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Summer Projects

Summer projects run the gamut from community assistance to working with faculty on their research to creating a project of personal interest to the student.  Funding can come from a variety of sources, and the time spent over the summer varies from 8-10 weeks.  These projects can turn into longer-term research, which can carry over into senior honors theses and collaborations with faculty.

2010 Summer Undergraduate Research

Name: Alexander Crawford '12

Sponsors: Amy Leventer, Joe Eakin

Title/Project:  Antarctic marine diatoms, his own independent research                   

 

Name: Nicole Dennis '11  

Sponsor: Upstate Institute Field School

Title/Project: Shapna Project

 

Name:  Grace O'Shea '11 

Sponsor:   Upstate Institute Field School

Title/Project: Central Adirondack Arts and Sciences Advocacy, Inc.

 

Name:  Michael Palmer '10

Sponsor:  Upstate Institute Field School          

Title/Project:    Madison County Planning Department 

 

Name: Alexandra Pons '11                         

Sponsor:  Maureen Hays-Mitchell

Title/Project:  The Relationship Between Environmentalism and Social Justice: How Sustainable Agriculture can Improve Latin America                   

 

Name:  Sam Walker '11    

Sponsor:  Jacob Brenner

Title/Project:  The Science-Practice Interface: A Study of Differential Perceptions of Buffelgrass in the Sonoran Desert of Tucson  Arizona           

 

2009 Summer Undergraduate Research

 

Name:  Jennifer Frenett ’10

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project:  Kelberman Center  

 

Name:  Sarah Hesler ‘09

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Department of Health  

 

Name:  Emily Katz ‘09

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Youth Philanthropy

 

Name:  Leighann Kimber ‘10

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Bankruptcy

 

Name:  Michael Palmer ‘10

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Cornell Cooperative Extension

 

Name:  David Pokorny ‘10

Sponsor: Jessica Graybill/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Geographies of Public Gardens in Utica, NY

 

Name:  Kathlin Ramsdell ‘10

Sponsor: Adam Burnett

Title/Project: Land Cover Changes near Cayuga Lake, New York: Using Lake Sediments to Evaluate Native American Agricultural Influence

 

Name:  Kevin Williams ‘10

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly

Title/Project: CACDA

 

2008 Summer Undergraduate Research

 

Name:  Swetha Peteru ‘08

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project:  Community Foundation of Oneida & Herkimer

 

Name:  Sarah Hesler ‘09

Sponsor:  Jessica Graybill/Upstate Institute

Title/Project:  Greenspace in Utica: a spatial and geographical analysis of urban nature

   

Name:  Samuel Torrey ’09

Sponsor:   Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Central Adirondack Lab for Environmental Studies

 

Name:  Shae Frydenlund ’10

Sponsor: Jessica Graybill

Title/Project:  Ethics of Adventure: Earth Profiteers or Environmental Educators

 

Name:  Trevor Kreznar ’10

Sponsor:  Jessica Graybill

Title/Project:  Ethics of Adventure: Earth Profiteers or Environmental Educators

Name:  Meghan Lawler ‘10

Sponsor:  Danielle Garneau

Title/Project: Sampling Small Mammal Biodiversity within Beech Bark Disease Affected Areas in the Northeastern United States

 

Name:  David Pokorny ’10

Sponsor:  Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: House of the Good Shepherd

 

Name:  Allison Taylor ’10

Sponsor:  Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project:  Madison County Department of Health

 

Name:  Kevin Williams ‘10

Sponsor: Ellen Kraly/Upstate Institute

Title/Project: Cazenovia Preservation Foundation