University-wide Research and Creative Achievement Day (URCAD)

Welcome to URCAD's 2020 Virtual Poster Session. We are excited to share our student's research accomplishments. Please view the student's narrated posters below.

Name: Milyssa Raboin
Title: Synthesis of a new quinoxaline, 2,3-di(pyridine-2-yl)-5-methylquinoxaline and the formation of a silver(I) complex
Major: Biology, specialization in environmental science
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Samantha Bender
Title: The Impact of Twitter on Journalism: How This New Technological Age Has Provided Journalists with More Opportunities Than Ever Before
Major: Honors Program/Journalism
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Andrew Pilkons
Title: Identification of Specialized Phenolic Metabolites in Ash and White Fringe Tree Phloem Tissues Against Emerald Ash Borer using Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
Major: Chemistry and Biochemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Carina Rosa
Title: Culturally Responsive Teaching: Experiences of Music Educators Working with Latino Students in an Urban School District in a New England State
Major: Honors Program / Music Education
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Alexandra McMahon
Title: Syntheses of 2,3-diethyl-5-methylquinoxaline and 2,3-diphenyl-5-methylquinoxaline
Major: Chemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Carmine Ventre
Title: Two Eras of War
Major: Secondary Education (History)
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Serena Nadeau
Title: A Changing People in a Changing World: Bohemian Modernism in the Van Life Community
Major: Hospitality and Tourism
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Kellie Dattilo
Title: The Effect of 20-days of Self-Adhered Cervical Exercise Training on Neck Pain
Major: Exercise Science
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Denver Hopkins
Title: Synthesis of Aromatic Imine Derivatives of (1S)-(+)-camphorquinone
Major: ACS Certified Biochemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Nathan Linklater
Title: Purification and Concentration Assay of Glutathione-S-transferase from Invasive Earth Worm Species
Major: Chemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Nicholas Keegan
Title: Resistance of Cutibacterium acnes to Infection by Bacteriophage
Major: Biomolecular Sciences
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Lucas Brown
Title: Geochemical Analyses of Concretions within the Ruby Ranch Member of the Cedar Mountain Formation, near Green River, Utah
Major: Earth Sciences, Geology
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Deandrea Urizar
Title: Colorism in the Caribbean Community
Major: International Studies
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Logan Durant
Title: Disproportionality in European Elections
Major: Honors Program
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Leish Robles
Title: Neuroticism and Life Satisfaction: The moderating effect of self-disclosure on social networking sites
Major: Psychological Sciences
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Kristin Ellis
Title: Synthesis of 5-methyl-2,3-di(thiophen-2-yl)quinoxaline and Characterization Binding to Silver(I)
Major: Biochemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Caroline Salafia
Title: Motivation for Selfie-Posting Mediates the Relationship Between Narcissism and Empathy
Major: MA Psychology: Health Concentration
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Jahlyssa Blackwin
Title: Examination of Various Factors that Lead to the Disparity in Prostate Cancer Rates Among African American and Caucasian Males
Major: Biomolecular Science
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Olivia Prizzi
Title: The Analysis of Significant Health Determinants to Reduce Maternal Mortality in the U.S.
Major: Honors Program/ Biomolecular Science Major
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Jack St.Georges
Title: Non-Binary Genders- A Modern or Historical Concept?
Major: Construction Management
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Liliana Villar
Title: The Psychosocial Consequences of Body Image Disturbance in Men and Women
Major: Psychological Sciences
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Colin Savino
Title: Optimizing the Central Honors Program Based on Student Experiences and NCHC Best Practices
Major: Finance
School: Business

Name: Jordan Swilling
Title: Health - Do physical educators value it?
Major: Physical Education
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Sara Coombs
Title: The Importance of Female Representation in the Reformation of the Criminal Justice System
Major: Honors/Criminology
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Jared Fernandez
Title: Analysis of Teacher Conditions in The United States
Major: Technology and Engineering Education- Honors program
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Rhiannya Byrne
Title: Correlates of Emergency Contraception Use in Women Attending College
Major: Psychological Science Major
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Megyn Jasman
Title: Helping Those that Help Themselves: Investigated Trends of a 4-Year University’s Psychological Science Peer Tutoring Program
Major: Psychological Science
School: Carol Ammon College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences

Name: Ashley Leeds
Title: Synthesis of 2,3-diethylquinoxalines
Major: Chemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Sara Duprey
Title: Navigating the Future through Innovations in Marketing
Major: Marketing and Business Management
School: Business

Name: Christabel Akrong
Title: Racial and Ethnic Disparities In Healthcare
Major: Biomolecular Science
School: Engineering, Science & Technology

Name: Alicia Farris
Title: Investigating Response to Intervention (RtI) Implementation Integrity in Elementary Reading Instruction in Connecticut’s Schools
Major: Educational Leadership
Department: Educational Leadership & Instructional Technology
School: Education & Professional Studies

Name: Tanner Brault
Title: Phase Transfer properties of AMP, ADP and DNA into solvents
Department: Chemistry and Biochemistry
School: Engineering, Science & Technology


2020 URCAD Research Prize Awardees

Undergraduate

Sara Duprey: What’s Love Got To Do with It: Brand Perceptions of Central before and after the Innovations in Marketing Conference
Advisor: Dr. Beth Ghiloni-Wage

Serena Nadeau: A Changing People in a Changing World: Bohemian Modernism in the Van Life Community
Advisor: Dr. Brian Sommers

Jordan Swilling: Health - Do physical educators value it?
Advisor: Dr. Tan Leng Goh

Tanner Brault: Phase Transfer properties of AMP, ADP and DNA into solvents
Advisor: Dr. Sarah Maurer

Graduate

Doctoral

Alicia Farris: Investigating Response to Intervention (RtI) Implementation Integrity in Elementary Reading Instruction in Connecticut’s Schools
Advisor: Sally Drew

Master’s

Zachary Lane: Selective Breeding of Ferroglobus placidus for Lab Utilization
Advisor: Jess Smith

Elihu Burritt Library Research Awardees

Moriah R. Maresh
Graduate student, English
Paper: A Person Needs Teeth to Eat: Food in Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"

Thomas Vaughn,
Undergraduate, History
Paper: Prosperity of the Children of Connecticut Witches


Katie Tsitaridis

Katie Tsitaridis presenting, Fall 2016

2019 URCAD Best Poster Awardees

Graduate students

Best Overall Poster: Richard Garuti (Jeffrey Thomas) The Impacts of Socioeconomic Status in Relation to Closing the Achievement Gap in Urban Magnet Schools

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences: Sonia Shahid (Joanne DiPlacido) Health Outcomes of Intimate Partner Violence in South Asians: The Mediating Role of Perceived Stress

School Of Education and Professional Studies: Megan Hislop (Patrick Foster) STEM-based Service learning projects effects on student STEM Choices

School of Engineering, Science & Technology:Ayse Adams (Barbara Nicholson) Stimulating Hatch of Tobacco Cyst Nematode (TCN), Globodera Tabacum Tabacum, by Hydroponically Obtained Weedy Solanum spp. Root Exudates

Undergraduate Students

Best Overall Poster: Sandra Marcotte (Sadie Marjani) OCT4 Expression in Cloned Bovine Embryos

College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences: Emily MacVane (Andrea June) Of Monsters and Media: The Potential Dangers of Inaccurate Media Portrayal of Mental Illness

School of Business: Jacob Vincent Goulas (Christopher Lee) What's Causing the Rise of Robotics?

School of Engineering, Science & Technology: Sara Popolizio (Thomas Mione) Soil Moisture and the Andean Nightshade: A Story of Adaptation as Told by Blood-Red Floral Nectar

To see a list of previous winners click here