SSURF STUDENTS

Student Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships

This highly competitive award is given to students for their research or creative activity proposal. 

Students, along with their WSU faculty mentors, undertook an intense 10-week summer research program at Westfield State University to explore their proposed projects.

In addition, students participated in professional development workshops, group meetings, discussions, outings, assessments, presentations, and engaged with the Urban Education Summer Bridge Program.  

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Applications for the 2021 SSuRF Program will be posted on the CURCA Webpage 

Personality Traits and Health Insurance Plan Attributes: An Economic Choice Experiment

MADISON CZERNIAWSKI '21

MAJOR: ECONOMICS 

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FACULTY SPONSOR: PROFESSOR HILLARY SACKETT-TAYLOR, ECONOMICS & MANAGEMENT

FACULTY SPONSOR: PROFESSOR ALINA GROSS, REGIONAL PLANNING

OLIVIA R. HOUDE '22

MAJOR: GEOGRAPHY, PLANNING, AND SUSTAINABILITY

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Greening the University Campus: Recommendations for New Student Orientation

This project aimed at creating recommendations for the New Student Orientation (NSO) staff as to how they could present the topic of sustainability at NSO. The recommendations are based off of responses from interviews that were held with orientation staff from other colleges and universities that introduce students to sustainability at their orientation.

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and their Degradation Products: Detection and Remediation Strategies for Afflicted Communities.

A video overview of the research I performed over the summer with Professor Acevedo regarding the chemical pollution of the Housatonic and remedial strategies thereof. This includes a brief history of the issue, a brief analysis of some remedial options, and my conclusions as to the efficacy of the proposed solution.

Embodiment Theory Explained