The 2020 Virtual Symposium
Welcome + Opening Remarks
Jill Granger, Dean of the Brinson Honors College
On behalf of The Brinson Honors College, Dr. Jill Granger, provides welcoming remarks and thanks to the program sponsors.
Brandon Schwab, Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
On behalf of the Office of the Provost, Dr. Brandon Schwab, opens the virtual symposium proceedings. Dr. Schwab oversees all undergraduate research initiatives on campus.
Panel Discussion with Participants
2020 SURP Symposium Participants
Anastasia Hillsgrove – Psychology
Mortality Salience versus Self-Esteem Enhancement and Attitudes Toward the Poor
Matthew Rous – English
A Cherokee Ethnobotany: Making Sense of Botanical Classifications within Cherokee Culture
Barnes Powell – Anthropology
Cultural Landscape Mapping in the Cherokee Homeland
Sarah Wallace – Marketing and Management
Corporate Social Responsibility: Do Investors and Consumers Really Care? Evidence from the BP Oil Spill.
Blair Watts – Entrepreneurship
Human Trafficking Prevention Programs: Overcoming Barriers Between Law Enforcement and Victims
Daniel Hammer – Mathematics & Computer Science
Operating Systems in the Rust Programming Language
Katelyn Smith – Criminology & Forensic Anthropology
Sexual Conservatism, Emphasized Femininity, and Sexual Victimization on Campus
Charles Wise – Molecular Biology and Medical Chemistry
Investigating an Unknown Protein in Staphylococcus aureus
Justin Clifton – Mathematics & Computer Science
Ramsey Numbers: Trees, Stars, and Complete Hypergraphs
Matteo Fratarcangeli – Chemistry & Physics
Luminescent Studies of Europium-Metal Based Agents for Potential Biomedical Imaging
Thomas Meek – Mathematics & Computer Science
Algebraic Properties of a Hypergraph Lifting Map
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