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.
Theses from 2023
Achieving Stereoselective Control Over the Conjugate Addition of Carbon Nucleophiles to Vinyl Diazoniums, Isabelle E. Petrucci, Chemistry
Spatial Accuracy in Pten/Raptor Double Knockout Mice: Implications for the Underlying Cause and Treatment of Cognitive Impairments in an Animal Model of Autism Spectrum Disorder, Rachel D. Pressman, Neuroscience
Automating Differential Obliviousness in Zero-knowledge Proof Systems, Levi Putman, Computer Science
Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth?: A Study in the Values of Visitors, Horses, and Ecological Management on Assateague Island, Nora K. Ripley-Grant, Environmental Studies
Application of a Multi-sample Carousel Apparatus for Rapid TPS Material Screening in a High Enthalpy Plasma Facility, William P. Robinson, Mechanical Engineering
The Impact of Environmental Factors on Invasive Vinca major Management in the Sonoran Desert, Emma S. Rosenau, Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources
FABRICATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF CARBON FIBER MICROELECTRODES FOR IN VIVO DETECTION OF ACETYLCHOLINE IN RAT HIPPOCAMPI, Anna M. Sellon, Chemistry
The Role of LSD1 and TRβ in Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, Noah M. Smith, Pharmacology
Hiring Discrimination against Transgender Individuals in the US Labor Market, Ivy Stanton, Economics
An Analysis of the Influence of Social Factors on State Level Covid-19 Outcomes in 2020, Olivia Teng, Health and Society
ANALYSES OF THE EFFECTS OF DISRUPTING TALIN-PROTEIN KINASE A INTERACTION ON FOCAL ADHESION MORPHOLOGY AND DYNAMICS, CHEUK YI GEORGIA TSE, DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY
The Effects of News Framing on Hope and Optimism for the Future, Mia Umali, Psychological Science
Enhanced Biofilm Formation Between R. insidiosa and L. monocytogenes, Sophie G. Unger and Matthew J. Wargo, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation as Moderators in the Relationship Between Sexual Shame and Attitudes Toward Casual Sexual Behavior, Rebecca Vanden Bergh, Psychological Sciences
Structural and Functional Analysis of Plasmodium flaciparum Bromodomain Protein 1, Mirabella Vulikh, Biochemistry
An Illustrated Great War, Nicholas H. Wendell, History
The Optimization of Tissue Culture Conditions for the Production of Cultivated Meat, Gabriella Alfaro White, Department of Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
The Value of Metas in Social Deduction Games, Julia Williamson, Philosophy
Three-Dimensional Fractal Analysis of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, William Wright, Electrical and Biomedical Engineering
Use of Artificial Nest Boxes by American Kestrels (Falco sparverius) in Western Vermont, Grace Yaros, Wildlife and Fisheries Biology
Theses from 2022
An Investigation of College Students' Attitudes Towards Immigration to the United States, Holly C. Abrams, Sociology
Attractive Investments: The Impact of CEO Facial Attractiveness on Risky Corporate Policies and Company Risk, Sean W. Anderson, Grossman School of Business
Performance of Political Agroecological Principles at University Farms: Site Assessment of the Horticulture Research and Education Center, Avi H. Bauer, Community Development and Applied Economics
Understanding Risk in a Pandemic: A Qualitative Examination of Risk Perception and Communication During COVID-19, Sara Bostock, Sociology
Examining the in-vitro effect of UNC6934 & BI-9321 alone and in combination with ONC201 on Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma (DIPG) cells, Ross Buchman, Biochemistry