Thirty-nine students have been selected as 2012 University Fellows for this summer, in a program that provides students with a stipend to conduct research with a faculty partner.

This is the 13th year of the program, and the largest group of students whose proposals were approved. University Fellows recieve campus housing as well.

The 2012 University Fellows, with their project titles and faculty partners' names, are below.

Kevin Angstadt '14 Project Title: Developing Interactive Web Tools for Statistics Students Mentor: Ed Harcourt Named Fellowship: Phelps Family University Fellowship	Mary Baucom '13 Project Title: The Relationship of Place and Desire in Edith Wharton's Works Mentor: Bob Cowser Named Fellowship: Lorna A. Ness University Fellowship and Barbara Z. Harper '58 University Fellowship	Timothy Casey '14 Project Title: 18th Century Slave Experiences: Mediterranean Captivity and African Slave Narratives Mentor: Evelyn Jennings Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Aaron Chesler '13 Project Title: Continental Ice Sheet Flow Indicators in the Adirondack High Peaks: Possible Evidence of Alpine Glaciers Mentor: Alexander Stewart Named Fellowship: Linus R. Gilbert University Fellowship	Peter Christoffersen '13 Project Title: Zircon Dating as a Tool to Assess the Age and Timing of Geologic Events in the Adirondack Lowlands Mentor: David Kratzmann Named Fellowship: Dr. J. Mark Erickson Geology University Fellowship	Jennifer Clauss '13 Project Title: Discovering the Mechanism of Ceria Oxide Therapy in a Mouse Model of Multiple Sclerosis Mentor: Karin Heckman Named Fellowship: Phelps Family University Fellowship and Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Amanda DelVicario '13 Project Title: Trends in St. Lawrence County Crisis Hotline Calls Mentor: Cathy Crosby-Currie Named Fellowship: Katy MacKay University Fellowship	Jordan Dewey '13 Project Title: The Effects of Institutionalization on Developmentally Disabled Adults Mentor: Jenny Hansen Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Marieme Diallo '14 Project Title: The Effect of Bisphenol-A (BPA) on RNA of Yeast Mentor: Emily Dixon Named Fellowship: Chris Koski '79 Honorary University Fellowship
Alexis Dorsey '13 Project Title: Experiential Learning: The Effect that Outdoor Education has on Early Childhood Development Mentor: Margaret Kent Bass Named Fellowship: Walter H. Baumhoff University Fellowship, Kathryn Fraser Mackay University Fellowship and Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Matthew Dudley '14 Project Title: Spanish Historians as Nation Builders in the Franco Era Mentor: Evelyn Jennings Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Kerrin Ehrensbeck '13 Project Title: Improving Plutonium Management at the Los Alamos National Laboratory Mentor: Ivan Ramler Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Conner Eldridge '13 Project Title: Troubled Literature: The Representation of Conflict in Northern Irish Fiction Mentor: Paul Graham Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Jacob Fredericks '13 Project Title: Popular Philosophy Through Film: From Plato to Spielberg Mentor: Jenny Hansen Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Ryan Godard '13 Project Title: Artificial Intelligence for Conversational Agents Mentor: Lisa Torrey Named Fellowship: Donald K. Rose University Fellowship
Katie Green '13 Project Title: Structural Violence & the American Diet: An Examination of How Government Policies, Subsidies, and Mixed Nutritional Messages Have Contributed to the Obesity Epidemic Mentor: Jenny Hansen Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Lindsey Haggett '13 Project Title: Exploring the Effect of Site-directed Mutagenesis on the Catalytic Activity of Phenylalanine Hydroxylase and Implications for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria Mentor: Michael Temkin Named Fellowship: Ferguson Family University Fellowship and Robert L. Stiles P'71 University Fellowship	Juliet Hooten '14 Project Title: Sedimentary-Petrographic and Stable Isotope Analysis of the Late Ordovician Bighorn Dolomite, Wyoming Mentor: Antun Husinec Named Fellowship: Baker Geology Fellow
Lydia Horne '13 Project Title: Survey of Wild Bee Diversity and Abundance in Agro-Ecosystems in St. Lawrence County Mentor: Aswini Pai Named Fellowship: Dennis Richey '74 University Fellowship and Thompson-Weatherup Family Charitable Foundation University Fellowship	Deborah Hummel '13 Project Title: Mercury Concentrations of Top Predator Fish Species in Fresh Water Lakes of the Adirondack Park and St. Lawrence River Valley Mentor: Brad Baldwin Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Holly Hunold '13 Project Title: Layers: A Dissection of the Human Body on Paper Mentor: Mindy Pitre and Kasarian Dane Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Houston Judd '13 Project Title: Bee Diversity and Abundance in Two Forage Crops: Alfalfa (Medicago sativa) and Soybean (Glycine max) in St. Lawrence County, NY Mentor: Aswini Pai Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Johanna Kelley '13 Project Title: Ridge Regression, LASSO Regression, and Ordinary Least Squares Regression in Evaluating Collinear NHL and Fantasy Football Data Mentor: Michael Schuckers Named Fellowship: Jack and Sylvia Burry University Fellowship and Donald K. Rose University Fellowship	Kylie Knapp '13 Project Title: Potential Use of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles for the Prevention of DNA Damage Caused by Reactive Oxygen Species Mentor: Karin Heckman Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Hunter Koski '14 Project Title: The Byzantine and Ottoman Interplay Through Analysis of Michael Critobulus' History of Mehmet the Conqueror Mentor: Howard Eissenstat Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Cho Wun Ma '13 Project Title: The Influence of Gandhara and Mathura Sculptures on Medieval Chinese Painting of Sukhavati Mentor: Chandreyi Basu Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Jessica Marini '13 Project Title: The Effect of Cerium Oxide Nanoparticles on Motor Performance in Non-Disease Models Mentor: Bill DeCoteau Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Sharon Mazimba '13 Project Title: HIV/AIDS, Sexual Culture, and Public Health Responses of Brazil and Zambia Mentor: Jayantha Jayman Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Alissa McCaffrey '13 Project Title: Effects of the Environmental Estrogen Disrupting Compound Bisphenol-A (BPA) on the Tadpole Immune System Mentor: Alexander Schreiber Named Fellowship: Piskor Family University Fellowship	Caitlin McDonald '14 Project Title: Analyzing Contemporary American Crime Fiction and the Writer's Crime Formula Mentor: Paul Graham Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Frances McNierney '14 Project Title: Survey of Invasive Aquatic Plant Species Presence in the NNY Watershed of the St. Lawrence River Mentor: Brad Baldwin Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Christopher Melville '14 Project Title: Literary and Structural Techniques in Video Game Scripts Mentor: Steve Papson Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Amanda Moreland '14 Project Title: An Analysis of the Relationship of Dissolved Oxygen and Mercury Concentration in Lower Trophic Levels in Lakes Located within Northern New York Mentor: Brad Baldwin Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Patrick Mullen '13 Project Title: Optimizing the Route of Administration of CeO2 Nanoparticles for Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis Mentor: Bill DeCoteau Named Fellowship: Donald K. Rose University Fellowship	Kurt Reh '13 Project Title: Examining Musical Stereotypes: What Music Says About You Mentor: Cheryl Stuntz Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Matthew Shoen '14 Project Title: The Roman Republic: Examining and Applying the Republic's Fall to a Work of Fantasy Mentor: Elun Gabriel Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship
Sarah Small '13 Project Title: Non-Violence vs. Non-Non-Violence: An Analysis of Civil Rights Movement Ideologies Mentor: Mary Jane Smith Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Rebecca Walsh '13 Project Title: Suffering in Silence Mentor: David Hornung Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship	Britton Weber '13 Project Title: Bird-Friendly Hayfields as Refugia for North Country Grassland Birds Mentor: Susan Willson Named Fellowship: Daniel F. '65 and Ann H. Sullivan University Fellowship

Posted: April 5, 2012