UMCUR 2014 Award Winners
ORAL PRESENTATIONS
Humanities: Environmental Justice & HidroAysén: Pristine Waters to Power Santiago, Multinational Mining Interests in Chile by David Schaad (Daniel Spencer, mentor)
Life Sciences: The Role of RNase Y in Gene Regulation During Transmission of B. burgdorferi by Jeanette Comstock (Scott Samuels, mentor)
Physical Sciences: Modular Abstraction of Complex Real Time Analysis by Benjamin Campbell (Joel Henry, mentor)
Social Sciences: Second Language Acquisition in Blackfeet Rhythm by Jesse Desrosier (Mizuki Miyashita, mentor)
Visual and Performing Arts (including Creative Writing): Dancing Through the Lens by Brooke Carlisle (Heidi Jones-Eggert, mentor)
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Life Sciences: Evaluating neurite outgrowth and signal integration in response to NGF and GDNF in neuroblastoma cell lines by Sarah Hendricks (Mark Grimes, mentor)
Physical Sciences: Stratigraphic and Sedimentologic Analysis of the Bear Gulch Limestone (Mississippian-Pennsylvanian) near Grass Range, Montana by Pamela Lavering (Marc Hendrix, mentor)
Social Sciences: Donors to Social Welfare Organizations: Are they avoiding gift tax? by Jill Sharp (Joshua Herbold, mentor)
Painting and Print Exhibition: eleutheromania by David Sampson (MaryAnn Bonjorni, mentor)