Emily Hartung and Wendy Birmingham, Psychology Introduction Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the United States, yet many people are not aware of their own personal familial risk. This may be especially true in younger individuals in the population. According to the American Cancer Society, over 1.5 million Americans will be diagnosed […]
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“Never in History did Ill-Breeding Contribute So Much Towards the Dissolution of Empire”: Cultural Attitudes in A Passage to India
Leigh Meister (Hunsaker) and Dr. Francesca Lawson, Humanities, Classics, & Comparative Literature I can honestly say that this ORCA-sponsored research has turned out to be one of the most valuable aspects of my undergraduate career. While several elements of my finished project did not meet my initial expectations, this research opportunity taught me to be […]
The Accessions of Jane, Mary, and Elizabeth: Redefining Royal, Religious, and Sexual Power in History and Literature
Averyl Dietering and Dr. Brandie Siegfried, English Department The object of my ORCA grant project was to show the changing views toward royalty/power, religion, and gender which occurred in English culture and literature as direct results of the reigns of Lady Jane Grey, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. I focused specifically on the accessions of […]
Prey Life History Variation Across a Predation Gradient
Matthew Baker and Dr. Mark Belk, Zoology Research exploring the effects of predation on life history evolution has focused almost exclusively on geographically disjunct populations subjected to discrete differences in mortality. Sampling only the ends of a predation continuum left to guess how prey life histories in the live bearing fish Brachyrhaphis rhabdopora vary by […]
GENETICS AND HISTORY SURROUNDING CHACHAPOYAS, PERU
Joel E. Myres, Department of Anthropology Anthropologists studying human diversity and distribution have long recognized that humans are the recipients of two major informational systems; one cultural and the other biological. Both these components of human diversity are inherited by organisms, be they individuals or populations, across spatial and temporal realms, and retain the ability […]
The History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Mozambique
Partick C. J. Tedjamulia and Dr. E. Dale LeBaron, Church History & Doctrine The people of Mozambique did not wait for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to determine the appropriate time to enter their country, the early Mozambican pioneers paved the way and called in the troops. When the first full-time missionaries […]
Two Competing Visions of Education during the Early History of the Medieval University
Joni Poppitz Stimpson and Dr. Eric Dursteler, History Last December, I proposed to the ORCA scholarship committee to study the origins of the medieval university. A semester earlier I had completed a History 490 paper which had broadly dealt with the history of the early university. The conclusion of that paper identified a central conflict […]
The Samara Mormons of Russia: An Accident of History
James W. Scott and Dr. Gary Browning, Germanic and Slavic Languages The discovery of Russian sectarians popularly known as Mormons has generated great interest among missionaries and members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in recent years, and several informative articles have appeared on the subject.1 This article summarizes my findings from […]
The Relationship Between the Family Leisure Involvement of Families with a History of Divorce and Families without a History of Divorce
Jennifer M Harris, Ramon Zabriskie and Dr. Brian Hill, Recreation Management and Youth Leadership When President Hinckley introduced The Family: A Proclamation to the World, he explained why such emphasis on the importance of the family was needed: “The family is under attack. All across the world families are falling apart. The place to begin […]
Huff Family History Research
Emily Wilbur and Dr. Kathryn M Daynes, History In the genealogical field, researchers often use the work of others to compliment and advance their own research. Published family histories are an important and major source for gathering compiled data. Before original sources are consulted, published genealogies should be reviewed to glean relevant information on the […]