Wellesley Student-Athletes Present At 22nd Annual Ruhlman Conference
WELLESLEY, Mass. -- Twenty-six Wellesley College student-athletes will present at the 2018 Ruhlman Conference on, Wednesday, May 2, at Wellesley College.
Made possible by the Barbara Peterson Ruhlman Fund for Interdisciplinary Study, 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. Presentations regarding Humanities, Science & Technology, and Social Science will be held in the Founders Hall, Green Hall, Pendleton Hall, Jewett, Collins Cinema, and Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall Auditorium.
More information on The Ruhlman Conference can be found online at: www.wellesley.edu/ruhlman
Wellesley Student-Athletes Presenting at the 2018 Ruhlman Conference:
Lane Arkangel '21, Basketball - Exploring the Selfe in Contemporary Culture (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Meg Babikian '18, Crew - Economic Analysis of Healthcare Policy (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Emma Brewer-Wallin '18, Fencing - "We are Lonesome for Our Land": The Settler Colonialist Use of Exodus in the Diné Long Walk
Catherine Chen '19, Track & Field - Artifcial Intelligence: From Fiction to Reality (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Zubyn D'Costa '20, Swimming & Diving - Geohealth: Understanding Human and Natural System Interactions to Identify Sustainable Management Practices (Interactive Teaching Presentation)
Audrey Ellis '18, Crew - Self-Esteem and the Twice Exceptional: Interactions Between Attention Defcit Hyperactivity Disorder and Intellectual Giftedness
Yuriko Fukumura '19, Track & Field - Exploring the Relationship Between the Innate Immune System and Adult Neurogenesis in the Crayfsh (Procambarus Clarkii) Brain (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Alex Klufas '18, Crew - Assessing the Tsunami Hazard of Northern Haiti—A Proposal for a Pilot Field Study (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Jenn Harris '19, Track & Field - Geohealth: Understanding Human and Natural System Interactions to Identify Sustainable Management Practices (Interactive Teaching Presentation)
Keiko Hilmo '20, Cross Country/Track & Field - Girls' Generation? A Linguistic Analysis of Gender Representation in Modern South Korean Media (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Olivia Holbrook '20, Crew - Sex, Aging, Metabolism, and Behavior: Lessons from the Microscopic Worm C. Elegans (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Molly Hoyer '18, Crew - Tongues of Eve: The Politics of Language in Postcolonial Algerian Literature
Stephanie Kim '18, Crew - Don't Change the Channel: Investigating Transport Proteins Implicated in Human Health and Disease (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Isabella King '18, Cross Country/Track & Field - Gallery Talk: A Conversation with the Studio Art Thesis Students (Exhibition)
Katie Livingston '19, Crew - We-cycle: A Systems Approach to Improving Recycling Practices at Wellesley College (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Kendall You Mak '20, Soccer, Basketball, Lacrosse - Assessing the Tsunami Hazard of Northern Haiti—A Proposal for a Pilot Field Study (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Zoe Matticks '18, Soccer - Modern Sickness: Addressing Issues in American Healthcare (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Maya Muldowney '18, Golf - Sex, Aging, Metabolism, and Behavior: Lessons from the Microscopic Worm C. Elegans (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Georgia Oppenheim '20, Crew - Archaeology at Wellesley: Sticks, Stones, and Bones (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Jocelyn Reahl '19, Crew - Exploring the Final Frontier: Astronomy and Planetary Science Research at Lowell Observatory (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Abigail Schleichkorn '21, Tennis - The Impact of the Selfe in American Life (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Hannah Schmidt '18, Fencing - Experimental and Computational Approaches to Understanding Histone-Derived Antimicrobial Peptide Structure-Function Relationships (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Leilani Stacy '18, Track & Field - Sed Ministrare: Building the Ministrare Council from the Ground Up (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Maura Sticco-Ivins '18, Swimming & Diving - Don't Change the Channel: Investigating Transport Proteins Implicated in Human Health and Disease (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Olivia Strobl '19, Lacrosse - Artifcial Intelligence: From Fiction to Reality (Preformed Panel Discussion)
Bella Virgilio '20, Volleyball - ARtLens: Augmenting the Museum Experience
Wellesley Athletics strives for excellence at the conference, regional, and national levels, while providing opportunities for students to achieve their potential and learn the values of discipline, leadership, critical thinking, and responsibility to oneself and others.