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The Embodiment of Death and Life: Artistic Influences on Carlos Saura and Victor Erice in Three Films from Late Francoist Spain
(2017-05-18)In this project I explore how Spanish visual culture (in addition to select works of art from other European nations), especially but not solely Spanish Baroque painting and the works of Francisco Goya, inspired the filmmakers ... -
The Ethics of Innovation in the Medical Device Industry: A Complex Interaction between Multiple Actors and a Search for a Novel Approach
(2014-12-30)Ethics are inexorably linked to innovation and the release of new technology in the medical device industry. This thesis explores the ethical responsibilities of the actors within the industry, and questions the effectiveness ... -
The Evolution of Chimpanzee Sanctuaries in the United States
(2016-08-24)Chimpanzees are native only to the jungles of equatorial Africa, but for the last hundred years, they have also lived in captivity in the United States, most commonly in biomedical research laboratories, but also at Air ... -
The Family Business: A Genealogy and Mythology of My Family at War
(2014)The Family Business is a series of first-person creative nonfiction stories exploring the genealogy and mythology of my family’s multigenerational history of war. I trace the genesis of my family’s warrior ethos from medieval ... -
The Future of Mobile Social Media in China: Empower or Control
(2014)This project explores the battle on social media platforms between the Chinese government and ordinary Chinese people regarding individual interests. I use Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, to study the political ... -
The Gift of Life: Understanding Organ Donation and Gift Exchange through Literature
(2018-01-12)My training as a transplant surgeon included intensive education about the anatomy and physiology that makes transplantation feasible, but we rarely examined the act that makes transplantation possible: organ donation. ... -
The Golden Relationships: An Exploration of Fibonacci Numbers and Phi
(2017-04-25)The Greek letter Ø (Phi), represents one of the most mysterious numbers (1.618…) known to humankind. Historical reverence for Ø led to the monikers “The Golden Number” or “The Devine Proportion”. This simple, yet enigmatic ... -
The Hunt for the Battle of Anghiari: Can You Value One Artist Over Another?
(2018-05-07)In 1503, Florentine art master Leonardo da Vinci received the commission from Gonfaloniere Piero Soderini to depict the Florentine victory at Anghiari. The Battle of Anghiari gave Florence control over central Italy during ... -
The Intellectuals in Northern China and The Abolition of the Civil Service Examinations: Minds and Identities
(2015-10-20)In order to understand the impact of the abolition of the civil service examinations, I examine the lives of Chinese intellectuals during 1895-1910. I investigate their behaviors, emotions, and living environment, and ... -
The Nature of Roads
(2017-05-09)Recognizing paved roads in the U.S. as an intersection between humans and other living things can contribute to new ways of relating to the world around us. While engineering capabilities can accomplish feats that increase ... -
The New College Athletics Media Packages and the Effect on Title IX
(2014-12-30)In this paper I examine gender equity in collegiate athletics and specifically the impact of the recent explosion in the amount of money flowing to colleges and universities from new media contracts and the effect that money ... -
The Origin of the Curaçao Sephardim and The Bond which Held the Diaspora Together
(2016-02-23)The Origin of the Curaçao Sephardim and the Bond Which Held the Diaspora Together explores two main questions regarding the Jewish Diaspora of Curaçao, "Where did the Jews of Curaçao originate from?" and "How did this diaspora, ... -
The Outlook for Independent College Media
(2014)This project investigates the future of college media organizations that are financially independent from their universities. I started my research by crafting a blog (College Media Today+) to interact with other college ... -
The Rebirth of a Medieval Pilgrimage Route: A Study of the Modern-day Via Francigena Pilgrims
(2018-08-03)Today, the long-neglected Via Francigena, a 1,180-mile medieval pilgrimage route between Canterbury, England, and Rome, is attracting an increasing number of 21st-century visitors. Between the 4th and 16th centuries, streams ... -
The Reframing of Black America: The Portrayal of African Americans in American Television Crime Dramas
(2017-04-24)Crime dramas are one of the most popular genres in film and television history. For over 100 years, American audiences have watched depictions of the conflicts that occur between cops and bad guys, and sometimes between ... -
The Relationship Between Education and Politics in North Carolina: A Historical Perspective
(2019-06-08)My motivation for writing this paper is based on a twenty-five-year observation of the decline of North Carolina’s public school system. I witnessed an aggressive and reactionary North Carolina state legislature reducing ... -
The Role of an Agriculture Association in the Well-Being of Women Farmers in Southern Chile
(2014)This case study based paper throws light on the role played by a Chilean agriculture association in the wellbeing of its women members. It takes a documentary approach and is based on comparative research and first person ... -
The Roots of Jazz in North Carolina
(2014)Several of the most influential jazz artists of the 20th century were born or raised in North Carolina, including Thelonious Monk, Max Roach, John Coltrane, Nina Simone, and Lou Donaldson. But North Carolina isn’t known ... -
The Search for Stability and the Inevitability of Change in the Writings and Life of Hermann Hesse
(2017-12-13)How can human beings, whose main characteristic is to change constantly, find stability or internal stillness? This is a question that concerned Hermann Hesse his whole life. His answer to this question of stability itself ... -
The Statues Speak: Political Rhetoric in the Sculpture of Orsanmichele
(2015-04-28)*Designated as an Exemplary Master's Project for 2014-15*Orsanmichele was an important civic center in Renaissance Florence, dedicated to a series of miracle-producing images of the Virgin Mary. The guilds of Florence were ...
