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Muhlenberg College Promotes Filmmaker/Educator
In recognition of scholarly work and excellence in teaching, David Romberg, M.F.A., (Philadelphia, Pa.) has been awarded tenure and promotion to associate professor of media and communication by the college's Board of Trustees this February. Holding a...
Feb 13, 2025, 11:32am EST
Music and Drama
Drawing connections between the musical and dramatic content of 20th century Broadway theater and opera. This research was accomplished by analyzing melody, harmony, rhythm, texture, and other musical aspects, as well as how they compliment the text of...
Dec 8, 2022, 2:44pm EST
REU SINE Program at FAU in Dr. Ning Quan's Lab
Approximately 9.5% of adults suffer from a depressive illness, and about 18% of people have an anxiety disorder. However, one third of these people do not respond to western medicine. Increased inflammation has been found to be the cause of this issue....
Dec 8, 2022, 2:38pm EST
Topic modeling of the letters of Walter Benjamin through natural language processing
To apply multiple natural language processing (NLP) algorithms to the letters of Walter Benjamin. These models are focused on topic modeling. Gathered output data is analyzed and displayed numerically and graphically. Goals to draw correlations from th...
Dec 8, 2022, 2:29pm EST
NSAID Drug Design
Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a rapidly-growing neurodegenerative disease; as of 2017, 5.3 million United States citizens are afflicted with AD, which is estimated to increase to 13+ million individuals by 2050, costing the country over $1 trillion annua...
Dec 8, 2022, 2:18pm EST
Oxytocin in Zebrafish Social Buffering
Previous research has established that as social creatures, both humans and zebrafish (Danio rerio) turn to members of their species in the face of stress. This mitigation of stress response by social cues is a phenomenon called "social buffering." In ...
Dec 8, 2022, 2:12pm EST
Summer Check-In: Attitudes Towards Treatments of Anxiety
The goal of this research project is to assess participants' attitudes towards the use of anxiolytics as well as psychotherapy across various age spans. Rebecca was especially interested in investigating this by looking at fixed and growth mindsets, an...
Oct 25, 2022, 4:47pm EDT
Jon Cohen '25 works for Emsters Paws this summer
Jon Cohen '25 spent his summer working with Emsters Paws, a dog walking/pet sitting service based in the New Rochelle/Larchmont/Mamaroneck area. Jon worked assisting in the supervision and management of eight dogs for an hour at the dog park, about 4-5...
Oct 25, 2022, 4:16pm EDT
Sustainably Cultivate Commonly Foraged Mushrooms
Faith Bugman '24 spent her summer trying to find an easy and entirely sustainable way to grow oyster mushrooms (which are fairly popular). Faith attempted to only use recycled materials, and to harvest my own mushroom spores from a singular mushroom th...
Oct 25, 2022, 3:33pm EDT
Ryan Dratler '24 served as a Summer Youth Employment Counselor
This summer Ryan Dratler '24 served as a Summer Youth Employment Counselor at Newbridge Jobs Plus, a non-profit in Parsippany, New Jersey. Ryan worked with high school students, ages 14 to 18, teaching them pre-proffesional skills that would help them ...
Oct 25, 2022, 3:17pm EDT