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Comparing Media Literacy of Adolescents and College Students College of Staten Island 2018 Symposium John Jay College Tuesday, July 24 Welcome to the fourth annual CUNY Research Scholars symposium! The CUNY Research Scholars Program funds research scholarships for associate degree students at all of CUNY’s community colleges as well as the three comprehensive schools: College of Staten Island, Medgar Evers College, and the New York City College of Technology. More than 800 students have participated in the Research Scholars Program over the past four years. Many have graduated and transferred to other CUNY schools and beyond, including Columbia University, Cornell, and MIT. The New York City Mayor’s office funds the program and we are especially grateful to Mayor Bill de Blasio for his generous support. So why engage in research? Our assessment of the program has shown that the Research Scholars Program benefits students and faculty alike. In conversations, focus groups and surveys, we have learned that CRSP leads students to feel more connected to their college and their discipline. Much of the credit for these benefits is due to the faculty mentors who work with the students throughout the academic year and summer. It is the mentors who help students to develop scientific skills and knowledge, self-confidence, oral presentation skills and persistence in the face of obstacles. Our faculty mentors have told us that the program has enhanced the research culture at their schools and we are very proud of that! The success of the program relies on our college-based directors (listed on page iii). The directors facilitate every aspect of the program. They recruit faculty and students. They organize high quality bi-weekly programming including workshops on abstract writing, public speaking and poster presenting. This year’s symposium features a career development workshop in technology and urban sustainability - fields that offer many jobs in the New York City area. Strengthening the connection between the CRSP experience and success beyond college in the workforce is a goal of our program. Engaging in research as an undergraduate provides many skills that are important for the workplace, including critical thinking, teamwork and persistence. We hope that you find the new workforce development seminars illuminating. Finally, we love hearing from you. We will distribute surveys during the day. They are voluntary and anonymous, so tell us what you really think! Ron J. Nerio PhD Avrom J. Caplan PhD Co-Directors, CUNY Research Scholars Program July 2018 i Program All events are in Room L-63, except where noted: 9:00 – 9:30 A.M. Registration, Breakfast 9:30 – 9:45 A.M. Vita Rabinowitz, Ph.D. Opening Remarks Interim Chancellor 9:45 – 10:30 A.M. Patrizia Casaccia, Ph.D. Keynote address: How Advanced Science Research Center progenitors in the brain sense the environment 10:30 -11:30 A.M. Oral Presentations Session 1 BMCC, CSI, Medgar Evers, NYCCT, QCC 11:30 - 12:30 P.M. Poster Presentations (Hound’s Square) Session A BMCC, CSI, Medgar Evers, NYCCT, QCC 12:30 - 1:15 P.M. Lunch (Student Dining Commons) 1:15 – 2:45 P.M. Career Development Workshop Tria Case Urban Sustainability and Energy Management Nikki Evans and Beth Spektor Careers in Technology 2:45 – 3:45 P.M. Oral Presentations Session 2 BCC, Guttman, Hostos, KBCC, LAGCC 3:45 – 4:45 P.M. Poster Presentations (Hound’s Square) Session B BCC, Guttman, Hostos, KBCC, LAGCC 4:45 – 5:00 P.M. Presentation of Awards Please see page 86 for a selected list of 2017-2018 CRSP publications, scholarships and other recognitions iii LIST OF COLLEGE-BASED CRSP DIRECTORS Borough of Manhattan Community Alona Bach College (BMCC) Bronx Community College (BCC) Katherine Acevedo-Coppa College of Staten Island (CSI) Alfred Levine and Maria Ivanova Guttman Community College Chulsung Kim Hostos Community College Felix Cardona Kingsborough Community College Deborah Berhanu (KBCC) LaGuardia Community College Allyson Sheffield (LAGCC) Medgar Evers College Mohsin Patwary New York City College of Hamid Norouzi Technology (NYCCT) Queensborough Community College Sharon Lall-Ramnarine (QCC) iv Student Oral Presentations College Title Student Mentor Session 1 BMCC Bioactivity of the Medicinal Plant Ilyasse Alexander Lippia Multiflora Against Oxidative Benezha Gosslau Stress and Inflammation CSI Synaptic Deficit in Alzheimer’s Disease: Izabella Alejandra Is Abnormal Tau the Culprit? Beniaminova Alonso Medgar Evers Quantification of Heavey Metals at Semika Christopher Medgar Evers College’s Campus Burnette Boxe Potable Water System NYCCT Implementation of an Assistive Jannat Hoque, Ohbong Technology Mobile Robot Joycephinne Li Kwon and and Jannatul Farrukh Zia Mahdi QCC Impact of Molecular Length on Jiayi Xue Sujun Wei Oligocarbazole Single Molecule Wires Session 2 BCC On Bidegree Sequences of Directed William Nikolaos Trees Meyers Apostolakis Guttman A Virtual Information Assistant for the Miguel Jinzhong Niu CUNY Guttman Community College Vignoni Using Amazing Alexa Hostos Concrete Inspection Using Deep Miguel Febriel Biao Jiang Learning and Melissa Souffront KBCC Shrimp Vaccination Jessica Zhao Sarwar Jahangir LAGCC The Effects of Environmental Lorraine Thomas Toxicant, Bisphenol A, on Cultural Haddad Onorato and Ovarian Cells from the Sea Star, Patria Ingred Veras Miniata v Poster Abstracts Session A Borough of Manhattan Community College 1 College of Staten Island 12 Medgar Evers College 18 New York City College of Technology 23 Queensborough Community College 34 Session B Bronx Community College 49 Guttman Community College 54 Hostos Community College 58 Kingsborough Community College 63 LaGuardia Community College 73 CRSP Transfer Program at Queens College 83 vi STUDENT PRESENTERS Name (First) Name (Last) College Poster Page Saleha Abbasi BMCC A1 1 Afsana Abdul Rahim LAGCC B57 73 Aldrin Ador LAGCC B74 81 Ali Ahmed CSI A37 17 Haithm Alhashdi Hostos B23 58 Nikita Alim QCC A89 41 Elan Anderson Hostos B24, B29 58, 60 Kypros Andruanou QCC A74 34 Vimal Arora MEC A45 20 Aleksandra Artyfikiewicz BMCC A2 1 Jennifer Avila-Sanchez CSI A26 12 Cody Barshaba CSI A27 12 Chetan Basnet LAGCC B58 74 Hala Basyouni CSI A38 17 Eugenia Beache MEC A41 18 Ilyasse Benezha BMCC A3 1 Izabella Beniaminova CSI A28 13 Raziel Benreuben Hostos B25 58 Oscar Bermudes QCC A75 35 Elayne Blancas Hostos B25 58 Gabrielle Blevins Guttman B13 54 Aaron Blumenthal KBCC B36 63 Alejandro Bonilla LAGCC B59 74 Enmanuel Brito Guttman B14 54 Semika Burnette MEC A42 19 Alison Castillo Hostos B34 62 Estrella Cazares LAGCC B64 76 Clover Chambers MEC A43 20 Anns Charles NYCCT A50 23 Zhuoquan Chen BMCC A4 2 Biling Chen QCC A92 43 Yanyan Chen QCC A76 35 Lev Chesnov NYCCT A51 24 Jian Wen Choong LAGCC B60 75 Mobin Uddin Chowdhury CSI A29 13 Ashley Civil KBCC B37 63 Hector Colon Hostos B26 59 Adolfo Coyotl Queens B79 83 Torrell Daw Guttman B15 55 vii Name (First) Name (Last) College Poster Page Towana De Jesus Hostos B25 58 Joshua Delapenha KBCC B50 70 Eric Deokie QCC A77 36 Islande Derazin MEC A44 20 Lamanara Diallo BMCC A10 5 Thierno Diallo Hostos B27 59 Nicole Diaz BCC B1 49 Demba Diop NYCCT A51 24 Wenshu Dong QCC A78 36 Paulin Tiburce Dongomale BCC B1 49 Andrei Dragutan LAGCC B70 80 Fatumata Dukuray MEC A45 20 Crystal Dunkley KBCC B38 64 Shaina Durand QCC A79 37 Lynese Edwards NYCCT A52 24 Marawan Elzoeiry BMCC A5 3 Gariele Emeran QCC A80 37 Delfino Enriquez Torres LAGCC B61 75 Keneil Fearon Hostos B27 59 Miguel Febriel Hostos B28 60 Marla Feliciano LAGCC B62 76 Eddit Fernandez QCC A93 43 Miguel Fernandez QCC A75, A81 35, 37 Luis Filgueria LAGCC B68 79 Victoria Fischer CSI A30 14 Daniela Forrest BCC B2 49 Calvin Francis Hostos B24, B29 58, 60 Astrid Frank NYCCT A53 25 Tianren Fu QCC A103 47 Anjali Gaba QCC A82 38 Jay Gadsden BMCC A6 3 Mariel Galindo Guttman B16 55 Chethana Gallage Dona LAGCC B63 76 Harpreet Gaur NYCCT A54 25 Edna Georges KBCC B39, B48 64, 69 Marina Ghobrial CSI A31 14 Brian Gil BCC B3 50 Nirmela Govinda LAGCC B64 77 Nicole Guzman CSI A32 15 Willmar Guzman Ulloa BCC B4 50 Lorraine Haddad LAGCC B65 77 Cleavon Harris KBCC B40 65 viii Name (First) Name (Last) College Poster Page Natalia Harrow LAGCC B66 77 Tina He LAGCC B67 78 Thalia Herrera BMCC A7 4 Nicholas Herrera LAGCC B68 79 Monique Hinkson MEC A43 20 Yuliia Hlamazdenko KBCC B41 65 Jannat Hoque NYCCT A55 26 Kwok Ching Hui NYCCT A56 26 Danny Hurtado KBCC B42 66 Afolabi Ibitoye NYCCT A57 26 Arafate Idohou Hostos B30 60 Koyuki Inoue KBCC B43 66 MD Zahirul Islam CSI A33 15 Mohosina Islam Hostos B23 58 Jonelle Jackman MEC A46 21 Kareem Jackson NYCCT A58 27 Abdulai Jalloh BMCC A8 4 Shaiku Jalloh BMCC A3 1 Moiselena Jeanlouis KBCC B44, B56 67, 73 Wen Jie Long NYCCT A69 32 Latoya Jones MEC A47 21 Ralph Joseph CSI A38 17 Hamidou kabore Hostos B31 61 Oumarou Kafando Hostos B35 62 Faith Kakshak NYCCT A59 28 Inzamamdeen Kassim Hostos B31 61 Khushpreet Kaur QCC A83 38 Jaswinder Kaur Queens B80 84 Dinara Khashimova KBCC B45 67 Katherine Kim QCC A84 39 Gabriela Kimanyen BMCC A9 4 Bohdan Klotska BMCC A10 5 Swimi Kolancheril Hostos B24, B29 58, 60 Naida Koura Mola BCC B5 50 Genevieve Kwanimaa BCC B11 53 Brenda Lagares BMCC A9 4 Sanjib Lamichhane LAGCC B69 79 Qing Lan BMCC A11 5 Marino Laurent KBCC B46 68 Taeho Lee QCC A85 39 Rachel Li NYCCT A60 28 A55, A61, Joycephine Li NYCCT 26, 28, 29 A63 ix Name (First) Name (Last) College Poster Page Fei Li QCC A86, A87 40 Gaozhen Li QCC A75 35 Jiahua Liao BMCC A12 5 Yuqing Lin LAGCC B66 77 Richard Lin NYCCT A62 29 Francisco Lopez Hostos B33 61 Andrew Lugo KBCC B47 68 Shuai Ma QCC A92 43 Jannatul Mahdi NYCCT A55, A61, 26, 28, 29 A63 Mohammad Mansour CSI
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