Congratulations to the six Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts students who are recipients of President's Undergraduate Research Awards (PURA) for Fall and Summer 2012.

Fall 2012

Casey Aultman (International Affairs/Modern Languages): “Spanish and English Mixing in Social Media.” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Cecilia Montes-Alcala

Benjamin Belden (History, Technology, and Society): “TRICYCLE and the Pearl Harbor Question: Routine Espionage or a Warning Ignored?”  Faculty Mentor: Dr. Kristie Macrakis

Chelsea Howell (History, Technology, and Society): “The Sociology of Diagnosis: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS).” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Jennifer Singh

Elise Livingston (Literature, Media, and Communication): “EarSketch: Computational hip-hop remixing and sharing as a tool to drive engagement and interest in computing.”  Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Magerko

Kelly Snyder (Literature, Media, and Communication): “Optimizing Project Management of Long Term Projects with Short Term Workers.” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Celia Pearce

Summer 2012

Elise Livingston (Literature, Media, and Communication): “EarSketch: Computational hip-hop remixing and sharing as a tool to drive engagement and interest in computing.” Faculty Mentor: Dr. Brian Magerko

Paige Clayton (Public Policy): "One city, three universities, multiple models of technology commercialization." Faculty Mentor: Dr. Shiri Breznitz