Students receive $13,200 for research in spring 2004
Media Contact: Todd McLeish, 401-874-7892
KINGSTON, R.I. -- January 23, 2004 -- Twenty-eight graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Rhode Island have been awarded grants to conduct research during the spring 2004 semester on such wide-ranging topics as sharks in the Virgin Islands, eating disorders among athletes, and early detection of multiple sclerosis.
For more than 20 years, grants have been awarded each year by the URI Office of the Provost based on an evaluation of proposals by a review committee made up of representatives from a broad range of disciplines. Undergraduate students are eligible for up to $500, while graduate students may receive up to $800.
"The opportunity for undergraduate students to support research through a competitive grant program provides them with another way to learn and enhance the experience of the classroom," said Judith Swift, interim vice provost for academic affairs. "The ability to articulate, plan, execute, evaluate and report on a funded project is a hallmark in the honing of critical and analytical thinking skills.
"For graduate students, the awards mirror the path their major professors take in procuring external funding for research, scholarship and creative activity. These grants assist our graduate students in their progress toward the completion of advanced degrees while preparing for the challenging world of competitive grants in their future careers," she said.
The list of students receiving grants follow:
2003-04 Undergraduate/Graduate Research Grants
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Undergraduates |
Hometown |
Project Title |
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Biagioni, Amy |
Foster, RI |
Early Detection of Multiple Sclerosis |
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Concodello, Michael |
Marlborough, CT |
Response of Blue Mussels to Simulated Non-lethal Snail Predation: |
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Eitas, Timothy |
Cumberland, RI |
The Generation of Transgenics for Promoter Analysis within Arabidopsis thaliana |
|
Goldman, Jacob |
West Hartford, CT |
Development of a Next Generation E-learning System Intended to Deliver Critical Thinking Skills |
|
Greene, Andrew |
Warwick, RI |
Focusing Properties of Photonic Crystals |
|
Kelsay, Daniel |
Mansfield, MA |
Regional Heterogeneity of Action Potential in the Mouse Heart |
|
Lahr, Lisa |
Middletown, RI |
Photo Documentary of the Former Soviet Republic of Georgia |
|
Lalli, Rosanna |
East Longmeadow, MA |
Dockside Seafood Sales: A Comparative Analysis |
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Marsden, Brent Jebediah McClusky |
Cumberland, RI Bangor, ME |
Finger Switch Control Unit |
|
Nault, Clarissa |
Kingston, RI |
A Knotted Rug |
|
Octavio, Leah Mae |
New York, NY |
Effects of Varying Light and Dark Cycles and Controlled Red Light Intensity on the Polysaccharide Production of Porphyridium cruentum |
|
Pizza, Christopher |
Westerly, RI |
Cardiac Right Ventricular Muscle Fiber Orientation in the Mouse |
|
Reed, Douglass |
Warwick, RI |
The Philosophy of Humor |
|
Serpa, John |
Barrington, RI |
Creating Forms for Voices |
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Vieira, Suzette |
West Warwick, RI |
Electroencephalographic Effects of Slow Stoke Back Massage on Hospitalized Post-operative Patients with Pain |
|
Graduate Students |
Hometown |
Project Title |
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Boller, Michael |
Middletown, RI |
Three-dimensional Force Measurement in Intertidal Algae |
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DeAngelis, Bryan |
Charlestown, RI |
The Identification of Shark Species Composition and Nursery Habitat in the U.S. Virgin Islands. |
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Dutton-Greene, Leila |
North Kingstown, RI |
Testing a Model of Unwanted Pursuit and Stalking |
|
Finley, Rachel |
Seattle, WA |
Examining the Direct Impact of Ectoparasites on Reef Fish |
|
Hall, Kara |
Wakefield, RI |
A Meta-analytic Examination of Decisional Balance Across Stage Transitions: |
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Marchand, Stephanie |
South Kingstown, RI |
Prevention of Eating Problems Among Athletes |
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McElroy, William |
Charlestown, RI |
The Diet, Gastric Evacuation, and Feeding Ecology of Juvenile Sandbar Sharks. |
|
Mena, Jasmine |
Providence, RI |
Educational Resilience: Latino High School Students and Intent to Graduate |
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Place, Susan Maestri-Moden, Xristin |
Barrington, RI Coventry, RI |
Acceptance and Letting Go at Times of Death |
|
Podlesak, David |
Wakefield, RI |
Using Stable Isotopes of Carbon in Breath and Blood to Identify Dietary Changes Migratory Birds |
|
Rego, Sheri |
Greene, RI |
An Assessment of Pre-enrollment Diet Quality of Low-income, Elderly Food Stamp Participants |
|
Smith, Susan |
Kingston, RI |
The Influence of Diet on Plasma Metabolite Levels in White-throated Sparrows |