The SCoRe (Summer Collaborative Research) Symposium is the culminating event after a summer of collaborative research conducted by Colorado College students and faculty. It brings students, faculty, and family together for a series of short presentations, poster sessions, and discussions across a variety of academic disciplines. The collaborative research presented is funded by the Vice Provost’s Office Faculty Student Collaborative Grant, departmental funds, other internal grants, and external research grants.
Starting in 2018, the Symposium expanded to include summer internships as well as summer research experiences to become the Student Research & Internship Symposium. In 2020, with the impact of COVID-19, the symposium will be held virtually.
Projects
Activated Carbon material prepared from pistachio-nut shells for heavy metal filtration from water
An Archaeologist’s Guide to Preparing for a Warming World
Clara Martinez-Dunbar ’22; Olivia Jacobson ’22
Majors: Anthropology; Environmental Science
Arsenic Removal Ability of Agriculture Waste-Derived Carbon from Contaminated Water via Different Activation Methods
Jiarun (Judy) Wang ’21
Major: Biochemistry
Changing Minds About Negotiation and Gender
Kassidy Chan ’22; Boyang Xu ’21; Anudari Sharavdorj ’22
Majors: Computer Science; Economics & Business; Economics
Clean Energy Economy for the Region (CLEER)
Zachariah Benevento-Zahner ’21
Major: Economics and Environmental Policy
Colorado College State of the Rockies Project: Subnational Climate Action in the Rocky Mountain West
Matthew Luzincourt ’21; Emma Locke ’21; Leah Barazani ’21; Gracia Seeley ’21; Madeline Unger ’21
Majors: Environmental Studies; Environmental Studies; Organismal Biology & Ecology; Environmental Studies; Environmental Studies
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College
Melissa Manuel ’21
Major(s): Film and Media Studies & Theatre
![Computational Study on Copper Clusters [Cu4X4(L)4, L= isocyanide derivatives]](https://coloradocollege.website/summersymposium/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Abdu-Rana.crop2_-300x300.jpg)
Computational Study on Copper Clusters [Cu4X4(L)4, L= isocyanide derivatives]
Rana Abdu ’22
Major: Biochemistry
Electroencephalography and Time Dilation in Mantra and Mindfulness Meditation
Carlton Moeller ’21
Major: Neuroscience
Empirical Testing of Option Pricing Models
Rujun (Gillian) Xu ’21; Yinting Zhong ’22
Major: Psychology; Undecided
Environment Colorado & Catamount Institute
Maddi Schink ’23
Major: Environmental Policy (proposed IDM)
Extraction and Analysis of Volatiles from Flowers of the Orchid Genus Pleurothallis
Isobel Hensley ’22
Major: Chemistry
High voltage pulse generators for an atmospheric pressure plasma jet
Logan Henning ’22
Major: Computational Physics
Homophily in Social Networks
Grace Brooks ’21; Marston Xue ’22; Shu Zhou ’21
Majors: Mathematics; Computer Science
How does channelized subglacial hydrology affect melt rates at the margin of northern Greenland’s Humboldt Glacier
Abby Roat ’22
Major: Geology
Judith Jaffe Multiple Sclerosis Clinical Care and Research Center
Lucy MacGowan ’21
Major: Neuroscience
Literary Research in Contemporary Latinx Theatre
Melissa Manuel ’21
Majors: Film and Media Studies, Theatre
Lutheran Family Services
Major: English: Creative Writing: Poetry This summer, I worked for Lutheran Family Services as an Employment Intern in the Refugee and Asylee Services department. This internship allowed me to gain more insight into the innerworkings of non-profits and
Mapping and Dating Landslides in the North Fork Teanaway River Valley, WA
Peyton Colee ’21
Major: Geology
Masking Our Risky Behaviors: How Licensing Allows Us to Disregard Social Distancing
Alexis Griggs ’21
Major: Psychology
Microchip Capillary Electrophoresis
Elias Mondaca ’21; Nicole Chavarria ’22
Majors: Chemistry; Undeclared
Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Fluorinated Pyrrole Heterocycles via Hantzch – Type Multicomponent Reaction
Ayush Chitrakar ’22
Major: Biochemistry
Navigating the Legislative Pipeline : Understanding How Women Have Been Politically Successful in the State of Colorado Student Researcher
Isabelle Smith ’21
Major: Political Science
Organic Molecule Degradation by Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jets Using Commercially Available Circuitry
Shalese Lovell ’22
Major: Physics
Post Eruption Long Range Displacement Ground Deformation Monitoring of Large Rock Fractures at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Nerissa Barling ’21
Major: Geology
Rain for the Sahel and Sahara & Education for All Children
Ceilidh Shea ‘22
Major: Political Science
Regulation of the Hallmarks of Cancer by Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) in EBV+ B Cell Lymphomas
Allie Kreitman ’21; Mahala Moran ’22
Majors: Molecular Biology
Relational Coordination Research Collaborative (RCRC)
Francesca Grandonico ’21
Major: Feminist and Gender Studies
Minor: Education
Retrofitting a Jarrell-Ash Monochromator for Optical Emission Spectroscopy Measurement of Atmospheric Plasma Species
Džafer Čamdžić ’22
Major: Environmental Physics
State of The Rockies: A preliminary analysis of the impacts of hydraulic fracturing on lives and livelihoods in the Rocky Mountain West
Saigopal Rangaraj ’22
Major: Economics
Summertime Ozone Behavior along a Vertical Transect near the Denver, Colorado Metropolitan Area
Tiantian Zhu ’22
Major: Environmental Science
Synchrony in Breeding Phenology and Peak Food Abundance in the Flammulated Owl (Psiloscops flammeolus)
Sarah Lloyd ’21
Major: Organismal Biology & Ecology
The CC COVID-19 Reporting Project: Covering the pandemic’s impacts on Colorado College and higher-ed
Miriam Brown ’21; Arielle Gordon ’21
Majors: Sociology; History-Political Science
The effect of excess UV light on Arabidopsis thaliana’s germination frequency
Eileen Miller ’23
Major: Organismal Biology & Ecology
The Evolution of Impatiens Seedling Physiology
Natalie Colao ’21
Major: Organismal Biology & Ecology
The Myth of Evergreening: A Reexamination of Secondary Patenting Of Branded Pharmaceuticals
Mathias Walder ’20
Major: International Political Economy
The Socially Optimal Distribution of Free-Access and Private Property
Casmali Lopez ’23
Major: Undeclared
Upstream Geomorphic Effects of Dam Emplacement, West Elk Creek, Gunnison, CO
Spencer Shaw ’22
Major: Geology
Using Carbon Quantum Dots (CQDs) based fluorescence sensors to measure intracellular levels of Magnesium in Dictyostelium Discoideum
Fernando Gomez ’22
Major: Biochemistry
Western Organization for People Living with HIV/AIDS
Andres Madrigal ‘22
Major: Organismal Biology & Ecology
Wild Automorphisms of the Complex Field of Finite and Infinite Orders
Elizabeth Wolfe ’21
Majors: Mathematics, English
