Celebrating Loyola's Commitment to Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Colloquium finalists with their faculty mentors
| On Saturday, April 13th 2002, the Undergraduate Student Research & Scholarship Committee held its third annual Colloquium. The competition establishes a campus-wide forum in which undergraduate research and scholarship can be presented before the college community. This event not only contributes to the professional development of participants, it underscores the importance the college places on student involvement in creative intellectual endeavors. |
The finalists below presented their research in open competition for First, Second, and Third Place cash awards.
Arts & Humanities Tie Debra Anderson: "The Ellesmere Manuscript: Origins of Influence"
Mentor: Nanette Thrush
Autumn Martin: "Promoters of Health"
Mentor: Danielle Brabazon
School of Business First Place Talia Resendes: "Internet Addictions"
Mentor: Edward Sim
Second Place Zabrena Williams: "Gender and Negotiation: Closing the Gap Between the Sexes"
Mentor: Ray Jones
Physical and Mathematical Sciences First Place Amy Sweigart: "Exploring the Structure and Function of the Membrane Protein Rhodopsin through Protein Engineering and NMR Spectroscopy"
Mentor: Danielle Brabazon
Second Place Aileen Cuddy: "Extending the Error-Correcting Capabilities of the ISBN Code"
Mentor: George Mackiw
Third Place Scott Emrich: "Efficiently finding conserved oligonucleotides within multiple related sequences"
Mentor: Arthur Delcher
Biological Science First Place Ryan Riddle: "Determining the Rate of Cardiognesis in the mouse Down Syndrome Model Ts65Dn"
Mentor: Clara Moore
Second Place Elena van der Schalie: "The Characterization of the dnaE gene in Caulobacter crescentus"
Mentor: Neena Din
Social Science First Place Jennie Ashley: "The Identity of Our Future: An Assessment of Jesuit Values"
Mentor: Arthur Sutherland
Second Place Tanya Nichols: "Do study abroad programs change a person?"
Faculty Sponsor: Deborah Haskins
Third Place Michelina Messina: "Effects of Fasting-Induced Hypoglycemia on Ability to Concentrate and Energy Level"
Mentor: Mathew Kirkhart
Pictures from the Colloquium 
| (left) Dean of the Sellinger School of Business and Management Dr. Lee Dahringer
(right) Academic Vice President, Dr. David Haddad Receiving an award for his support of Undergraduate Research | 
|  | (left) Dean of Freshmen Dr. Ilona McGuiness
(right) Professor Janet Maher Delivering the Keynote address |  |
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