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Fearless Friday: Laila Mufty, Laila M. Mufty

SURGE

In today’s Fearless Friday, Surge would like to honor the work of Laila Mufty ‘18. Laila is a sophomore from the Bay Area in California and is majoring in Environmental Studies. Currently, she is one of the CPS Program Coordinators with Big Brothers Big Sisters and is the Immersion Project Leader for the New Orleans trip in May focused on the rebuilding of the Gulf Coast. In addition to her work with CPS, Laila participates in multiple cultural organizations on campus and has volunteered with El Centro, Painted Turtle Farm and Casa de la Cultura. Laila has also written and …

Students Raise Funds To Help Communities Become Self-Sufficient, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Geodemographic Features Of Human Blastomycosis In Eastern Wisconsin, Megan E. Huber, Dennis J. Baumgardner, Jessica J. F. Kram, Melissa A. Lemke

Journal of Patient-Centered Research and Reviews

Purpose

Blastomycosis is an endemic fungal infection. In rural northern Wisconsin, blastomycosis cases are associated with certain environmental features including close proximity to waterways. Other studies have associated blastomycosis with particular soil chemicals. However, blastomycosis also occurs in urban and suburban regions. We explored the geodemographic associations of blastomycosis cases in the more urban/suburban landscape of eastern Wisconsin.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective study of 193 laboratory-identified blastomycosis cases in a single eastern Wisconsin health system, 2007–2015. Controls were 250 randomly selected cases of community-diagnosed pneumonia from a similar time period. Geographic features of home addresses were explored using Google …

Allied Paper Landfill, A Case Study Of Superfund, Kaitlin Braunschweig

Honors Theses

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (1980), more commonly known as Superfund, delegates the responsibility for cleanup of more than 1,300 hazardous waste sites to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This thesis is designed as a case study to investigate the Superfund program through the lens of the Allied Paper Landfill portion of the Kalamazoo River Superfund Site. Through interviews with key stakeholders an evaluation was completed based on the following research questions: 1) are the current goals of Superfund appropriate, 2) is the funding mechanism sufficient to fulfill the goals of Superfund, and 3) is the …

Graduating Seniors Ready To Tackle What’S Next, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

The Scientific Conquest Of New Mexico: Local Legacies Of The Manhattan Project 1942-2015, Lucie Anne Genay

American Studies ETDs

In the initial scoping phase of this research project, the main question I used for guidance was "to what extent and how did the Manhattan Project impact New Mexico and New Mexicans?" My first objective was to assess the magnitude of the state's transformation before addressing the other questions that soon ensued from this original reflection. A brief historical review of the state's transformation will introduce these questions, and comparing pre-World War II and post-Cold War New Mexico will justify the term "revolutionized" I used above. This dissertation retraces the story of this scientific colonization from the point of view …

Ursinus College Celebration Of Student Achievement (Cosa) Schedule Of Events, 2016, Office Of Academic Affairs

Celebration of Student Achievement Schedules

This schedule details the performances, panels, talks and poster presentations held on the eleventh annual Ursinus College CoSA day.

The Firece Green Fire: Vol. 6 Issue 23, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Mapping Study Abroad: The Guatemala Experience, Megan Lundquist

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

Abstract. For many students, a study abroad program is the first time they will be travelling and living in a particular area abroad. As students go abroad to a variety of locations, they may need maps to help orient them to their living spaces, where their classes are, culturally important locations, and popular places to gather after school. Using ArcGIS, I mapped important locations based on what the participants in the Guatemala program found important to their study abroad experience. I assigned attributes to the locations so that the user can identify different types of locations like points of interest, …

University Outdoor Orientation Programs And Their Distance To Public Land, Brian Koch

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

Abstract. Many universities encourage students to get outside as much as possible. Getting outside and participating in outdoor orientation programs has shown to be beneficial for student’s physical and mental health as well as allowing students to participate outdoors to better understand the natural world. This project documents the locations of 4-year universities and their proximity to U.S. public and federal lands. By using a research study that has taken a "census" of various orientation programs at 4-year universities, I can document not only the universities that provide these programs, but also show their distances to lands in which the …

Study Abroad: Kolkata, India Guide Maps, Jonathon Litchy

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

The Study Abroad office of CSB/SJU has requested that having maps to ease the transition of students studying abroad in Kolkata, India will allow for a more confident experience in finding the college, transportation, various points of interest and other companions home stay locations. These maps produce a layout of (1) the area of Kolkata with an overview of transportation, homestays, places of interest, and culture experiences, and (2) a map of Park street with the college location and surrounding amenities.

"Patterns In The Abundance Of Benthic Algae In Streams", Courtney Wright

Honors Theses

Benthic, microscopic algae are the main drivers of primary productivity in streams. The relationship between the abundance and productivity of benthic algae in streams and lakes and the availability of limiting nutrients, especially soluble reactive phosphorus (SRP), has been extensively studied (reviewed in Allan and Castillo 2007, Larned 2010). However, nearly all of this research has been conducted on the periphyton assemblage found on hard substrates (e.g., stones, wood), while very little work has addressed the factors affecting the abundance of epipelic algae (i.e., the algae associated with depositional (soft) sediments such as sands and silts). One of the few …

Two Alumni Awarded Nsf Research Fellowships, Kim Hill

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Waste Management Waste Journey, Leng Xiong

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

The “out of sight, out of mind” idea has controlled our perception of the world and one thing that people don’t really think about is the whereabouts of their trash. Where does our trash end up? More specifically, if your service for trash is the big company WM (Waste Management), where do they drop off your trash? I will be displaying a map of transfer and landfills of WM and also their recycle facilities in Minnesota. The data I will be using is addresses and fact sheets WM has provided along with a Facts Report of CSB/SJU trash and recycle …

Undergraduate Research Projects Help Promote Diversity In The Geosciences, De'etra Young, Shannon R. Trimboli, Rick S. Toomey, Thomas Byl

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Planning Minutes 04/20/2016, Planning Committee

Planning Committee

No abstract provided.

The Reclamation Of The Missouri Bootheel: The Formation Of The Little River Drainage District, Jillian J. Hartley

Student Theses and Dissertations

The reclamation of the Missouri Bootheel began in the early twentieth century with the formation of the Little River Drainage District, a publicly incorporated district that stretches across six counties in the Missouri Bootheel. The formation of the district occurred after timber companies deforested much of the land in the late nineteenth century. The district employed skilled engineers and contractors who used large dragline excavators to dig more than six hundred miles of ditches and canals. The formation of the district and the infrastructure it created altered and controlled the natural environment thereby facilitating the development of sustainable agriculture in …

Tree-Mycorrhizal Associations Detected Remotely From Canopy Spectral Properties, Joshua B. Fisher, Sean Sweeney, Edward R. Brzostek, Tom P. Evans, Daniel J. Johnson, Jonathan A. Myers, Norman A. Bourg, Amy T. Wolf, Robert W. Howe, Richard P. Philllips

Biology Faculty Research

A central challenge in global ecology is the identification of key functional processes in ecosystems that scale, but do not require, data for individual species across landscapes. Given that nearly all tree species form symbiotic relationships with one of two types of mycorrhizal fungi – arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) and ectomycorrhizal (ECM) fungi – and that AM- and ECM-dominated forests often have distinct nutrient economies, the detection and mapping of mycorrhizae over large areas could provide valuable insights about fundamental ecosystem processes such as nutrient cycling, species interactions, and overall forest productivity. We explored remotely sensed tree canopy spectral properties to …

April 20, 2016, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Offline Student Political Activism: Supported Or Thwarted By Online Political Engagement?, Nicole M. Jovicevic

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

Social media is an integral part of everyday life for the current generation of college-age students. Researchers debate whether the time invested into these sites has a positive or negative influence on offline political activism. Drawing on an original survey of undergraduate students at Illinois Wesleyan University, this study finds that online political engagement has a significant, positive relationship with offline political activism, and this relationship holds even when controlling for the respondent’s political efficacy and natural political inclination. There is a positive relationship between online and offline political activism for students who believe that social media is an appropriate …

An Assessment Of Home Energy Efficiency In Kalamazoo, Alexis Coutts

Honors Theses

The purpose of this study is to assess the status of home energy efficiency in Kalamazoo as well as the reasons why (or why not) a homeowner adopts energy efficiency and what their incentives and barriers are. In order to address these questions this study first relies on a literature review to offer insight on this complex topic and reveal the main incentives and barriers to energy efficiency already found by homeowners. Next a survey is completed by a total of thirty participants, fifteen homeowners from two separate neighborhoods of Kalamazoo, using socioeconomics as a variable. Where Milwood neighborhood acts …

Youth Engagement In Public Health At Mammoth Cave National Park: A Pilot Alternative Spring Break Program, Laura Shultz, David Wong, Amy E. Thomas, Rick Toomey, Shannon Trimboli

Mammoth Cave Research Symposia

No abstract provided.

Multiple Layers Of Participation: Working With Student Leaders In Our 360°, Jody Cohen, Carola Hein, Victor Donnay

Teaching and Learning Together in Higher Education

No abstract provided.

The Current Volume 26 : Issue 28, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Uas Academic Catalog 2016/2017, N/A N/A

UAS Academic Catalogs (2011-present)

No abstract provided.

A Survey Of Bird-Window Collisions On The Illinois Wesleyan University Campus, Alexander Mueller, Roberta Steinert, Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Poster presentation abstract.

Tracking The Elephant (Lexodonta Africana) Corridor And The Human-Wildlife Conflict In Selela Village, Nicole Chlebek, Given Harper, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Oral presentation abstract.

The Feasibility Of Implementing Sustainable Practices In Mexican Independently-Owned Restaurants In Bloomington, Il, Anel Gonzalez-Ruiz, Abigail Jahiel, Faculty Advisor

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Poster presentation abstract.

Design Science 5 | Steam Intelligence, Schedule, Edna W. Lawrence Nature Lab

Design Science Symposia

Schedule of events.

Complete 2016 Program, Illinois Wesleyan University

John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference

Complete program and schedule of events for the 26th annual John Wesley Powell Research Conference.