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Research findings from 107 students were shared in the form of poster displays and oral presentations Topics were as diverse as the effects parent/child attachments have on romantic relationships, stimulation in cardiac connective tissues cells, the religion of Michelangelo, and the effects of foreign direct investment trade. The research presented explored such issues as the current demise of the European Union, church and state in the Middle East, privacy issues in healthcare, the relationship between the military and the media in war zones, and the preparedness of teachers instructing students using English as a second language.
Sea urchins, wolf spiders, and fruit flies were among the creatures studied for some of the research. Other research examined the most complex species of all - human beings. The personality traits of volunteer child mentors, coping strategies of hospitalized individuals, the relationship between personality and athletic participation, religiosity and risk-taking behaviors among college students, correlations between anxiety sensitivitiy and alcohol use, morals and cheating behaviors, and jealousy among college students were up for discussion during Senior Scholars Day.
Specific to the Susquehanna Valley, presentations were given on bacterial analysis at the Centralia mine fire, sulfur-dioxide concentrations near a coal-fired power plant, analyses of the acid-mine polluted Shamokin Creek, geophysical methods used to locate unmarked graves in Milton, and comparisons between access to civil legal assistance in rural and urban Pennsylvania.
Many of these students regularly present at outside research forums including the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences, the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, and regional and national conferences individual disciplines. |
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