Students who fulfill all the requirements of the Honors College, including successfully completing a senior thesis or project, earn the special distinction of graduating as an Honors College Scholar. This distinction is noted on student transcripts and the designation of Honors College Scholar is conferred at UVM's commencement ceremony.

The following is a collection of theses submitted by Honors College Scholars.

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Theses from 2024

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The Effects of Axial Loading on Real-World Ambulation in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: A Pilot Study, Natalie Lloyd, Susan Kasser, and Michael VanNostrand, Rehabilitation and Movement Sciences

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Climate Change and Shrinkage of Small Mammals: Are Rodents Smaller Than They Were 100 Years Ago?, Sydney N. Madera, Animal Science

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Thyroid Hormone Receptor Beta Competes with Estrogen Receptor Alpha to Regulate the Transcriptome in ER+ Breast Cancer Cells, Sydney A. McFarland, Biochemistry

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Space-use Patterns of Free-Ranging Domestic Dogs in a Complex Agroecosystem in Central India: Implications for Wildlife Conservation, Soham P. Mehta, Abhijeet Kulkarni, James D. Murdoch, and Abi T. Vanak, Wildlife & Fisheries Biology

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Forecasting the Outcome of NFL Playoff Games: A Regression Analysis, Jack Pierpont Morgan V, Mathematics and Statistics

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Designing an Alginate Hydrogel Wound Dressing for Biofilm Infection Management, Margaret (Maisie) Moses, Biomedical Engineering

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Investigation of the Use of an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle to Deploy and Retrieve Ground-Based Landslide Monitoring Sensors, Luca Mossman, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Perspectives of the Role of the End-of-Life Doula, Sophie R. O'Neil, Nursing

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Using Top Grafting to Manage Endemic Fire blight Infection in Apple Trees at UVM Horticulture Research and Education Center, Ethan J. Pezzini, Plant and Soil Science

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Aisha bin Abu Bakr: A Discourse Analysis of Social Media Constructions, Margaret Pierce, History

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The Torrijos-Carter Treaties: Panamanian Sovereignty and United States Neocolonialism in Cold War Panama, Emma C. Regan, History Department

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Whole Genome Sequencing Identifies Exotoxin and Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Staphylococcus aureus from Maine Dairy Farms, Elisabeth Roadcap, Anne Lichtenwalner, Brenda Kennedy-Wade, Gloria Adjapong, Ashma Chakrawarti, Felipe Machado de Sant' Anna, and John W. Barlow, Animal and Veterinary Sciences

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The Impact of Female Role Models on the Retention of Women in Computer Science, Anja Bella Laetitia Samsom, Computer Science

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"Teaching for Equity": Examining How Northeastern Educators Integrate and Affirm the Cultural Assets of Their Students, Sarah Sarrouf, College of Education and Social Services (CESS)

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Exploring US National and Vermont Emergency Medical Services: Slower and Lower Rural Care, Brandon S. Schoenfeld, Department of Geography and Geosciences

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The Effect of the 2008 Financial Crisis on Bosnian Households, Tin Skoric, Economics

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Student attitudes about cultural humility within nursing curriculum: A survey of undergraduate nursing students at a Northeastern University, Kacia Smith, College of Nursing

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Discussing the influence of racial/ethnic college identity groups on Asian transracial, transnational adoptee racial/ethnic identity development, Sophia Y. Stampalia, School of Nursing

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CEO Compensation and Performance in Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Sam Thompson, Finance

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Small but Mighty: Utilization of Macroinvertebrates as Indicator Species of Stream Health Across Different Land Use Areas in Vermont, Maya Thomson, Biology

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Comparing Ambient Air Quality Emission Concentrations to Emission Densities from On-Road Vehicle Pollution, Niki Tier, Civil and Environmental Engineering

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Transcriptomic Dysregulation in Rodent Models of ADHD and Substance Use Suggests Shared Neural Mechanisms, Sarah Van Horn, Heather Driscoll, and Donna Toufexis, Neuroscience

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The Unique Associations Between ADHD Symptoms and Children’s School Readiness in a Preschool Sample, Greta Vecsey, Psychological Science

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Racially Polarized Voting Analysis: Ecological Inference Applied to the 2022 Midterms in Georgia, Hannah E. Warn, Mathematics

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First Meals and Last Meals: Vehicles of Food Meaning, Sophie E. Warth, Anthropology