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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

Geosciences

Roxanne Renedo '09
Metamorphism of Graphitic Schists in Syros, Greece
Science poster session deriving from thesis with John Brady, Mary Elizabeth Moses Professor of Geology

Eleanor Powell '09J and Lily Seidman '11
Folds and Breccia at Barton Cove
Science poster session deriving from special studies with H. Robert Burger, Achilles Professor of Geology

Kristen Rahilly '10, Roxanne Renedo '09, Danielle Schmandt '09 and Maya Wei-Haas '09
Subsurface Investigation: An Electromagnetic and Seismic Survey South of the Northampton Landfill, Western Mass.
Science poster session deriving from classwork with H. Robert Burger, Achilles Professor of Geology

Hannah Wren Dunning '09, Madeline Weigner '09 and Trea Schumacher '09
Coral Reef Ed-Ventures 2009
Science poster session deriving from work with H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Geology, Susan Etheredge, associate professor in education and child study, and Paulette Peckol, Louise C. Harrington Professor of Biological Sciences

Madeline Weigner '09 and Sarah Motti '10
Trapping and Cementation of Carbonate Sand Around Roots and Stems of Dune Plants: Modern Analog for the Formation of the Spongiform Texture in Carbonate Deposits
Science poster session deriving from classwork and field research with Bosiljka Glumac, associate professor of geology,  H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Geology, and Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology
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Sarah Motti '10 and Madeline Weigner '09
Formation of Polygonal Fractures in Carbonate Sand
Science poster session deriving from classwork and field research with Bosiljka Glumac, associate professor of geology, H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Geology, and Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology
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Sarah Motti '10 and Madeline Weigner '09
Composition and Texture of Sediment along a Beach-to-Offshore Transect at Pigeon Cay, Cat Island, Bahamas
Science poster session deriving from classwork and field research with Bosiljka Glumac, associate professor of geology, H. Allen Curran, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of Geology, and Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology
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Rachel Neurath '09
Atmospheric Mercury Deposition in an Isolated Environment: A 300-Year Record at Block Island, Rhode Island
science poster session deriving from thesis with Robert Newton, professor of geology

Maya Wei-Haas '09
Glauconite Weathering in an Arctic Environment
science poster session deriving from thesis with Robert Newton, professor of geology
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Sara Sirois '11
Meteorological Conditions at MacLeish Field Station
Science poster session deriving from AEMES research with Robert Newton, professor of geology

Katie Castagno '12
Snowball Earth: What's Wrapped Up in Namibian Roll-Up Structures?
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology

Mai Houa Vue '12
Mass Extinction and Recovery: New Insights from the Middle Triassic of Northern Italy
Science poster session deriving from AEMES research with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology

Alexandra Breus '10
The Rise of Animal Skeletons: A Quantitative Analysis of the Ordovician Radiation
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology

Emily Bush '11
Carbon Isotope Analysis of the St. George Formation, Western Newfoundland
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology

Raquel Blonshine '11, Kelsea Thornton '11, and Francesca King '10
What Bores You? A Discussion of Predation Rates at Cape Cod and the Bahamas
Science poster session deriving from classwork with Sara Pruss, assistant professor of geology
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Meredith Gallogly '12
GIS Maps of Landscape Features in the Forest at the MacLeish Field Station
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Amy Rhodes, associate professor of geology, Andrew Guswa, associate professor of engineering, Robert Newton, professor of geology, and Reid Bertone-Johnson, lecturer in landscape studies

Mary Gowins '11 and Jenna Zechmann '12
Beyond H2O: A Chemical Survey of Surface Water at the MacLeish Field Station, Whatley, MA
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE and AEMES research with Amy Rhodes, associate professor of geology, Robert Newton, professor of geology, and Andrew Guswa, associate professor of engineering
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Christina Buliga '11
Uncovering the Mining History at the MacLeish Field Station, Whatley, MA
Science poster session deriving from STRIDE research with Amy Rhodes, associate professor of geology

Laura Paul '09
The History of the Land Use of the MacLeish Field Station in Whatley
Science poster session deriving from special studies with Amy Rhodes, associate professor of geology

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