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The Role Of Knowledge Of Vaping And E-Cigarette Use Among Young Adults Aged 18-25 Years, Martha Tarluwah Kollison

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Vaping is a growing public health concern in the United States among young adults. Despite the belief that vaping is safer compared to traditional smoking, e-cigarettes have become a major public health problem among young adults between the age of 18-25 in the United States. In this qualitative study, the perceptions of the risks of vaping by young adults in Indiana, their lived experiences, and factors contributing to vaping behavior were explored. Based on the Health Belief Model (HBM), the effect of knowledge on perceived risks and reported vaping behavior among the respondents was explored. Ten participants, seven males, and …

Global And Regional Disparities In Access To Specialist Sarcoma Services, Tomas Zamora, Eduardo Botello, Thomas Jenkins, Charlotte Jeys, Minna Laitinen, Lee Jeys, Santiago Abad Repiso, Hesham Abdelbary, Alejandro Abiad Mejia, Ahmed Abood, Juan C Abril Martin, Adesegun Abudu, Ayman Abu Elhamd, Marthelena Acosta, Keisuke Ae, Manish Agarwal, Vivek Ajit Singh, Toru Akiyama, Ibrahim Alshaygy, Jose I Albergo, John Alexander, Patricio A Alfaro, Bugra Alpan, Jose Amaya-Valero, Megan Anderson, Dimosthenis Andreou, Lucas Annabell, Christopher Anthony, Ahmed Aoude, William Aston, Libe Asua Mentxaka, Christine Azzopardi, Thomas Baad-Hansen, Ismail T Badr, Francisco Baixauli-Garcia, Gavin Baker, Tessa Balach, Giacomo G Baldi, Janie Barry, Georges Basile, Stefano Bastoni, Mohammad H Basuki, Henrik Bauer, Lee Bayliss, Ricardo G Becker, Angad Bedi, Joseph Benevenia, Francisco Bengoa, Peter Bergh, Marko Bergovec, Nicholas Bernthal, Odion Binitie, David Boddie, Michele Boffano, Patricia Bonilla Huertas, Anna B Borgognoni, Rajesh Botchu, Richard A Boyle, Jos Bramer, Rahat Brar, Harriet Branford-White, Demien Broekhuis, Samuel E Broida, Tymoteusz Budny, Zachary D Burke, Jorge Cabrolier, Jose A Calvo-Haro, Jorge R Calvo-Tapies, Domenico A Campanacci, Rodrigo Cardoso, Richard Carey Smith, Pedro I Carvallo, Nicolas Casales Fresenga, Jose M Casanova, Oscar Ceballos, Juan L Cebrian Parra, Laura K Certain, Sara Chancon Cartaya, Chung M Chan, Yoon Joo Cho, Peter Choong, Yang-Guk Chung, David Ciechanowicz, David Clever, Sebastian Colina, Luis Consuegra, Cory Couch, Gillian Cribb, Carlos Cuervo, Laurence A Cusick, Solomon Dadia, Tanios Dagher, Dietmar Dammerer, Mark Davies, Nerys Davies, Luis P De La Rosa Martino, Francisco J De Santos De La Fuente, Marieke De Vaal, Claudia Deckers, Javier Delgado Obando, Shaneel Deo, Niklas Deventer, Claudia Di Bella, Gregory Domson, Davide M Donati, Desiree M Dorleijn, Jacques Du Toit, Debra Dunne, Rodolfo Duran Ciarrochi, Walid Ebeid, Elina Ekman, Ahmed M El Ghoneimy, Makoto Endo, Levent Eralp, Mahmoud Etaiwi, Scott Evans, Robin Evrard, Will Eward, Alberto Farese, Peter C Ferguson, Pedro F Ferreira Cardoso, Fabrice Fiorenza, Michael Flint, Hector Flores, Joao Freitas, Bruno Fuchs, Tomohiro Fujiwara, Philipp T Funovics, Marcos Galli Serra, Zakareya Gamie, Carlos Garces-Zarzalejo, Aaron Gazendam, Carsten Gebert, Jasper G Gerbers, Craig Gerrand, Ghaith Abou-Nouar, Michelle Ghert, Kanishka M Ghosh, Max Gibbons, Luis C Gomez-Mier, Jesus Gomez-Vallejo, Anne Gomez-Mascard, Marcos R Gonzalez, Fausto Gonzalez-Lizan, Georg Gosheger, Stuart Goudie, Krista Goulding, Stavros D Goumenos, Anthony Griffin, Ashish Gulia, Sanjay Gupta, Amit Gupta, Maurice Guzman, Mohammed Haitham, Jendrik Hardes, Francisco Hardoy, Yusuf Hasan, Georg Hauer, Helard Havard, Rex Haydon, John Healey, Nerea Hernandez Gonzalez, Adriana Hernandez-Lopez, Asle Hesla, Matthew Hess, Chindanai Hongsaprabhas, Francis Hornicek, Keith Hosking, Matthew T Houdek, Eleanor Houghton, Oluwaseyi K Idowu, Joseph Ippolito, Marc Isler, Shintaro Iwata, Jake Jagiello, Neil Jenkins, Tom Jeys, Luke Johnson, Andy Johnston, Min Wook Joo, Paul C Jutte, Kadri Kaldas, Amar Kamat, Sudhir Kannan, Bilal Kapanci, Zeeshan Khan, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Yehuda Kollender, Sebastian Koob, Daniel Kotrych, Vineet Kurisunkal, Richard Kyte, Jose M Lamo De Espinosa, Alexander L Lazarides, Louis-Romee Le Nail, Pawel Legosz, Burkhard Lehner, Andreas Leithner, Maryse Lejoly, Valerae O Lewis, Peng Lin, Francisco Linares, Santiago A Lozano-Calderon, Ashish Mahendra, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Fermin J Mandia Mancebo, Sara Martos Torrejon, Christian Marx, Eric Mascard, Jean-Camille Mattei, Louise Mccullough, Sam Mcmahon, Manuel R Medellin Rincon, Benjamin Miller, Shinji Miwa, Gustavo Molina Uribe, Bryan Moon, Thomas Hilton, Diego J Moriel Garcesco, Carol Morris, Guy Morris, Steward Morrison, Sophie Mottard, Marcio Moura, Linde Muster, Robert Nakayama, Prashant Narhari, Ana Navas, Prakash Nayak, Johannes Neugebauer, Erik T Newman, Jyrki Nieminen, Emmy Nyqvist, Lukas Nystrom, Sarah O'Reilly-Harbidge, Gary O'Toole, Vania Oliveira, André Olivier, Mohamed Omar, Eduardo J Ortiz-Cruz, Harzem Ozger, Korhan Ozkan, Elisa Pala, Emanuela Palmerini, Grant Pang, Panayiotis Papagelopoulos, Giovanni Paraliticci, Michael C Parry, Sam Patton, David Peake, Ana Peiro Ibanez, Israel Perez Munoz, Ganapathy R Perianayagam, Michael M Petersen, Joris Ploegmakers, Robin Pollock, Gerard Powell, Juan Pretell, Jan Puetzler, Faisal Qamar, Anand Raja, Raja B Rajasekaran, Dipak Ramkumar, R L Randall, Kenneth Rankin, Kevin A Raskin, Kumaran Rassppan, Lauris Repsa, Mickael Ropars, Peter Rose, Pietro Ruggieri, Wael Sadek, German Salcedo, Aasim Saleemi, Andrea Sambri, Hartej Sar, Roberto Scanferla, Thomas Schubert, Jan Schwarze, Guido Scoccianti, Ashley Scrimshire, Tetsuya Sekita, Ahmad Shehadeh, Ahmed Shoaib, Bhim Shreemal, Felix Shumelinsky, Geoffrey Siegel, Claudio Silveri, Robert Silverwood, Friedl Sinnaeve, Jerome Sison, Andrea Slade, Maria A Smolle, Franz Snyman, Scott Sommerville, Sahil Sood, Andre Spiguel, Hugo St-Yves, Eric L Staals, Silvia Stacchiotti, Nikolas Stavropoulos, Peter Steadman, Jonathan D Stevenson, Mikaela Sullivan, Gwen Sys, Bartlomiej Szostakowski, Angela Tamburini, Yuta Taniguchi, Thomas Temple, Christoph Theil, Joachim Thorkildsen, Meagan Tibbo, Roger Tillman, Yu Toda, Kaspar Tootsi, Ferran Torner-Rubies, Frank Traub, Ioannis Trikoupis, Panagiotis Tsagkozis, Kim Tsoi, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Veli-Matti Vainio, Antonio Valcarcel, Juan Valencia, Annelies Van Beeck, Michiel Van De Sande, Thomas Van Den Berghe, Ingrid Van Der Geest, Lizz Van Der Heijden, Robert Van Der Wal, Kirsten Van Langevelde, Gualter Vaz, Roberto Velez Villa, Floortje Verspoor, Koenraad Verstraete, Julia Visgauss, Oleg Vyrva, Hazem Wafa, Sebastian Walter, Wan F Wan Ismail, Edward Wang, Patrick Q Wang, David Warnock, Joel Werier, Wolfram Weschenfelder, Kwok-Chuen Wong, Marjan Wouthuyzen-Bakker, Jay Wunder, Indica Wysinghe, Norio Yamamoto, Zhaoming Ye, Seung-Jae Yoon, Suraya Zainul Abidin, Pierluca Zecchetto, Liuzhe Zhang, Juan P Zumarraga, Miguel A Clara-Altamirano

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Aims: Cancer care guidelines have been developed in many subspecialities, usually in advanced health systems. However, there are notable global disparities in healthcare access, which can impact sarcoma care. Unfortunately, there is a lack of global data on this subject. Our aim was to describe access to sarcoma care based on a comprehensive global survey among orthopaedic oncologists, and assess for global as well as regional differences.

Methods: A 25-question survey was emailed to the attendees of the 2024 Birmingham Orthopaedic Oncology Meeting and included questions about the respondents' training and practice, access to sarcoma centres, and specific items for …

Natural Killer Cells’ Functional Impairment Drives The Immune Escape Of Pre-Malignant Clones In Early-Stage Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Juan Jose Rodriguez-Sevilla, Irene Ganan-Gomez, Bijender Kumar, Natthakan Thongon, Feiyang Ma, Yi J Kim, Sanam Loghavi, Roselyn Tan, Vera Adema, Zongrui Li, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Hidetaka Uryu, Rashmi Kanagal-Shamanna, Gheath Al-Atrash, Rafael Bejar, Pinaki Prosad Banerjee, Sophia Lynn Cha, Guillermo Montalban-Bravo, Max Dougherty, Maria Claudina Fernandez Laurita, Noelle Wheeler, Baosen Jia, Eirini P Papapetrou, Franco Izzo, Daniela E Dueñas, Salome Mcallen, Yiqian Gu, Gabriele Todisco, Francesca Ficara, Matteo Giovanni Della Porta, Abhinav Jain, Koichi Takahashi, Karen Clise-Dwyer, Stephanie Halene, Maria Teresa Sabrina Bertilaccio, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, May Daher, Simona Colla

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Dissecting the preneoplastic disease states' biological mechanisms that precede tumorigenesis can lead to interventions that can slow down disease progression and/or mitigate disease-related comorbidities. Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) cannot be cured by currently available pharmacological therapies, which fail to eradicate aberrant hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), most of which are mutated by the time of diagnosis. Here, we sought to elucidate how MDS HSCs evade immune surveillance and expand in patients with clonal cytopenias of undetermined significance (CCUS), the pre-malignant stage of MDS. We used multi-omic single-cell approaches and functional in vitro studies to show that immune escape at disease initiation is …

Histone H3 Cysteine 110 Enhances Iron Metabolism And Modulates Replicative Life Span In Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Chen Cheng, Brenna S Mccauley, Nedas Matulionis, Maria Vogelauer, Dimitrios Camacho, Heather R Christofk, Weiwei Dang, Nicholas A T Irwin, Siavash K Kurdistani

Center on Aging Staff Publications

The discovery of histone H3 copper reductase activity provides a novel metabolic framework for understanding the functions of core histone residues, which, unlike N-terminal residues, have remained largely unexplored. We previously demonstrated that histone H3 cysteine 110 (H3C110) contributes to cupric (Cu2+) ion binding and its reduction to the cuprous (Cu1+) form. However, this residue is absent in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, raising questions about its evolutionary and functional significance. Here, we report that H3C110 has been lost in many fungal lineages despite near-universal conservation across eukaryotes. Introduction of H3C110 into S. cerevisiae increased intracellular Cu1+ levels and ameliorated the iron …

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Louisiana Law Review

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Characterization Of Fibrotic Liver Tissue Microstructure For Predicting Shear Wave Speed Variability: A Machine-Learning-Based Computational Study, Emily J. Miller, Yongmei M. Jin, Jingfeng Jiang

Michigan Tech Publications

Objective: This study aimed to establish a link between the microstructure of simulated fibrotic liver tissues and the measured shear wave speed variability using a machine-learning-based approach. Approach: Fibrotic liver tissues were simulated using biphasic random fields. The underlying microstructure of the simulated fibrotic liver pathology (sFLP) was characterized using spatial pattern distribution analysis.A machine learning (ML) technique was implemented to identify top-rated spatial characteristic (SC) features and provide context for shear wave speed (SWS) variability, ultimately enabling us to use the SWS variability to infer its underlying tissue microstructure. Different combinations of top-three features were tested to understand the …

Local Nutrient Addition Drives Plant Diversity Losses But Not Biotic Homogenization In Global Grasslands, Qingqing Chen, Shane A. Blowes, W. Stanley Harpole, Emma Ladouceur, Elizabeth T. Borer, Andrew Macdougall, Erika Hersch-Green, Et Al.

Michigan Tech Publications

Nutrient enrichment typically causes local plant diversity declines. A common but untested expectation is that nutrient enrichment also reduces variation in nutrient conditions among localities and selects for a smaller pool of species, causing greater diversity declines at larger than local scales and thus biotic homogenization. Here we apply a framework that links changes in species richness across scales to changes in the numbers of spatially restricted and widespread species for a standardized nutrient addition experiment across 72 grasslands on six continents. Overall, we find proportionally similar species loss at local and larger scales, suggesting similar declines of spatially restricted …

Impacts Of Riverine Heatwaves On Rates Of Ecosystem Metabolism In The United States, Spencer J. Tassone, Michelle Kelly, Olivia N. Beidler, Michael L. Pace, Amy Marcarelli

Michigan Tech Publications

Rivers produce and decompose large amounts of carbon globally due, in part, to high rates of gross primary production (GPP) and ecosystem respiration (ER), collectively known as ecosystem metabolism. Water temperature is a major driver of ecosystem metabolism, and in-stream temperatures are increasing globally, including extreme temperature events called heatwaves. This study used published estimates of daily GPP and ER from 48 stream and river locations in the United States to examine how ecosystem metabolism responds to riverine heatwaves. During low-severity heatwaves, GPP and ER increase proportionally, resulting in no net difference. However, during severe and extreme heatwaves, GPP declined …

Relationship Between Congestive Heart Failure, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Inflammatory Biomarkers, And Hospital Length Of Stay Among Covid-19 Patients., Alice Aghamie Osuji

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

COVID-19 has put immense pressure on healthcare facilities, especially in managing patients with comorbidity. This study addressed the association between two important coinfections, congestive heart failure (CHF) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and their effect on hospital length of stay (LOS) among COVID-19 patients. The study also explored the predictive role of the inflammatory biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP) in prolonged hospitalization, also considering the influence of age and race. This study applied the Biopsychosocial Model and Chronic Care Model (CCM) to examine health outcomes and resource use. A retrospective cohort research design was used to examine medical records of …

Strong Support Systems Foster Positive Self-Image In Patients With Scoliosis

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Purpose: Friend support and social support have been suggested to be beneficial for adolescents facing medical challenges; however, there is little research to identify who is providing emotional support for children and adolescents with scoliosis. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate the sources of emotional support and to analyze a program designed to encourage social support, the Scolios-us Mentor Program (Mentor Program).

Methods: This study consisted of a cross-sectional survey. The survey included the SRS-22r, BSSQ-Brace, and questions about demographics, mental health, the Scolios-us Mentor Program, and general scoliosis experience. The survey was distributed via email to …

A Rare Case Of Pott's Puffy Tumor In An Adult With Paranasal Osteoma And Pachymeningitis, Brian G. Nudelman, Jeffrey Valencia Uribe, Nicole Nudelman, Ann-Katrin Valencia, Kenneth Poon

Student Publications

Pott's puffy tumor (PPT) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of frontal sinusitis, most commonly seen in children and adolescents. We report an unusual case of PPT in a 63-year-old man with a history of intranasal cocaine use, complicated by pachymeningitis. The patient presented with severe right eye pain, periorbital swelling, erythema, and purulent discharge. Initial imaging revealed right orbital cellulitis and erosive paranasal sinus disease, with a suspected frontal subgaleal abscess. Brain MRI confirmed the diagnosis of PPT, demonstrating acute-on-chronic pansinusitis, frontal bone osteomyelitis, subperiosteal phlegmon, and associated pachymeningitis.

The patient was managed with broad-spectrum intravenous antibiotics, with …

Applications Of Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats In Food Security And Nutraceuticals, Rukayat Abiodun Oyegoke, Jahswill Toluwanimi Osifade, Adenike Temidayo Oladiji

Al-Bahir

The CRISPR/Cas9 system is a revolutionary genome-editing tool that enables precise and inheritable modifications, transforming plant genetic engineering. Previous literature has indicated that, in agriculture, CRISPR has improved crop yield, biofortification, and resistance to environmental stressors, fostering resilient and high-yielding crops essential for sustaining a growing global population. In nutraceuticals, CRISPR has enhanced the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds such as anthocyanins, flavonoids, and omega-3 fatty acids, improving the nutritional and therapeutic value of crops.

Despite its immense potential, CRISPR technology faces technical, ethical, and regulatory challenges, including off-target effects, accessibility concerns, and public acceptance. Addressing these issues is crucial for …

Measuring The Paris Agreement’S Impact On Wind Energy Usage In Member Countries, Jadyn Lucey

Global Tides

This review examines the impact of the Paris Agreement's implementation on the development of wind energy across three regions, the European Union (EU), Brazil, and Saudi Arabia. These selected regions respectively represent developed, developing, and OPEC member countries. The Paris Agreement aimed to limit the global warming temperature 1.5 C by 2030, encouraging actors to transition their energy into cleaner, renewable sources. Wind energy thus emerged as a tool in the decarbonization efforts of the agreement. This review compares wind energy growth before and after the Paris Agreement's establishment, through analyzing each region's strategies in response to their differing economic …

Talking Trash: The Development Of International Legal Governance Over Marine Plastic Pollution, Olivia B. Berryman

Global Tides

Increasing amounts of marine plastic pollution entering into the ocean endangers the lives of sea animals, harms the health of human seafood consumers, degrades the marine ecosystem, and contributes to climate change. Despite these consequences, there remains no international legally binding treaty that is solely devoted towards mitigating marine plastic pollution. While there are current treaties in place that have created some regulations to control the entrance of marine plastics into the ocean, none have achieved significant reduction and prevention of the issue due to flaws such as weak enforcement mechanisms and lenient restrictions on ocean dumping. Thus, this research …

La Puissance Douce Française Manifestée Par Les Politiques Linguistiques En Afrique, Barbara O. Olewska

Global Tides

Du premier étape des colonisateurs français sur la terre africaine jusqu’à le français étant l’une des langues primaires en Afrique, les français avait eu une influence en Afrique. Pour comprendre comment les politiques linguistiques agissent comme une passerelle de l'implémentation de la puissance douce française en Afrique, nous explorons les politiques linguistiques et systèmes d’éducation en Côte d’Ivoire, au Sénégal, et au Burkina Faso. La littérature décrit comment le français est la langue d'administration dans ces trois pays, donc il est valorisé sur les langues locales. La présence intense du français permet à la France d’employer la puissance douce en …

After The Economic Downfall At The Coastal Frontier: A Portrait Of Women Persisting Amidst Sea Abrasion In Northern Bekasi, Muhammad R. A. Ghifari, Gilang Mahadika

Antropologi Indonesia

This article explores the socio-environmental transformations in Muara Gembong, a coastal frontier in northern Bekasi, Indonesia, that once thrived as a hub for shrimp and milkfish farming but is now grappling with environmental degradation and economic decline. By drawing on feminist political ecology (FPE), the study examines how women in the region have adapted to the deteriorating environment, driven by coastal erosion, mangrove loss, and the collapse of fish pond businesses. While men traditionally dominated the local economy as aquaculturists, women have assumed critical roles in sustaining household livelihoods through creative economic activities, such as weaving wlingi laut (Cyperus malaccensis) …

Roadrunner, Ethan Fontes

Research & Creativity Showcase

I am Ethan Fontes, a craftsman of both design and coffee, balancing two artistic identities, focusing on visual storytelling and coffee craftsmanship. RoadRunner is where these passions come together, a mobile coffee business that reflects my entrepreneurial spirit and creative journey. More than just a business concept, RoadRunner represents my college experience as a student, designer, and barista. My journey was shaped by constant travel, first as a commuter, then settling in Stockton, just like a trailer that travels and pauses for some time. The map in my design ties RoadRunner to my hometown, grounding it to my history. As …

Poor Elizabeth, Autum Begley

Research & Creativity Showcase

Music has always been my greatest source of inspiration. I am especially drawn to alternative bands, working to craft visual identities that amplify their energy, ethos, and unique sound. My design approach fuses bold aesthetics with raw emotion, transforming music into striking, unforgettable visuals that deeply resonate with audiences. Each project I take on is more than just a design—it’s a visual extension of the artist’s identity, an invitation for listeners to step into their world. One of my most compelling pieces is the album cover for Poor Elizabeth, which captures a fusion of noir aesthetics and gritty, alternative style. …

Painted Hognose, Sophia Charles

Research & Creativity Showcase

Due to fear and false information, snakes often get a bad reputation for being… Well, snakes. People who are cruel and untrustworthy are sometimes referred to as “snakes” however this is a misrepresentation of a snake’s nature. My first pet snake was a Western Hognose Snake (Heterodon nasicus) that showed me how wonderful and inquisitive snakes truly are. I’ve been caring for snakes for over a decade and it’s a special experience to have an animal that is normally reclusive and fearful to grow to trust and interact with you.

Painted Hognose is my homage to these beautiful and misunderstood …

Slip, A Typeface, Ethan Niemeyer

Research & Creativity Showcase

Slip is a typeface born from clay—each letterform hand-sculpted to capture the organic textures, imperfections, and individuality that come from working with your hands. This project lives across multiple mediums: the original clay forms, an interactive digital font, and printed posters. Together, these elements create a multi-sensory experience that invites you to touch, type, and visually explore the work from different perspectives.

Inspired by my love for craft and a DIY approach, Slip pushes against the traditional, pixel-perfect standards of type design. As a graphic designer, I often find myself obsessing over precision—alignments, anchor points, and optical corrections. Slip became …

In My Seoul, Lizette Orozco

Research & Creativity Showcase

As a first-generation Mexican-American student, studying abroad in Seoul through the Gilman Scholarship was transformative. This experience inspired In My Seoul Illustrative Series, a visual storytelling project encouraging underrepresented students to pursue international education.

The series illustrates meaningful moments from my journey: cherry blossoms I’d dreamed of seeing, the playful Line Friends bunny statue in Hongdae, and Korean cuisine—each piece blending my heritage with Seoul’s vibrant culture. Through art, I aim to make study abroad relatable for first-gen and minority students, showcasing how design can foster cultural exchange.

Goals include inspiring students, promoting cross-cultural understanding, and celebrating personal connections. Success …

Pure Vision Reality (Pvr), Edel Razo

Research & Creativity Showcase

Clothing is always one of my biggest interests, and I enjoy styling outfits that reflect my personal aesthetic. However, with the rise of fast fashion, mass production leads to excessive textile waste and disposable, low-quality clothing. While I love fashion, I want to engage with it in a way that is more sustainable and intentional.

Pure Vision Reality (PVR) embraces a grunge-inspired style, with visuals that distort reality, creating eerie, surreal imagery influenced by nature, which reflects a "pure vision" of our world today. For this series, I focus on creating posters that embody the aesthetic of my clothing brand. …

Simpleberry, Mark Eresanara

Research & Creativity Showcase

Sweetness has always been something I’ve gravitated toward—not just in flavor, but in feeling. With Simple Berry, I wanted to explore how something as small as a jar of jam can bring comfort, familiarity, and joy into people’s daily lives. This project gave me the chance to blend visual storytelling with brand identity in a way that feels both playful and grounded.

The campaign uses visual metaphor as a central unifier, inspired by nature’s purest instinct: attraction to sweetness. I chose animals like the bee, butterfly, and hummingbird—creatures naturally drawn to nectar—to mirror how consumers are drawn to the jam …

Eye To Eye, Jovani Batuyong

Research & Creativity Showcase

While studying graphic design at the University of the Pacific, the biggest challenge that I came across was communication. As artists and designers, we use communication throughout every aspect of our lives, whether it is in conversations with clients, the collaboration of ideas with other creatives, or even the delivery of a central message in our designs. Likewise, it does not stop at graphic design – every living being, even plants, must use some form of communication, that is, if they wish to be understood. Because it is such an important aspect of all of our lives, everyone should treat …

Comic Booth, Payton Mcdougall

Research & Creativity Showcase

Hello, my name is Payton McDougall. I’m a graphic designer and illustrator working towards my Bachelor’s degree, who just so happens to be a writing hobbyist in my spare time. For my senior project, I combined my love of graphic design and illustration into a comic campaign series using an independent study I’ve been working on since fall of 2024 called “Dreamer’s Paradox”. Since I specialize in using my design abilities for advertising/branding and entertainment, the campaign features a variety of potential deliverables, mock-ups, comic pages, concept pages, and a themed booth for marketing. “Dreamer’s Paradox” is a tie between …

Myuphoria Festival Design, Caroline Rivera

Research & Creativity Showcase

My original concept behind the name was to combine the captivating presence and storytelling of the muses in Greek mythology and merge it with the feeling of euphoria. My branding also ties into folklore and the seductive nature of sirens. The siren’s call becomes my own design language, incorporating seafoam textures—playing on the idea of a siren’s passing—with a warm color palette intentionally meant to be unconventional for imagery surrounding sirens. My work is based on the themes of wayfinding, mythology, and immersive design. This festival branding was purposefully designed to create a space where people can lose themselves and …

Interwoven Lives: A Historical Journey, Aimee Cordova

Research & Creativity Showcase

In this exhibition, "Interwoven Lives," I explore the profound and ongoing relationship between humans and animals throughout history. This collection of paintings delves into the intricate connections that have shaped our shared existence and reflects on how these bonds have evolved. From the earliest cave paintings to contemporary art, artists have depicted the relationship between animals and humans. These artworks serve as a testament to the significance of animals in our lives as companions, symbols, spiritual beings, partners in warfare, food sources, and sources of inspiration. By studying the history of different cultures’ relationships with animals, we gain insight into …

Voices In Red & Black, Mihailo Vukazic

Research & Creativity Showcase

My work explores the intersection of design, activism, and social change, using visual language as a tool to amplify urgent political and humanitarian messages. This exhibition focuses on the impact of student-led protests in Serbia, reflecting the power of collective action and the role of design in mobilizing movements. Drawing inspiration from protest graphics, I employ bold typography, stark contrasts, and urgent color schemes particularly red and black to evoke resistance, urgency, and remembrance. My posters and visual narratives are designed to be more than just images; they are calls to action, meant to be carried in the streets, shared …

Iron Roots, Arina Kelekhsaeva

Research & Creativity Showcase

Over the past four years I’ve discovered that what excites me most is creating designs for branding campaigns. Today, I’m presenting one of my projects — Iron Roots. “Iron Roots” is a branding campaign built on metaphor, exploring themes of strength, health and continuity through visual storytelling. This project is inspired by the image of strong tree roots and the strength and power of metal — symbols of resilience, endurance, and inner support for the human body and spirit. The Iron Roots campaign is aimed at an adult audience of 55-65 years old, for those who have spent most of …

Seasons, Hyunsoo Kim

Research & Creativity Showcase

This series of wire sculptures represents the four seasons; spring, summer, fall, and winter, through the symbolism of flowers. Each piece reflects the essence of its respective season, allowing the viewer to connect with personal memories and moments associated with nature’s changing rhythms. By using flowers as a medium, I hope to evoke emotions and memories tied to special times in life.

Nature has always been a significant source of inspiration in my work. In this project, I focused on flowers as symbols of growth, transformation, and the passage of time. The irregular, organic shapes of the wire sculptures reflect …