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For Immediate Release
May 5, 2005
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UNC Asheville Students Present Undergraduate Research at National Conference

UNC Asheville students recently presented original research at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) April 21-23, at the Virginia Military Institute and Washington and Lee University. The following students gave presentations:

  • David Bell – "Stream Channel Stability of the Restored Tulula Creek After Three Years of Water Flow"
     

  • Louise Burley – "Ecological Interactions Between the Larvae of Wood Frog and Spotted Salamander"
     

  • Anne Chesky – "A Policy Analysis of the Bush Administration’s Clean Air Interstate Rule"
     

  • Cady Etheredge – "Determining the Relationship between Mercury in Fish and Air Deposition from Coal Fired Power Plants"
     

  • Johnathan Eric Freeman – "Changes in Thunderstorm and Forest Fire Frequency in Response to Climate Warming in Alaska"
     

  • Laura Friederich – "Determining the Relationship between Mercury in Fish and Air Deposition from Coal Fired Power Plants"
     

  • Emily Lancaster – "Granny Metcalf Meets Florence Nightingale"
     

  • James Burkett McInturff – "Talking about the Ethics of Biotechnology"
     

  • Anna Theresa Moyer – "Density of Wood Frog Tadpoles Affects Ecological Interactions with the Spotted Salamander"
     

  • Rebekah Marie Owens -- "Examining Cognitive and Affective Reactions to Biotechnology: A Survey Development Study"
     

  • Katie Potter – "Chemical Testing and Benthic Macroinvertebrate Survey to Estimate Water Quality in a New Nature Center in Alabama"
     

  • Kimberly Sergent – "Mercury in Hair Concentrations Related to Fish Consumption and Other Factors"
     

  • Robert I. Tate – "Molecular Dissection of the Cancer Triggering Mechanisms of the Protein Ga12 Through Engineering and Characterization of a Mutant Variant"
     

  • Ashley B. West – "Rise of Digital Cinema in the United States: A Cost-Benefit Analysis"
     

  • Heather Whisnant – "The Legacy of Carrie Buck and Eugencial Sterilization in the United States"

 Media Contacts:

  • Virginia Derryberry, UNC Asheville Undergraduate Research Programs Director, 828/251-6875
  • Jill Yarnall, UNC Asheville Public Information Assistant Director, 828/251-6526
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