ORAL PRESENTATIONS: NOON 1PM 12:00-1:00pm Session 1: A Glimpse - PDF document

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: NOON – 1PM 12:00-1:00pm Session 1: A Glimpse into the Future of Latin America Location: Music Room (McGinley) Oral-101 A Leader and His Legacy: Hugo Chávez and the Fate of the Latin American Left Emily Horihan Oral-102 Educational Initiatives for South-South Development Kevin Daly & Robert Montano Oral-103 Mass Support for LGBT Rights in Argentina and El Salvador Carlos Salazar 12:00-1:00pm Session 2: War and Peace Location: McGinley 234 Oral-201 The Iraq War: Exploring the Effects of a Soldier’s Attitude Kevin Riley Oral-202 A Culture of Peace: Creative Resistance to the People's Republic of China Michael Gallagher Oral-203 “Yes, of course there are problems…” Margaret Thatcher’s Objection to German Reunification and Its Effect Richard Bordelon 12:00-1:00pm Session 3: Big Business of Schooling Location: McGinley 235 Oral-301 Standardized Testing by Numbers: A Look at NYC School Districts Katrina Feldkamp GSB Investing in Charter Schools: How Private Firms Can Make Money in Education Molly Buckley GSB Economic Impact of Collegiate Athletic Scandals Alex Kohn & Matthew Sinise 12:00-1:00pm Session 4: Tapping into H 2 0 Location: McGinley 236 Oral-401 How to Pump Water with PVC, Paint, and a little Patience Seth Bourg, Matthew Kraljic & Shamir Zamirudin Oral-402 Preparation of novel bis-amine based polymers for encapsulating organic pollutants from aqueous environments Eleanor Christenson Oral-403 The Effect of Rooftop Garden Vegetation Composition on Soil Chemical Properties and Rainwater Runoff Kyle Clonan

12:00-1:00pm Session 5: Molecular Architecture Location: McGinley 237 Oral-501 Synthesizing and Characterizing Novel Hyperbranched Polyamide Macromolecules for the Removal of Environmental Pollutants Scott Pomarico Oral-502 Nutraceutical compounds can cause the inactivation of the SRSF3 protein Alexander Minikes 12:00-1:00pm Session 6: Narrative and Mobility Location: Daleo A (Hughes Basement) Oral-601 Sounding Black and Sounding Serious: Moses Hogan's Choral Arrangements of Spirituals Daniel Gibney Oral-602 Western Approaches to Understanding Islam and defining the Orient: From the Medieval Period to the 21st Century. Siam Tooran Oral-603 Flashpackers: A Study of Modern Mobility and Knowledge Production Isabelle Feraudo Oral-604 “It is here the romance of my life began”: The Construction of Frontier Masculinity in Late -Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century America Michael McMenamin 12:00-1:00pm Session 7: Privacy Security and Information Location: Daleo B (Hughes Basement) GSB User Perceptions of Sponsored Posts on Social Media Samantha Timmerman & Jennifer Whitford GSB Online Privacy and Consumer Attitudes Erika Loberg & Cara Luke Oral-701 Attacking the RSA Cryptosystem Andrew Johnston Oral-702 On a Recommendation System Using Informatics and Analytic Methods Charles Skelsey 12:00-1:00pm Session 8: Contemporary Corporate Issues Location: Hughes 313 GSB A Proposal to Change the Corporate Deduction for Employee Stock Compensation Christopher Margiotta GSB Marketing Implications for Benefit Corporations Edward Rapp Oral-801 Do Good Companies Do Better? A Study of Goodwill Daniel Svogun

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: 1PM-2PM 1:00-2:00pm Session 9: Youth in Revolt Location: Music Room (McGinley) Oral-901 Why Bother with School? Russian Student Perceptions of Corruption in the Education and Private Sectors John Turiano Oral-902 City Year and Civic Engagement Rachel Dougherty Oral-903 Protest Potential of American Youth Christopher Morel 1:00-2:00pm Session 10: Creative Tensions Location: McGinley 234 Oral-1001 The Laffer Curve and the Neo-Conservatives: A Theoretical and Political Linkage A Culture of Peace: Creative Resistance to the People's Republic of China Dylan DeMartino Oral-1002 Determinants of Economic Inequality in the United States and Canada Piper Joy Oral-1003 Immigration and Integration in Scandinavia Samuel Sheridan 1:00-2:00pm Session 11: Community Struggles in NYC Location: McGinley 235 Oral-1101 Whose Neighborhood is it Anyway? Neighborhood Control and the Causes of the Crown Heights Riot Matthew Freeze Oral-1102 Roosevelt Island and Four Freedoms Park: the Role of Public Space and Cultural Institutions in Community Carolyn Hart Oral-1103 Predicting Success: The impact of substance abuse on diversion program outcomes in severely mentally ill offenders Jennifer Boland 1:00-2:00pm Session 12: The Many Layers of Fat Location: McGinley 236 Oral-1201 The relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and HIV disease status: A cross-sectional study Katherine Valles Oral-1202 The Effects of Intervention on Weight Loss for Youth with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Thomas Ginch & Nicole Arrato

1:00-2:00pm Session 13: Harmonic Constructions and Mechanisms Location: McGinley 237 Oral-1301 Perturbative Quark Mass Renormalization for Anisotropic Lattices Ariel Fragale Oral-1302 Minimal Surfaces and Harmonic Mappings: Gauss Curvature, Distortion, and the Shear Construction Emily Dinan Oral-1303 Design of Peptide Based Biomimetic Composites as scaffolds for Osteocyte Proliferation and Attachment Joseph Hartnett 1:00-2:00pm Session 14: Music, Film, and Literature Location: Daleo A (Hughes Basement) Oral-1401 "We're a North-South Joint Force, aren't we?": Bak Gwang-hyeon's Allusions to Hayao Miyazaki's Films in Creation of a Fantasy Space in Welcome to Dongmakol Chloe Jenkins Oral-1402 “Defining the Self: Culture, Subjectivity, & Authenticity in the Italian - American Novel.” Joseph Tumolo Oral-1403 The Socialization of the Love Interest in Children’s Animated Mainstream Films Eunice Kim 1:00-2:00pm Session 15: No presentations scheduled Location: Daleo B (Hughes Basement) 1:00-2:00pm Session 16: Financial Regulation Location: Hughes 313 GSB The Impact of Glass-Steagall and its repeal on the Financial System during the past two decades Xinjiao Zhai GSB Post 2008 Financial Crisis Hedge Fund Activism Performance Jakub Kowalski GSB The Effect of the SEC’s Modernization of Oil and Gas Company Disclosures on Stock Prices Katherine Buckle GSB Housing Crisis's Impact on the Banking Sector & Sovereign Debt Crisis: The Case of Spain Krystle Diaz

ORAL PRESENTATIONS: 2PM-3PM 2:00-3:00pm Session 17: Women and Conflict Location: Music Room (McGinley) Oral-1701 A Debilitating Disparity: How the Underrepresentation of Women in Middle East Politics is an Impediment to Development, Peace, and Security Avery Patterson Oral-1702 A Study of Kosovar- Albanian Women’s Socioeconomic Integration Dhurata Osmani Oral-1703 The Inclusion of Women in Peace Processes: Targeting Power Asymmetries in Structural Violence and Gender Inequality Christine Kirby 2:00-3:00pm Session 18: Sleep, Sound, Color: A Background of Behavior Location: McGinley 234 GSB More than Just Noise: Background Music and its Effect on Consumer-Brand Relationships Robert Dallas Oral-1801 Examining Causational Models for Sleep, Stress, Physical Activity and Academic Performance in Adolescents Margaret Dunbar Oral-1802 The Effects of Color within Environment on Cognitive Performance in University Students Nicholas Elides 2:00-3:00pm Session 19: Ethics and the Self Location: McGinley 235 Oral 1901 The Trolley Problem: The Ethical Dilemna of Living Well versus Social Responsibility Matthew Lejeune Oral 1902 My Personal Hell Jonathan O’Neill Oral 1903 American Purity Culture: An Investigative Memoir Rachael Prensner Oral 1904 Understanding Ancient Corinthian Prostitutes through the Lens of Suffering Caitlin Ramiro 2:00-3:00pm Session 20: Monkeys, Turtles, and Penguins Location: McGinley 236 Oral 2001 Self-Directed Behavior in a Captive Group of the Japanese Macaque Leah Ableson & Jessica Liberatore Oral 2002 The Effect of Relocation on Eastern Box Turtle Home Range and Movement Patterns Megan Henriquez Oral 2003 Uropygial Gland Dysfunction in Captive Gentoo and Chinstrap Penguins Jessica Liberatore

2:00-3:00pm Session 21: Biomedical Synthesis and Reaction Location: McGinley 237 Oral-2101 Peptide Amphiphiles as Scaffolds for Chondrocyte Attachment and Proliferation Steve Romanelli Oral-2102 Nanoassemblies for targeting tumorigenic cells Rachel Sortino Oral 2103 Templated Growth of Scaffold Biomaterials for Mammalian Cell Adhesion Grant Knoll Oral 2104 Development of Peptide Assemblies for Wound Healing Giuliano Pinchini 2:00-3:00pm Session 22: No presentations scheduled Location: Daleo A (Hughes Basement) 2:00-3:00pm Session 23: Economics of Food Location: Daleo B (Hughes Basement) Oral-2301 Coca-Cola in South Africa Craig Domeier Oral-2302 The Conundrum of U.S. Food Insecurity Catherine Chiodo Oral-2303 The Politics of Protectionism and Parmesan Cheese: Evaluating Geographical Indication Protection Levels in the World Trade Organization Thomas Merante 2:00-3:00pm Session 24: Financial Utilitarianism Location: Hughes 313 GSB Value Investing and the Post Earnings Announcement Drift Nicholas Belfanti GSB Accounting For Time Value of Money in Depreciation Gabriella Kennedy Oral-2401 Financial Portfolio Optimization Using Combinatorial Fusion Lihan Yao

3:00-4:00pm Session 25 Location: Hughes 313 GSB The Secondary Ticket Market Patrick Cooney GSB Tax Havens James Sheridan