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Release
UAlbany Students Recognized
for Excellence in Undergraduate Research
Contact:
Catherine Herman (518) 437-4980
ALBANY, N.Y. (May 26, 2005) -- The University
at Albany has honored 15 students with Presidential
Awards for Undergraduate Research.
The award honors excellence in undergraduate
scholarship and individual initiative, and
is given on the basis of a major paper or project
produced by the student in conjunction with
a course or independent study under the direction
of an Albany faculty member.
The 2005 recipients of the Presidential Awards
for Undergraduate Research are:
Anthony Bender
Schenectady, NY
Information Science & Policy
“Radio Frequency Identification: Tracking
the Populace”
Peter Braden
Ballston Spa, NY
East Asian Studies
“China’s Intimidation of Taiwan:
Futile or Shrewd?”
Giselle Castillo
Jersey City, NJ
English
“Real Mannequins: Reading a Technology
of the Self”
Antonio R. Diaz, Jr.
Carolina, Puerto Rico
Biological Sciences
“Role of Peripherin in Axon Growth in Xenopus
Laevis”
Jason Ellsworth
Saugerties, NY
Information Tech Management
“Information System for a Volunteer Fire
Department”
Laura Fredriksen
Center Moriches, NY
Chemistry
“Spectroscopic Characterization of Amyloid
Fibril Formation in Vitro”
David Fronk
Altamont, NY
Political Science
“Hijacked: Abortion, Intense Opinion, and
How the Public Became Lost in the Middle”
Christina Holdrege
Ghent, NY
Africana Studies
“The Nature vs. Nurture Controversy”
Kristine Jackson
Albany, NY
Women’s Studies
“Digital Darwinism: The Evolution of Technology & the
Digital Divide”
Danielle MacDonald
Valley Falls, NY
Women’s Studies
“No Immigrant Left Behind: The Politics
of Exclusion”
Jeanette O’Neil
Catskill, NY
Anthropology
“Ehectl-Quetzaloccoatl in the Aztec Period:
Sculptural and Architectural Remains”
Ashkhen Pogosyan
Schenectady, NY
Anthropology
“The Haya Language: Optimality Theory Analysis
of Phonological Processes of Consonants”
Edgardo Sosa
Albany, NY
Biological Sciences
“An Evolutionary Approach to HIV Pathogenesis”
Shoko Takizawa
Japan
Women’s Studies
“Transformation of Young Japanese Feminized
Men”
Rebecca Ward
Rochester, NY
English
“On Screen: Magic and Fetishism in Harry
Potter”
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