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Personal Alchemy and the Lifelong Pursuit of Art
(2017-06-30)My studio art thesis presents two visually distinct bodies of ceramic work: a series of abstract sculptures, and collection of thrown and distorted forms. These two bodies of work share a philosophy of creation and they ... -
Pétain and the French: Authority, Propaganda, and Collaboration in Vichy France, 1940-1942
(2014-07-01)In the summer of 1940, Nazi forces invaded France and defeated the French army in a matter of weeks. Germany occupied the majority of France and established strict regulations upon the entirety of France, but allowed the ... -
A Philosophical Account of Feminist Solidarity Between Women
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The Philosophy of Niceness: Is It Good To Be Nice?
(2015-05-11)This paper is an in-depth philosophical account of niceness. It examines what it is to do nice acts and be nice people, if we have a moral obligation to be nice people or to do nice acts, and if there are cases where the ... -
Photosynthetic Performance of Chamaedaphne calyculata after Twelve Years of Nutrient Addition at Mer Bleue Bog, Ontario, Canada
(2013-05-18)Peatlands are important ecosystems in the global carbon cycle, as they store 30% of the world’s soil carbon. However, combustion of fossil fuels and fertilizer manufacture have increased reactive nitrogen in the form of ... -
Pink1 RNAi and Parkin Expression in Drosophila melanogaster
(2011-06-03)Sporadic Inclusion Body Myositis (s-IBM) is a degenerative muscle disorder. Symptoms include muscle weakness and loss of motor control. Abnormal accumulation of human Amyloid Precursor Protein (hAPP) and its proteolytic ... -
Pioneering the fabrication and characterization of organic solar cell devices at Mount Holyoke College
(2013-06-06)A solar cell is a device that converts light energy into electrical energy. Solar cells hold plenty of potential in becoming a more widely available source of electricity that makes economic sense. However, improvements ... -
Placental Gene Expression and Maternal Allergic Asthma: Investigating Neurodevelopmental Pathways in a Mouse Model of Autism Spectrum Disorders
(2017-06-27)Recent epidemiological studies have suggested that mothers with onset allergies or asthma during pregnancy are at an increased risk for having a child with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). A novel mouse model of maternal ... -
Planning for the Past, Present, and Future
(2018-03-26)In today’s world of private event planning, bigger is always better. The more extravagant and lavish an event is, the more likely people are to denote it as memorable for years to come. As an intern at Rafanelli Events in ... -
Plant Response to Fertilization in a Cool Temperate Peatland
(2011-02-16)Peatlands are nutrient-limited ecosystems. Human activities are causing an increase in nitrogen (N) deposition, which may lead to fertilization of bogs and alter vascular plant densities and biomass. N deposition affects ... -
Playing Princess: Preschool Girls’ Interpretations of Gender Stereotypes in Disney Princess Media
(2015-09-28)Disney bombards young girls on a daily basis with powerful and consistent messages regarding gender norms and roles. Their princess brand, in particular, circulates rigid expectations for how girls should look and behave. ... -
Poe and Baudelaire: The Creation of Mutual Legacy
(2012-05-21)An examination of the relationship between Edgar Allan Poe and Charles Baudelaire and the effect they had on each others' legacies and careers. -
Poet and Politician Reconciled: How Gavin Douglas Navigates the Scots Language and Nationalism in the Prologues to the Eneados
(2013-05-09)Gavin Douglas’ Eneados, a medieval Scottish translation of Virgil’s Aeneid, contains a political agenda that pertains particularly to language. Douglas interprets the Aeneid as the foundation of the literary tradition based ... -
Poking the Puck: An Examination of Puck from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
(2016-06-30)My independent study has focused on unveiling the history and personality behind the character that Shakespeare calls Puck. This character has a strange history of representations that go beyond the traditional faerie. ... -
Politics and Power Play as Urban Designers of Dhaka City
(2013-06-07)How has a city comprised of open markets and huts morphed into one of the most densely populated and structurally congested areas on the planet? My project examines the socio-political factors that have, over Dhaka’s 400 ... -
Population Dynamics and Size-Scaling Interactions of Carcinus maenas and Littorina obtusata in Northern Maine
(2014-05-30)The European green crab, Carcinus maenas, invaded the mid-Atlantic coastline in the 1800s and has since expanded its range northwards into northern Maine and the Bay of Fundy (Scattergood 1952). C. maenas feeds on the ... -
Por, Para y Con la Comunidad: A Comparative Analysis of Community Health Worker Interventions in Latin America and the United States
(2014-06-02)Community health workers (CHWs) represent an invaluable link between individuals and health care in diverse regions around the world. They have been employed on varied scales since the 1800s to connect people with resources ... -
Post Earthquake Reconstruction in Haiti since 2010
(2018-07-02)Although natural disasters cannot be prevented, with proper building techniques and correct design choices, the level of infrastructural damage done can be minimized. On January 12, 2010, Haiti was affected by one of the ... -
Poverty in an Affluent Nation
(2011-02-16)