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Celebrating Collaboration

Smith College’s annual showcase of student research and performance highlights students’ intellectual achievements and their collaborative efforts with faculty in a variety of departmental, program and interdisciplinary projects. It is a celebration of liberal arts education.

The 2009 event featured the work of 257 students who participated in 153 presentations, with the guidance of 104 faculty members. Students participated in individual talks, panels, poster sessions, exhibits and performances, in the areas of science and technology, performing arts, and social, cultural and literary studies.

American Studies, American Studies Diploma Program, Art, Astronomy

Biological Sciences

Chemistry

Classical Languages & Literatures, Comparative Literature, Computer
Science

Dance, Economics,
Education & Child Study

Engineering

English Language &
Literature, Film Studies,
First Year Seminar, French Studies

Geosciences

German Studies,
Government, History, Internships, Italian
Language & Literature

Kahn Institute, Landscape Studies, Mathematics & Statistics, Music

Physics

Psychology

Smithipedia, Sociology, Spanish Language &
Literature, Study of Women & Gender

Classical Languages and Literatures

Jennifer Snyder '09
Comic Elements in Fifth-Century Attic Greek Tragedy
Paper presentation deriving from special studies with Justina Gregory, professor of classical languages and literatures

Tricia Rhodes AC10
Antiquities at Smith: The Caverno Room Collection
Poster presentation deriving from special studies with Scott Bradbury, professor of classical languages and literatures

Aiden Leigh Bartelt '11
Representing Motherhood in Relation to Murder: Andrea Yates, Dora Yates, and Jutta Karin Kennedy
PowerPoint presentation deriving from STRIDE research with Thalia Pandiri, professor of classical languages and literatures and of comparative language and literature

Comparative Literature

Alex Barrows '09
A Zinester's Guide to the Sophia Smith Collection
Workshop deriving from special studies with Ann Jones, Esther Cloudman Dunn Professor of Comparative Literature, and Lisa Henderson, associate professor of communication, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Computer Science

Yang Li '11
Protein Flexibility Analysis: A Friendly Interface
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Ileana Streinu, professor of computer science
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Diana Jaunzeikare '11
Protein Flexibility Analysis on the Whole Protein Data Bank
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Ileana Streinu, professor of computer science
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Christine Grascia '09
Visualizing the Hidden Information in Wikipedia
Science poster session deriving from thesis with Dominique Thiébaut, associate professor of computer science

Kelly Dwan '09
3D-Visualization of 2D Brain Scans
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Dominique Thiébaut, associate professor of computer science

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