URAC Presenter: Researching individualized instuctional strategies
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Ashley Russell, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior project, ““How Can Teachers Individualize Intensive Reading Interventions to Ensure Successful Outcomes?”
Russell, a senior education major from Belle Vernon, Pa., worked with an 8-year-old dyslexic student, developing individualized reading intervention strategies to suit the student.
Using the Wilson Reading System, a literacy program for students with language-based learning disabilities such as dyslexia, Russell assessed her student’s strengths and areas of growth to determine the best course of instruction. Russell met with her student twice we week to practice decoding, spelling, reading and writing.
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URAC Presenter: Senior studies mortality, morbidity rates of Central American women
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Zoe Cable, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior capstone project, “Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in Relation to the Economic and Social Status of Women in Central America.”
A senior Spanish and neuroscience major from Brookville, Pa., Cable studied Central America’s maternal morbidity and mortality rates two statistics used to offer information about the status of women in a particular country as well as the nature of the healthcare system and available resources.
URAC Presenter: Senior biochemistry major looks at alpha-synuclein structure
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Brandon Williams, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss his senior honors capstone project, “Distinguishing Differing Conformations of Membrane-Bound Alpha-Synuclein through Distance Measurements.”
The biochemistry major from Sandy Lake, Pa., studied alpha-synuclein a protein that is involved in the transport of lipid vesicles, the molecules that carry neurotransmitters through the body’s neurons and how it binds to membranes. Williams researched the structure of alpha-synuclein, which can take on two different shapes when bound to lipid vesicles: a horseshoe-like structure or a straight line.
URAC Presenter: Senior neuroscience major studies ADHD treatment
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Cass Nielsen, one of the eight select podium presenters to be featured at this year’s Undergraduate Research and Arts Celebration (URAC) on Wednesday, April 21, will discuss her senior capstone project, “The Effects of Methylphenidate and Nicotine on Spatial Working Memory in Rodents.”
The neuroscience major researched methylphenidate often referred to by its brand name Ritalin to see if the medications used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD can have adverse effects during adolescence. A grant from Westminster’s Drinko Center for Undergraduate Research helped advance Nielsen’s research.