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JPP18May2023_PCassack

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James Madison Program: "A Little Lower than the Angels: What the American Founders Learned about Human Nature from Adam Smith"

After surveying the historical evidence for Adam Smith's influence on James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams, this lecture will consider ways in which the founders' nuanced view of…

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Human Attention Judgement and the Attention Schema Theory of Consciousness, Kathryn T. Farrell, UG '25 and Sarah C. Kimmel, UG '24 (2770632)

Princeton’s Attention Judgment study aims to investigate the ability of the human brain to predict and model the attention of others. Our work is centered around the Attention Schema Theory of…

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Connections between Graph Theory and Single-Chain Nanoparticle Morphologies, Sophia Colmenares, UG '24 (2277355)

Single-chain nanoparticles are intriguing materials inspired by proteins that consist of a single precursor polymer chain that has collapsed into a stable structure. In many prospective applications,…

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Opening Minds to Close the Gap: Shifting Attributions for the Achievement Gap in Education to Foster Support for a Progressive Education Policy, Ryan Champeau, UG '23 (2264510)

Scholars have evaluated policies aimed at addressing racial and socioeconomic achievement gaps in education. However, few studies have looked at how voters themselves perceive the gap and how their…

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Agents with aspirations: A Prospect Theory approach to intrinsic motivation in Reinforcement Learning, Lucas James Irwin, UG '23 (2270745)

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is becoming ubiquitous, yet the lack of transparency in its decision-making process and its value system raises alarms. To address this, my senior thesis combines…

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A Comparative Organizational Perspective on Policy Diffusion: Theory and Empirical Applications, Johnatan Reiss UG'23 (2269070)

Studies of policy diffusion – examining how and why similar policies spread across different polities – tend to treat policymaking institutions as unitary actors. The information obtained…

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How string theory can guide our search for dark energy, David Shlivko, GS (2265886)

Over the past century, astronomical observations have taught us that the observable universe—that is, the fabric of space itself—is expanding. For most of the universe's…

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White, Christopher J, February 10, 2023, "The Usefulness and Challenges of Tilted Accretion Flows"

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Noronha, Jorge, February 9, 2023, "Fundamental Constraints in Relativistic Fluids and Their Role in Magnetohydrodynamics"

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Most, Elias, February 10, 2023, "Beyond Ideal: Towards the inclusion of Kinetic Effects in Relativistic MHD Simulations"

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Do, Tuan, February 10, 2023, "Weather Forecasting for Sgr A*: Variability in the Near-Infrared""

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Morris, Mark, February 10, 2023, "Jets Collimated Outflows and Dramatic Accretion Events in the Recent History of Sgr A*"

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Wielgus, Maciek, February 10, 2023, "Observing Sagittarius A with ALMA"

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