BIOLOGY Human Origins: The Forging of Our Species Mr. Clark Noah Campbell x6378 Homosexual Gene. Does the homosexual gene exist? If it does, then what do the genetics behind it mean to the population? Elizabeth Davis x6936 Convergent Evolution. Research and investigation into similar adaptations in unrelated groups of animals. Why and how these traits occur. Ginger Hagan x6534 Genetic Basis of Behavior. Examining twin studies as a way of examining the genetic and environmental components of personality and intelligence. Mara Horowitz x6477 Environmental Change and Human Evolution. Examination of Paleoclimate and turning points in the hominid fossil record. The cooling trend and drier climate of the pre-glacial millennia may have provided the selection pressure necessary for the unique path taken by our ancestors. Nora Khan x6569 Primate Conservation. An examination of the detrimental factors facing primate species today, as well as an evaluation of different techniques and approaches to conserving these species. Alicia Larsen x6546 Phylogeny in Evolutionary Biology and Historical Linguistics. Examination of the construction and use of family trees in biology and linguistics. Leading into a second paper on evolution and language. Rebekah Lopata x6483 The Evolution of Maternity. A comparative study of human and non-human mammal mothering behaviors, viewed within the context of natural selection and evolutionary process. Stacey Mark x6535 Primate Social Behavior vs. Humans. How similar are primate social behaviors and interactions to our own? Using field studies of primates and social psychology experience, I intend to show the similarities between the two. Kelly Powers x6368 Species of Equus: Relatives of the Modern Horse. A brief description of the evolution of the horse and a discussion of the species of Equus still alive today. A study of the similarities and dissimilarities between the horse and its relatives. Sarah Shapiro x6887 Dominance Hierarchies in Female Primates. Are females really passive both sexually and politically? This assumption has prevailed in primatology and anthropology for much of their history, and I will go about examining what data supports these beliefs. Myrsini Stephanides 718-460-0014 Genetics of Criminal Behavior/Violent/Aggressive Behavior. Gene-based evolutionary theories in criminology. The pursuit of identifying a 'criminal gene.' Reading on old descriptions of such theories and studies. Jennifer Walker Early Humans in the Americas. I'm looking at the (mostly archeological) evidence for the arrival of humans in the Americas. I'm focusing particularly on pre-clovis evidence which suggests that people arrived much earlier than previously thought. Iva Welborn x6836 Altruism and the Social Primate. I'm studying altruism in primates and discussing questions of gratitude, possible consequences for future development, and probable links to altruism in human behavior. Plants, People and Culture Mr. Beck Jackson Blossom 914-631-7610 Biotechnology and Agriculture: Genetic Engineering of Crop Plants and Their Related Products. Rubrics and analyses of science, philosophy, risk and policy. Focus on viruses; transcapsidation and recombination in food crops. Sarada Calabra-Voss x6975 Teaching Herbarium and Botanical Walking Tour. A) The development of a pressed plant library of the plants on campus and others outside the area for teaching purposes. B) Tree labeling project of select conspicuous trees on campus plus a written guide. Katherine Melena x6425 Trees for Life: Timber Industry and Environmental Resistance in the Pacific North-West. The Pacific Northwest bioregion is the distinctive home of the world's largest trees and unique sustaining ecosystem. This project will look at the botanical uniqueness of the various trees, their important economic uses historically and at present, and the law, politics, and controversy surrounding forest use. The views of timber industry, environmentalists, government workers, residents, and politicians will all be represented. Adelaide Papazoglou x6917 The Botany Of Homer. Within the Iliad and the Odyssey, I am reading and researching both the English and Greek revisions to document the plants and botanical resources mentioned therein. Susan Pollock x6719 Rock Garden Design and Landscape. I have planted special bulbs for a rock garden. Soil science, species identification, specimens collected, gardening techniques. Pasture plants for horses are going to be planted for horse grazing. Shannon Powers x6564 Botany in Literature. How the science of botany is explored and expressed in creative terms. I am reading and attempting to write different fictional and poetic pieces translating technical aspects of botany to more universal language. Shakira Provasoli x6902 A Teacher's Reference to Botanical Activities for Children. I am compiling an activity book that focuses on botany and its relation to the world. Included in this book are specific activities as well as my general philosophy on methods for incorporating children's interests and curiosities with a teacher's botanical curriculum. Jayme Rosskopf x6457 The Sarah Lawrence Landscape. By researching gardening and landscaping techniques, and compiling information about the many species of trees and shrubs on campus, I am doing an analysis of the Sarah Lawrence landscape. I am also making a guide to Sarah Lawrence trees and shrubs, consisting of names and descriptions of all species. Marcella Spera x6433 A Photographic Atlas Of Medicinal Plants. A book of black and white photographs and brief descriptions of medicinal plants, with a major section dedicated to nutritional means of preventing cancer. Marine Biology Mr.Clark Kathryn Alvarez x6905 The Importance and Human Destruction of Coral Reefs in the Philippines. I plan to explore the numerous values of coral reefs in the Philippines. The many methods used for fishing which destroy and kill coral reefs will also be discussed. I chose the Philippines because it is an area of the greatest diversity and where coral reefs are in the worst shape. Heather Anthony x6485 Deep Sea Life. Comparing Kent and Non-Kent Benthic Communities. Tammy Burch x6515 Volunteers and the Monitoring of Coral Reefs. A study of the global and local organization of volunteer divers with marine scientists, mostly via the internet, and methods used by the divers to gain reliable statistics. This project focuses on the area of the Florida Keys, degradation on those reefs, and my own observations and coordination with a volunteer group. Amy Burton x6448 Calcification Rates in Zooxanthellate Corals. Examination of the relationship between algal symbionts (zooxanthellae) and the calcification rates of host corals. Looking at factors such as photosynthesis and respiration, as well as physical, chemical and biological conditions. Tristana Fiscella Anatomy of a Shark Attack. Understanding the behavior of sharks, particularly as they attack! (people.) Aaron Kablack x6432 Examination of the Effects of El Nino on Galapagos Organisms. Academic study of the creation of an El Nino framing a creatively phrased interior monologue of a Galapagos organism as it observes the consequences of the anomaly of its surroundings. Nicole Lapotin x6475 Low Dissolved Oxygen Rates (Hypoxia) in Long Island Sound. Due to excess nitrogen from point and non-point sources in Manhattan and Connecticut, oxygen does not reach lower depths of the sound causing death from the bottom up. Also researching basic problems in Sound. Daniel Maurer x6934 A tale of the mighty Clipper ship, the G. G. Allen, and the marine life around her. Alison Rich x6825 PCB Removal in the Hudson River. Polychlorinated Byphenyls are one of the remaining pollutants in the Hudson River. This paper will explore the best way to remove them-dredging, biogradation... Jonathan Seagull x6824 The Crown of Thorns Starfish 'Disaster': A History of Ecological Inquiry. Blooms of the coral-eating crown-of-thorns starfish have seemingly devastated coral reefs in the last thirty years. Increasing evidence that this is a natural cyclic phenomenon, however, makes crown-of-thorns inquiry an interesting case for studying human's superficial and deep understanding of ecology. Mary Staub x6839 The 'Vastness' or 'Richness' of a Salt Marsh. The ecological processes in, and structure of, salt marshes. Further concentration in the problem of loss of marshland and preservation of endangered areas. Possible field work with model of salt marsh in lab. Yvette Valdes x6784 The Effect of Human and Environmental Impact on Coral Reefs. The effect of human and environmental impacts on coral reefs will be recognized with a special focus on the reefs surrounding Puerto Rico, where recently there have been oil spills, ship wrecks onto reefs, and other damage to them. The abundance and health of the reefs will be discussed as well. Jennifer Winkler x6510 The Ever-Evasive Giant Squid. A general over-view of the physical make-up of the squid and a study into the search for the giant squid, attempts made at filming them and recent accounts of the work being done to film/capture a living giant squid.