The Undergraduate Research Symposium at UMSL provides a professional-style venue for undergraduates to present their original research, scholarship, and creative works to faculty, staff, administrators, students, and visitors. To find out more about URS visit http://urs.umsl.edu/

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2025 Program, Kate Votaw

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A Study on the Great Comet of 2024: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan–ATLAS) via Radio Interferometry, Jesse Bier and Nathan X. Roth

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Caffeinated Bees: Investigating the Impact on Foraging Behavior, Taylor Boaz, Becky Hansis-O'Neil, and Aimee Dunlap PhD

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China’s Influence Over the Mining Industry in Africa, Safa M. Altamimi and Reda Amer

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Comparing Love and Vaping: An event-related potentials study, Sandra J.E. Langeslag, Caitlynn Harriman, and Telora O.J. Thomas

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Comparing Romantic Love and Chocolate Craving, Oluchi Onyegbula and Sandra Langeslag

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Does Legal Cynicism Mediate the Relationship Between Parental Incarceration and Child Delinquency?, Elizabeth Rose Bishop and Theresa Moore

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Examining the Relationship Between Gambling Advertising & Gambling Behavior, Ilkim Green, Eric Wickenhauser, and Hannah White Ph.D

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Face Value: A Computational Approach to Subjective Impressions of Faces, kevin Kpankou

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Fixation Duration as Effective Biomarker for Cognitive Function: A Developing Systematic Review, Nicholas Kurtz

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GamerGate And The Woke Mind Virus, Gavin Graves

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Habitat Disturbance and Biodiversity in Glade Habitats, Maddie Smith, Becky Hansis-O'Neill, and Aimee Dunlap PhD

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Holocaust Denial: "Revisionist" or Conspiracist?, Kathleen E. Powell

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How the Allies Won World War Two, Joshua Powell

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Intergenerational Childhood Maltreatment: A Maternal Pathway Analysis, Carly E. Williams and Theresa A. Moore

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Intimate Partner Violence and Brain Injury in Women: Understanding Prevalence, Symptomatology, and Consequences, Jacob T. Perez

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Jewish Resistance: Lions not Lambs, Jacob Stein

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Measuring Welfare of Wild Tarantulas During Field Surveys Using Heart Rate, Tim Angelo Artiaga Lopez, Becky Hansis-O'Neill, and Aimee Dunlap PhD

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MicroRNA-mediated regulation of the Parkinson's Disease-associated gene, LRRK2, Peyton B. Hanser, Pavithra Madamarandawala, and Wendy Olivas

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Nazi Propaganda from 1933-1939, Benjamin P. Robinett

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Nazi Propaganda of WW2, Abigail j. Ante Ms

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Nazi Weapons: Bad People, Good Technology, Fabian Grabski

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Objects of Power: Female Instrumentalists in Medieval to Early Modern Europe, Emma Scherrer

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Peer Influence: The Silent Influence of Self Esteem and Youth Crime, Tyler C. Stoker, Theresa Moore, and Hannah White

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Phenotypic Variations between the European Paper Wasps, Senna V. Horak, Thomas Hagan, and Sara Miller

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Photoflow Synthesis and Characterization of cis- and trans-n-isohumulone, Gregory M. Giovine, Bradley Gallow, Trevor Smith, and Bruce Hamper

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Pixel-Perfect Segmentation of Solar Filaments, Jamie Harris

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Revitalizing St. John Nepomuk Church, Elizabeth Fischer, Hannah King, Hunter Rust, Grace Desjardins, Patrick Clover, and Kyle Ater

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Stonewall:The Spark of Queer Culture, Mariah M. Geisler

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The Afghan Journal, Patrick L. Clover, Hunter Rust, Eliana Fitzhugh, Grace Desjardins, Emily Hardin, Kaitlyn Williams, Kyle Ater, Anthony Bowen, Mackenzie Rosenthal, Hannah King, Abby Pearce, and Elizabeth Fischer

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The Effect of Diet on Hydrogen Sulfide Tolerance of Extremophile Fishes, Kyliyah Walker, Michael Tobler, and Bethany Williams

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The Hitler Youth's Place in Nazi Germany, Willem I. Hummel

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The Impact of Role Models on Transgender Young Adults, Apollo Langum

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The Price of Neutrality: Swiss Policy and Complicity in WWII, Dave Quintal

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Timothy Amukele Biography and Introduction to his songs, Arissa Ford

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Visualizing and Evaluating Binary Classifier Performance with Contingency Space, Colin D. Kehoe and Azim Ahmadzadeh

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Stigma toward PrEP is higher among men and on subscales referencing sexual behavior and substance abuse, Sarah E. Boslaugh, Brandon Park, and Rachel P. Winograd P.

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Afterlight: Game Design and the Power of Narrative, Elio Hollenbeck

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Animal Conservation in St. Louis, Kate O'Sullivan

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A Vaccine Against Holocaust Denial: Knowledge, Riley Andreasen

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Characterizing Border Associated Macrophages during spinal cord regeneration, Addison Vogt, Dana Shaw, and Mayssa Mokalled

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Chemtrails: Deadly Skies or Dangerous Misinformation?, Abigail Foust

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Cognition and Inflammation in Youth with Perinatal HIV, Megan Niehaus, Julie Mannarino, Jacob Bolzenius, Tori Frerichs, and Robert Paul

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Community Engagement: Hungarian Cultural Center, Theresa Colombini, Emily Jesse, Michael Raffelson, Colin Ring, John Granicke, and Rae Cohen

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Comparing Sucrose Preference Between Colonies of Bombus impatiens, Kevin R. Corrigan, Becky Hansis-O'Niell, and Aimee Sue Dunlap

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Conceptualizing Nazism in America through Alternative History Media, Matthew Fear

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Content Analysis of Backyard Conservation Websites, Katie George and Sam Holzer

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COVID-19 Effects on Adolescent Anxiety, Lyndsay Michelle

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COVID Lockdown Impact on Education: Analyzing Test Scores by State and Age, Angel Watson, Abby Jenson, and Hannah White

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Cyclization of Diols Using Ferrocenium Cations & Other Iron-Based Catalysts, Cody D. Amann, Fnu Khushboo, Sai Anvesh Bezawada, and Eike B. Bauer

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Deconstructing Diagnostic Criteria for ADHD, Cory E. Perkins and Abby Jenson

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Determination of Antibody Affinity for the Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Protein, Bree Carlton

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Effects of Beauveria bassiana on the Mortality and Thorax Width of Bombus impatiens Colonies, Bri Petty

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Effects of Foster Children’s Epigenetics in Abusive Environments, Shamika Ellis and Theresa Moore

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Effects of Fungal Biopesticide Doses on Mortality in Bumble Bees, Colton Burris

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Employment Status & Opioid Use Frequency, Muhammad Mirza, Jake Sauer, and Ryan Carpenter

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Erwin Rommel: Noble Knight of Germany or Nazi Knave?, Jake Schultz

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Etherification of Propargylic Alcohol using Ferrocenium Ions, Cody Amann, Sai Anvesh Bezawada, and Eike B. Bauer

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Evaluating Farm Size Change as an Expression of Preferential Alignment in the Corporate Food Regime, Rachael Carpenter

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Examining Immune Markers as Determinants of Cognitive Difficulties Among Perinatally Infected Youth with HIV, Addie Halbrook, Jacob Bolzenius, Julie Mannarino, and Robert Paul

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Exploring Best Practices in UMSL’s Collaborative Laboratory Internship and Mentoring Blueprint (CLIMB) Program, Dakota Warren

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Exploring the Early Solar System: Cometary Chemical Fingerprints: A Study of Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF) via Near-Infrared Spectroscopy, Grace Puchalski

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Finding gene candidates that interact with MarA to control hilA expression in Salmonella enterica, Kylee Hempel

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Gangsterism, the Urban Ruling Elite, and the Guomindang: Power Sharing During the Early Years of the Chinese Republic, 1927-1937, Evan Boyle

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Gender and Genocide: Rape as a Weapon of War in Darfur, Ella Woods

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Hogan's Heroes: Fact or Fiction?, Mark Granicke

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Holocaust Denial: The Conspiracy of Ignorance, Morgan Nelson

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Hope for the Unhoused: Medical treatment access and retention among unhoused individuals with Opioid Use Disorder in the St. Louis region, Allison Token

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How Technology is Helping Holocaust Deniers Rewrite History, Michael Raffelson

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Human Zoo Healthcare at the 1904 World’s Fair, Angel Blake

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Hvaldimir: Russian Beluga Spy Whale, John Granicke

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"I Hate Illinois Nazis:" Remembering Hate Speech and the First Amendment in Skokie, Illinois, Morgan Myers

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Investigation of Alzheimer’s Amyloid-β Protein Aggregation With a New Fluorescent Dye., Emma Alberty

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"Killin' Nazis": How Jews are Portrayed in Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds, Skylar Baxter

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Learning curves in bumblebee foraging (Bombus impatiens), Samir Benbakir, Becky Hansis-O'Niell, and Aimee Sue Dunlap

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Life Beyond the Horizon: The Universe Was Born in a Black Hole, Zahria Patrick

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Lucas' Empire: Star Wars and Nazi Germany, Karli Dean

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Magneto’s Origin in the Holocaust and how it Influences His Character Today, Rena Usprich

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Mapping Diversity in St. Louis: Beyond Black and White, Sarah E. Boslaugh

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Memory as a Foundation for Learning, Manuel Vicuna and Juan Manuel Vicuna

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NBA Conspiracies: A League That Values Money Over Honesty, Rebecca Littrel

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Partial Purification of Alzheimer’s Amyloid-𝛽 Specific Antibody Using Ammonium Sulfate, Noor Yousaf

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Precautionary Buying During the COVID Pandemic: Evidence from Grocery Scanner Data, Blake Williams and Trilce Encarnacion

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Preserving Sacred Memory: The Effort to Create the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Jessica Wachtel

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Psychopathy & Perceptions of Control, Amy Kenny

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Recognition Promotes Sodomy: Gay Lib Vs. The University of Missouri, Micah Hillier

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Recovering Ancient DNA Using the Polymerase Chain Reaction, Rose Jennings

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River City Blues: The Quest for Municipal Home Rule & Economic Security in St. Louis, Josef Wibbenmeyer

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Sensory Tradeoffs in Blue Bottle Flies (Calliphora vicina), Ashley Gregory-Rives, George Todd, and Aimee Dunlap PhD

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Should California Have Banned Red Dye 3? An Economic Cost-Benefit Analysis, Kaley Ware

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Socio-Demographic Risks Affect Executive Functioning, Brittny Rodgers; Nicole Shelley; and Hannah B. White, Ph.D

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Space Nazis - The Specific Connections Between Star Wars and Nazi Germany, Jeremy Dobrzanski

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Stability and Crisis Response: Comparing the U.S. and Canadian Banking Systems, Sarah E. Boslaugh

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Studying the genes and conditions that influence root development, Tessa Holtkamp and Hannah Ordonez Webb

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Surveys of Aphonopelma hentzi in Missouri: Conservation Efforts through Population, Genetics, and Habitat Studies, Anderson B. Spencer Mr. and Becky Hansis-O'Niell

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Telehealth Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in Missouri’s Urban and Rural Areas Prior to and Since COVID-19, Aurora Rojo, Rashmi Ghonasgi, Zachary Budesa, and Rachel Winograd

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The 1904 World’s Fair: Intended Impact of the U.S. Government Building Versus Visitor Experience, Dalton King

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The AIMag Project: Using Machine Learning to Predict Crustal Magnetic Anomaly Values, Xavier Gobble, Marlie Mollett, Dr. Dawn King, Dr. Cory Reed, and Erin Knese

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The association between coping-motivated drinking and alcohol-related consequences., Jacob D. Salser, Ian A. McNamara, and Ryan W. Carpenter

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The Effect of Caffeine on Bee Behavior: A Progressive Ratio Study, Kayle Cohen, Becky Hansis-O'Neill, and Aimee Dunlap Dr