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Between National Politics and International Intellectual Influences: Development of Nanjing University Chemistry & Physics Departments, 1902-1937, Julia Zhou, UG '24 (2269588)

Close inspection of Nanjing’s University charter and administrative-level official documents reveals the deep, early influences of Japanese education models on the structure of the Physics and…

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Therapy is for Westerners: Inadequacies Measuring Bangladeshi Anxiety & Depression, Imaan Khasru, UG '23 (2267901)

Most tools to assess & diagnose psychological disorders are developed in the West via testing on Western populations, and then used on non-Western populations. We assume these tools are reliable…

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Can Pitchers Gain a New Edge in Baseball by Profiling a Hitter’s Swing Path?, Tony Owens Jr, UG '24 (2278771)

A baseball game is a series of batter, pitcher matchups. The pitcher seeks to do one of two things: prevent the batter from making contact, or cause the batter to make weak contact, which will lead…

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Which Premier League team has the worst fans?, Christian Altawil, UG (3993540)

This research project set out to explore the question of which Premier League team has the worst fans by analyzing team chants scraped from a website called fanchants. Using the Python NLTK library,…

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The Evolution of Cooperation in Everyday Trade in Ancient Pompeii and Viking Age Scandinavia, Megan Specht, UG '23 (2272281)

Many researchers have used models and equations to explain how human cooperation evolved. The current research shows that these cooperative behaviors can only spread throughout a population when…

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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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What Seems to be the Problem? Stigmatizing Language in Patient Medical Notes, Abinitha Gourabathina, UG '23 (2262024)

Stigmatizing language in medical notes can prevent a patient from acquiring proper treatment. Reading medical notes containing biased language can influence subsequent clinicians’ perception of…

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What Is Popularity In Spotify Playlists?, Eddie Button, UG '25 (2510273)

I was interested in finding a connection between the number of followers that each playlist has and the tracks – and artists – in each playlist. I did not exactly find this connection,…

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Exploring the Prospects and Challenges of a Novel n-Doped Organic Semiconductor, Colin Brown, UG '24 (2264872)

The use of organic semiconductors (OSCs), i.e, conductive polymers, has risen greatly over the last few decades, as scientists have taken advantage of their unique properties, including greater…

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Exploring the Decline of Ice Skating on Lake Carnegie through Digital Newspaper Archives, Grace Liu, UG '23 (2267261)

As the global climate warms, lakes are expected and have been observed to experience changes in seasonal ice cover. Previous research has observed decreasing freeze durations, but relatively few…

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Place and the New York Philharmonic, Isabella Dail, UG '26 and Connor Frank, UG '26 (3993941)

We analyzed a dataset about the New York Philharmonic performance history from their first concert until present day. The data included information about topics like musical scores, soloed…

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