Iconography of the Soviet Prostitute in Representation of Veneral Diseases in USSR , by Nadezda Gribkova
    • Advancements in Nanobiotechnology for Cancer Diagnostic Applications, by Rahul Upadhya
    • The Asexual Experience and Community in Denmark, by Christine T.J. Otto
    • The Garifuna: A Modern Maroon Society? by Sara Zerimer

Fall 2015 & Spring 2016

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Kyle Smith and Emily Gore

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Theodore M. Brown, PhD

Articles

    • Relevant and Irrelevant Distracting Information on Long-Term Memory, by Zoe Cembrinski
    • The “Medical Model” and American Penology in the Mid-20th Century, by Noah Bender
    • Pink Slime or LFTB? A Fight Over Trust and Credibility for Food Safety, by Miles Meth
    • Investigation into the Correlation Between Certain Aspects of the Bedroom Environment and Mold Growth, by Yu-Hao Wang, Yu-Chieh Wang, Pi-Hsuing Wu, & Lan Hsu
    • Transcriptional Mechanisms of DeltaFosB, a Splice Variant Transcription Factor, in Drug Addiction and Depression, by Allen Cui
    • Phallic Fantasies: Freud, Sex, and Carmen, by Alexandra Cohen
    • The Final Problem: Sherlock Holmes and the Science/Faith Debate, by Henry Olearcek

Fall 2014 & Spring 2015

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Christine Choi and Kyle Smith

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Edwin van Wijngaarden, PhD

Articles

    • Mental Illness and the Great Detective: Diagnosing Sherlock Holmes, by Adrian Rosenberg
    • Dynamic Inhibition of the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability, by Evan Baker, Austin Davis, & Mark Rollfs
    • Factors Affecting Decisions During Pregnancy in Hyberbad, India, by Marissa Abbot & Shilpa Topudurti
    • Development of the Red Army’s Infantry Tactics During World War II, by Pablo Chapa-Blanco
    • Is Cumulative GPA Predictable by Objective Factors? A case study from the students at the University of Rochester, by Sakif Rahman
    • Malaria and Mutant Mosquitos: The Failure of Technological Approaches to Disease Eradication, Michael N. Healey
    • I am NOT Your Gay Best Friend: Examining the Phenomenon of Heteronormative Accessorization of the Contemporary Gay Man, by Nicola F. Tavella
    • More Access, Fewer Abortions: The case of the Netherlands, by Jiyoon Park

Spring 2014

Letters

    • From the Editor, by Corey Garyn

Articles

    • Blessing and Burden: Negotiating the Hemodialysis Experiment, by Alysha Alani
    • The Influence of ECFA on Taiwan’s Public Opinion of Cross-Strait Relations, by Robin Wang
    • It’s Alright Ma, (You’re Only Bleeding), by Frederick Kern
    • Matrix Metalloproteinases as Novel Biomarkers and their Potential Therapeutic and Diagnostic Applications in Diabetic Ulcer Healing, by Yanhan Ren

Fall 2013

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Corey Garyn

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Renee Miller, PhD

Articles

    • Deciphering the Oregon Death With Dignity Act, by Josh Shulman
    • Zoroastrian Dakhma-Nashini: A Case Study on Ritual Change by Kassandra Viers
    • Regime Support across Asian Countries: A Test of Modernization Theory and the “Asian Values” Hypothesis by Josh Schulman
    • K-Goldbach Decomposition For Polynomials by Jiashuo Lui
    • De VIC Generations- A Model to Understand the Financial Market by Yiqiao Yin

Spring 2013

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Corey Garyn

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Jennifer Brisson, PhD

Articles

    • The Paradox of Protest, Production, and Purchase by Julie Elliot
    • Western Finance and the East Asian Path to Economic Modernity by Cameron S. LaPoint
    • Translating Trauma: Philomela, Leda, and the Aporia of Representation by Sarah Winstein-Hibbs
    • Distributional Learning in Rapid Syntactic Adaptation by Nicole Craycraft
    • Delayed Agreement and Buy-Off Decisions in a Three-Player, Two-Period, Two-Pic Bargaining Model by Anil Taibjee

Fall 2012

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Cameron LaPoint and Anil Taibjee

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Steve Manly, PhD

Articles

    • The Rich and their “Culture War?” Debunking the Myths of Wealth and the Ideological Differences in America by Bennet Skupp
    • Convergence and Generalization of a Recursion Equation for Primes by James Haley
    • Water Contamination in the Soliga Tribe by Balaji Jagdish
    • Chivalric Redemption Through Ascetic Meritorious Suffering In Imitatio Christi by Kelly Guerrieri
    • Babalu-Aye: African Deity or Christian Saint? By Birx Allen

Spring 2012

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Sthuthi David and Cameron La Point

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: Stuart V. Jordan, PhD

Articles

    • Cheers: A sociolinguistic comparison of American and British beer advertisements by Lucas Piazza
    • The Structural Survival of the Great Hall of Trajan’s Markets in Rome: An Engineering Study by Jesse Cramer
    • “Room Enough to Wonder”: Setting, Ambiguity, and Control in Samuel Beckett’s Endgame by Sara Cohen

Fall 2011

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Sthuthi David and Cameron La Point

Articles

    • Midwives as agents of Muhammad Ali’s “New Order”: Tradition, statehood, and authority in medical understanding of childbirth during the nineteenth century in Egypt, by Naomi Ahsan
    • Trade and why it makes us uncomfortable: Addressing some common concerns in embracing free trade, by Dana Albert
    • Self-Flagellation as Sanctification in the Roman Catholic Church’s Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei, by Andrew Nicholas Cirillo
    • Electromyographic Responses to Rotational and Translational Peturbations, by Erin M. Schnellinger, Jennica L. Roche, and Mark S. Redfern
    • Computer Modeling of the Cochlea, by Franciscus Wolfs

Fall 2010 & Spring 2011

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Joome Suh and Olga Karlinskaya

Interviews

    • Professor Interview: John Jaenike, Ph.D.
    • Student Interview: Gerald Markham

Articles

    • Israeli Policy and the Israeli-Armenian Minority: A Study of Realpolitik, Cultural Bias, and National Hypocrisy, by Juliet Miriam Berman
    • National Identity: A Macanese Cultural Study, by Caroline Bernal-Silva
    • The Role of the Writing Fellow in Spanish Tutoring, by Kate Canny
    • New Journalism, New Ethics: The Case of the Ibogaine Effect and the Writing of Hunter S. Thompson, by Maya Dukmasova and Adam Awad
    • Rightful Claim: Israel’s Primordialist-Constructivist Approach to Urban Planning and Policy in Jerusalem, by Jessica Gambacurta
    • Antifungal Activity of Tamoxifen and its Analogs Against the Opportunistic Pathogen, Candida albicans, by Julie M. Tabroff, Louis P. DiDone, and Kristy Koselny
    • Modeling of Inflammation of Cerebral Vasculature Caused by MA & HIV, by Johnny Ting Zheng

Fall 2009 & Spring 2010

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Xiaoge Guo and Rachel Sitts

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: Gloria Culver, Ph.D.
    • Professor Interview: Joshua Kinsler, Ph.D.
    • Professor Interview: Michael Rizzo, Ph.D.
    • Student Interview: Jarrod Bogue

Articles

    • Presence of Depression in Indian Blind Students, by Sumee Alagappan
    • The Voting Patterns of Freshmen Congressmen: Party Conformity or Party Rebellion? by Dinisha Fernando, Sarah Hyser, and Greg Van Houten
    • Fly Me to the Moon, Cheaply, by Alexander Green and Jonathan Kurvits
    • Britain, Bengal, Burton, and Beer: George Hodgson and the Development of India Pale Ale, by Nicholas J. Hamlin
    • The Strongest Hand and the Longest Sword: Colonial Politics, Trade, and the Courts in the Golden Age of Piracy, by Cameron LaPoint
    • The Effects of RAD001 on Neuroendocrine Differentiation and Prostate Cancer Progression, by Alexandria K. Maurer
    • Reaching for Words and Non-Words: Isolating Stages in the Response Dynamics of Younger and Older Adults, by Leon Tsao
    • Designing Artificial Skin for Wound Healing: An Intersection of Biology and Tissue Engineering, by Corey Walker

Spring 2009

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Jessica Gambacurta and Elizabeth Tien

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: Elizabeth Colantoni, Ph.D.
    • Perspectives on Research: Elizabeth Grayhack, Ph.D.
    • Student Interview: Nate Lindsey, 2010
    • Student Interview: Brian Palmisano, 2009

Articles

    • Student Review: The Master Regulator: NF-kappa B, by Ritesh Agnihothri
    • LPA2 Receptor as an Important Component of the IL-12 Negative Feedback Mechanism, by Justin Boucher
    • The L409 Amino Acid Residue is Important for the DNA Replication Fidelity of Thermostable Pfu DNA Polymerase, by Chris Hergott
    • The Chinese Conundrum, by Aishwarya Krushnakumaar
    • The War on Rape, by Vanessa Rooney

Fall 2008

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Jessica Gambacurta and Elizabeth Tien

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: Richard M. Ryan, Ph.D.
    • Student Interview: Cory R. DeHaan

Articles

    • Student Perspective: Cancer Treatment: Still Finding the Magic Bullet, by Xiaoge Guo
    • Student Perspective: Mulungu, by Karen Horovitz
    • The Effect of Mechanical Loading and Hydrogel Structure on the Release of ECM Components, by Suzanne Giunta
    • Unassuming Heroism, by David Liebers
    • Vapor Deposition of Naphthalene-Derived Polyimides, by Alexander G. Papastrat
    • Potential of Triploid English Ivy (Hedera spp., Araliaceae) as a Less Invasive Substitute, by Emily Reiss
    • Synthesis and Characterization of Fe3Cl6(NMP)8, by Ferdous Zannat

Spring 2008

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Andrew Niles and Harshika Satyarthi

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Thomas Hahn, Ph.D.

Articles

    • The Effects of Coal-Fired Power Plant Emissions and Fly Ash on a Regional Watershed, by Amanda F. Carey and Zoe R. Harrold
    • DM Domain Proteins and their Role in the Generation of Sexual Dimorphism in C. elegans, by Victoria DiMarco
    • Innate Color Preference and Flower Switching in Heliconiine Butterflies, by Sarah Green
    • Counting Prime Paths in Fractals Built from Triangles, by Elizabeth Munch
    • Production of Soluble Multimeric Dengue II NS1 Protein in the Baculovirus Expression System, by Elizabeth Selleck
    • Evolution of Lake Basins in Northeast Tibet from Strontium Isotope Studies of Carbonates, by Johanna Smith

Fall 2007

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Andrew Niles and Harshika Satyarthi

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews Todd Krauss, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Making the Most of the Lottery, by Aaron Fisher
    • The Tryptophan Mutant in the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 Reverse Transcriptase Active Site, by Jessica Chery
    • Frederick F. Kislingbury: Rochester’s First Arctic Explorer, by Stephanie Mason
    • Frederick Douglass’ Relationship with Abraham Lincoln, by Rebecca Caesar
    • The Battle of Fallujah: Lessons Learned on Military Operations on Urbanized Terrain (MOUT) in the 21st Century, by Tao-Hung Chang
    • Diffusion through Reversibly Associating Polymer Networks, by Helen Park

Fall 2006 & Spring 2007

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Erika Ilagan and Samuel Boyer

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews, Scott Paauw, M.A.
    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews, Vera Goburnova, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Role of Immune Responses in Parthogenesis of nontypeable Haemophilus influenzae in Acute Otitis Media in Young Children, by Bethany Kopin
    • Computers Composing Music: An Artistic Utilization of Hidden Markov Models for Music Composition, by Lee Frankel-Goldwater
    • Molecular Cloning and Characterization of FIERY1 Supressors, by Elise Peterson
    • Learning and Children’s Theory of Gravity, by Michelle Beth Bass, Danielle Beale, Lisa M. Richards, and Kathleen Schisa
    • Over expression of SMURF1 inhibits BMP signaling in chicken articular chondrocytes and murine C3H10T1/2 multipotent mesenchymal cells, by Annie Le
    • On the Road: The Rhetorical Action of Billboards, by Heather Bischoff
    • Expression Methods and Preliminary Purification of HIV-1 fusion protein GST-vif, by Alena Janda
    • Development of Nodes of Ranvier in wild type and dysmylenated mice, by Steven J. Schanz
    • The Effects of Adaptive Optics and a Scanning Laser Opthalmoscope on RPE Cells, by Katherine Shen
    • Political Culture in Colombia and Ecuador: An insight into economic performance evaluation and free trade agreement, by Michael Castro
    • Mindfulness and its moderating effect on the relation of religiosity to psychological health, by Matthew Della Porta
    • Peer victimization: The role of self-efficacy in children’s coping strategies, by Stefanie Putter
    • A Brief Overview of Emerging Nanoelectronics, by Jian Chen
    • Truth or Consequences: An analysis of public service announcements in contemporary society, by Gail Fogel

Spring 2006

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Erika Ilagan and Samuel Boyer

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews, Terry Platt, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Monte Carlo Lattice Simulations of Biochemical Reaction Mechanisms, by Tom Weingarten
    • Inducible Variations in Functional Connections Between M1 and Muscles, by Vanessa Franco
    • Aberration Correction Using Adaptive Optics in an Optical Trap, by Carrie Voycheck
    • The Future of Broadband Over Power Line, by Reid L. Sprite
    • O Captain My Captain: The Relationship Between Officers and Enlisted Men in World War One, by Susan Thyne
    • A Comparison of Litter Densities in Four Community Types of Island Central Pine Barrens, by Dana Tievsky

Fall 2005

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Suzanne Golisz and Jason Moore

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews, Thomas Smith, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Shear Viscosity under Shock-Loading Conditions, by Zhuohan Liang and Steven M. Valone
    • Fault Tolerant Behavior-Based Robots, by Laura Wong (Featured Reseacher)
    • Continuous Identity Verification through Keyboard Biometrics, by Peter Ordal, David Ganzhorn, David Lu, Warren Fong, and Jonathan Blair Norwood
    • Violin Acoustic Radiation Synthesis, by Jacob Waxman
    • Strength of Political Views in Young People and their Parents, by Laura Maruskin
    • Accretion Region Variability Mechanisms in Low Luminosity AGN, by Grant Tremblay
    • Ball Catching and the Role of Prediction, by Keith Gorgos

Additional Sections

    • Members of the Class of 2005 who received distinction in research

Spring 2005

Letters

    • From the Editors, by Samuel Boyer and Jason Moore

Interviews

    • Perspectives on Research: jur interviews, David Goldfarb, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Performance During Visual Search: Designing Spacecraft with Humans in Mind, by Joseph Toscano (Featured Researcher)
    • Solving the H1 Enigma: The Use of Physarum polycephlum as a Model System, by Brandi Davis
    • The Need for Transformation: A Challenge for Trauma Surgery, by Joshua Brown
    • Coral Reef Bleaching: Linking Ocean Optics with Coral Health, by Kaccie Li
    • Being Mindful: Facilitating Enhanced Personal Integrity and Interpersonal Honesty, by Katherine Hefner and Josh Felver-Grant
    • Preliminary Evidence in Support of a Role for the AhR in Neural Development: Implication for TCDD-Induced Neurotoxicity, by Daniel Lioy
    • Agency, Depression, and Social Support in Residents of a Domestic Violence Shelter, by Ruth Varkovitzky, Natalie Cort, and Jennifer Aube

Additional Sections

    • Undergraduate Research Programs at the University of Rochester – A selection of programs with comments by recent participants.

Fall 2004

Letters

    • From the Editor, by Deepak Sobti
    • To the Editor, by Various Authors

Interviews

    • The Biopsychosocial Model: Interdisciplinarity in Science and Medicine, with Drs. Robert Ader and Theodore Brown

Articles

    • Tracing Fluids in a Subduction Zone: 1291 and Halogens in Geothermal Waters from New Zealand, by Audrey Stewart (Featured Researcher)
    • Transnational Cinematic Production and the Emergence of John Malkovich as a Transnational Actor, by Chadwick Schnee
    • Neuronal Mechanisms of Actively Steering Optic Flow: Global versus Local Motion, by Zarina Ali
    • Election Commissioners and the Law: Commissioners’ Responses to Questions about Identification Requirements, by Miriam Grill-Abramowitz
    • Developing and Understanding mantra: A Movement from Veda to Tantra, by Stephen Brown
    • English Ails: The Interaction of Nature and Chivalry in English Arthurian Literature, by John A. Geck
    • Characterization of Niobium Films and a Bulk Niobium Sample with RRR, SIMS and SQUID Magnetometer, by Jason A. Thompson
    • The Progression of “Stress” in Ladies Home Journal, by Joy Newman

Additional Sections

    • Members of the Class of 2004 who received distinction in research
    • Undergraduate Research Programs at the University of Rochester – A selection of programs with comments by recent participants.

Spring 2004

Letters

    • From the Editor, by Deepak Sobti
    • Undergraduate Research at the University of Rochester, by Thomas R. Krugh, Director of Undergraduate Research and jur advisor
    • Interdisciplinarity at the University of Rochester, by Jose Perillan & Drew R. Abrams, University of Rochester graduate students

Interviews

    • Learning the Language, with Philippe Fauchet, Ph.D.

Articles

    • Mabel: Extending Human Interaction and Robot Rescue Designs by Thomas Kollar, Jonathan Schmid, Eric Meisner, Micha Elsner, Diana Calarese, Chikita Purav, Jenine Turner, Dasun Peramunage, Gautam Altekar, and Victoria Sweetser
    • Sonic Architecture and The Creation of Space: Approaches to Dikshitar’s Brhadisvaram Kriti and the Brhadisvara Temple in Tanjavur by Alfred Vitale
    • Absolute Memory of Learned Melodies: Children Trained by the Suzuki Violin Method by Victoria Saah
    • The Fixational Stability of the Human Eye Measured by Imaging the Cone Mosaic by Nicole M. Putnam, Heidi J. Hofer, Nathan Doble, Joseph Carroll, Li Chen
    • Short-Term Memory In Second Language Learners of ASL: The Competing Effects of Modality and Mother Tongue by Matthew Hall
    • Joseph Smith and the Mormon Church: A Case Study of a Modern Covenantal Prophet by Erin Zahradnik
    • A Cold Start to the Cretaceous: Defining Climate History Near The North Pole by Peter Lippert

Additional Sections

    • Members of the Class of 2003 who received distinction in research
    • Undergraduate Research Programs – The Camelot Project, de Kiewiet Summer Research, McNair Program

Fall 2003

Letters

    • From the Editor, by Prabhjot “Jot” Singh Dhadialla

Interviews

    • Faculty Interview, with Dr. Thomas Hahn and Dr. Richard Kaeuper

Articles

    • Freshman Scholarship: Fairy Stories by Laura Cantone
    • Cell Adhesion Molecules in Asthma by David Messenheimer
    • Insights into the Patterns of Sounds by Douglas Ball
    • Epilepsy and Neurogenesis by Matthew Tremblay
    • Digging up the Truth by Hannah Newborn
    • The Riemannian Metric and Curvature Tensor on a Manifold by Niles Johnson
    • Grassroots and Government Conflict by Emily Faber
    • Review: Tissue Engineering by Nicholas Krebs

Fall 2002

Letters

    • From the Editor, by Prabhjot “Jot” Singh Dhadialla
    • Welcome to jur, by Dr. Debrework Zewdie

Interviews

    • Faculty Interview, with Dr. Jennifer Williams Brown

Articles

    • A Cycle of Identity, by Catherine Egan
    • Studies of Emotion: A Theoretical and Emperical Review of Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion, by Christopher P. Niemic
    • Integrating the Incompatible: The Rise of the Incorporated Immune System, by Sahand Boorboor
    • Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Developing Chemicals to Light the Future, by Zachary J. Tonzetich
    • Explanations Matter: The Interplay Between Family Instability, Parental Communication Patterns, and Preschool Children’s Family Representations, by Sara C. Meyer
    • Utechka Umov: The History, Implications, and Solutions Concerning Russia’s Post-Soviet Brain Drain, by Erik Volz
    • Protein Folding Explored: An Analysis of OspA Central Beta-Sheet Mutants, by Jonathan H. Smith