Wellesley Student-Athletes to Present at 2017 Ruhlman Conference
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Twenty-five current Wellesley College student-athletes will present at The 2017 Ruhlman Conference today, Wednesday, April 26, at Wellesley College.
Made possible by the Barbara Peterson Ruhlman Fund for Interdisciplinary Study, 2017 marks the 21st year of The Ruhlman Conference at Wellesley. The Ruhlman Conference is intended to foster collaboration among students and faculty across the disciplines and to enhance the intellectual life of the College. The event will provide an opportunity for students, faculty, staff, friends, family, and alumnae to come together in celebration of student achievement.
More information on The Ruhlman Conference can be found online at: www.wellesley.edu/ruhlman
Wellesley Student-Athletes Presenting at the 2017 Ruhlman Conference:
Clare Auld-Brokish '19 Crew - Does Developmental Pollen Stress Affect the Performance of Inspector Honey Bees?
Emilia Ball '19 Crew - Snapchat @ Wellesley
Kathryn Barth '17 Crew - Using Atomic Force Microscopy to Characterize S. pombe Cell Wall Synthase-Deficient Cells
Emma Brewer-Wallin '18 Fencing - "To Till and Keep": Creating Environmental Paradigms of Dominion and Sustainability from Genesis
Ellie Chalphin '19 Lacrosse - Perspectives from the Freedom Project II: Barriers to Economic and Personal Freedoms in Latin American Authoritarian Regimes
Carina Chen '17 Tennis - Police Body Camera Perspectives, Race, and Aggression
Emma Conrad-Rooney '20 Crew - Trees as Storytellers: Analyzing Tree Rings to Understand Climate in the Past, Present, and Future
Cassandra Cronin '19 Fencing - Perspectives from the Freedom Project V: Clashing Definitions of Freedom and Their Policy Implications
Alysha Cross '17 Soccer - Women Who Will Farm: A Proposal to Cultivate a Sustainable Food System at Wellesley
Jasmine Davis '17 Fencing - HoloMuse: Enhancing Engagement with Archaeological Artifacts through Gesture-Based Interaction with Holograms
Ruby Feng '17 Squash - Videnda: An Exploration of Visual Storytelling
Jenn Harris '19 Track & Field - Bugs and Biodiversity: How Climate Change Is Affecting Arthropods in Northern Hardwood Forests
Rebecca Jennings '17 Swimming and Diving - Singing in the Brain: The Contribution of New Neurons to Behavioral Plasticity in the Zebra Finch Brain
Stephanie Kim '18 Crew - Investigating Cardiac Potassium Channels in a Heterologous System
Maya Muldowney '18 Golf - Time Perception: What Factors Affect Performance on Time Awareness Tasks?
Rhiannon Mulligan '20 Crew - The Selfie in American Life
Samantha Ostenso '19 Volleyball - Perspectives from the Freedom Project II: Barriers to Economic and Personal Freedoms in Latin American Authoritarian Regimes
Kyla Petria '17 Soccer - The Influence of Physical Response on Types of Humor Perception
Emma Scalisi '17 Track & Field - Bugs and Biodiversity: How Climate Change Is Affecting Arthropods in Northern Hardwood Forests
Edie Sharon '17 Cross Country/Track & Field - Hemingway and Elizabeth
Maddie Stern '17 Swimming & Diving - The Economics of Gender and the Family
Caroline Taylor '20 Field Hockey - The Selfie in American Life
Sara Vannah '17 Cross Country/Track & Field - Surfing the Sky with ASTR 206
Sarah Yan '20 Tennis - The Selfie in American Life
Alice Zhou '17 Cross Country/Track & Field - Masses of Gases: Using Inorganic Gas Tracers to Examine Oceanic Processes