Journal of Undergraduate Research (jur), Volume 1, Issue 1, Fall 2002

The Journal of Undergraduate Research (JUR) is an organization dedicated to providing the University of Rochester student body with intellectual perspectives from various academic disciplines. JUR serves as a forum for the presentation of original research, thereby encouraging the pursuit of significant scholarly endeavors.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction by Dr. Debrework Zewdie.
• Faculty interview with Dr. Jennifer Williams Brown, Department of Music
• A Cycle of Identity: W.D. Snograss’ pseudonym S.S. Gardons by Catherine Egan, advised by William Lavigne.
• Studies of Emotion: A Theoretical and Emperical (sic) Review of Psychophysiological Studies of Emotion by Christopher P. Niemic, advised by Kirk Warren Brown, Ph.D.
• Integrating the Incompatible: The Rise of the Incorporated Immune System by Sahand Boorboor, advised by Theodore Brown, Ph.D.
• Organic Light Emitting Diodes: Developing Chemicals to Light the Future by Zachary T. Tonzetich, advised by Richard Eisenberg, Ph.D.
• Explanations Matter: The Interplay Between Family Instability, Parental Communication Patterns, and Preschool Children’s Family Representations by Sara C. Meyer, advised Patrick Davies, Ph.D.
• Utechka Umov: The History, Implications, and Solutions concerning Russia’s Post–Soviet Brain Drain by Erik Volz advised, by John Givens, Ph.D.
• Protein Folding Explored: An Analysis of OspA Central β-­Sheet Mutants by Jonathan H. Smith, advised by Shohei Koide, Ph.D.