Spells, Tragedy, and Love: Impacts of Epicurean Philosophy in the Eighteenth Century by Sara Boudreaux
Snake Pills and Angry Tennyson: A Deep Dive into the Advertising Network within Charles Dickens’ Dombey and Son by Mia Colangelo
An Essay Towards a Real Character and a Philosophical Language: The Rise and Fall of Languages by Michael Farmer
Doodling on the Word of God: Marks of Use in a 1589 Breeches Bible by Liam Gajewski
“Orlando Furioso”: the Poems that Needed to be Censored by Alexa Gomez
Exploring the Significance of Old Books: A Case Study of "The Knightly Tales of Golagrus and Gawane, and Other Ancient Poems" by Hana Hassan
Rambam’s Mishneh Torah and it’s Survival from Hand to Hand by Tziporah Isler
The Controversies of Specimens of Oriental Manuscripts by Qian Jiang
The Survey of London and Cultural Preservation Through Disaster by Justin Kalbaugh
Shuttered Perspectives: Censorship of Photography During World War I by Jesse Schiff
From the Discard Pile to Special Collections: How Book Collectors Shape Today’s Information by Aeryn Zahn
Is Buying This Book Heresy? by Anna Zhou
Debating Basic Income
Huey Long and “Share Our Wealth”: Impactful or Forgetful? by Angelica Aparicio*
No Strings Attached? The Benefits of Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Development vs. a Universal Basic Income by Maria Fernanda and Assaf Mattei
Supporting Americans with Disabilities: UBI vs Targeted Benefits Programs by Benjamin Ayertey
Universal Basic Income on the Left: Exploring Political and Theoretical Perspectives by Tyler Brechner
Basic Income and the Political Right by Jason Cohen
“With the BIG we never had to suffer, but now we are suffering.” Examining the Aftermath of Namibia's Basic Income Grant by Halina de Jong-Lambert
Guaranteed Income’s Centrality to Black Economic Empowerment by Miles Genkin
Would Basic Income Reduce Worker Motivation? A Review of the Evidence by Evan Gleason
On Earth As It Is In Heaven? Toward a History of Catholicism and Universal Basic Income by Brendan Heaney
Downstream Effects of UBI through Childcare and Education by Joy Huang*
How Would a Basic Income Affect US Elections? by Spencer Jacobs
Would an Enlargement and Refocused Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) be More Effective in Improving Health Outcomes Than a Universal Basic Income (UBI)? by Michael Kantrowitz
Assessing the Educational Impact of a UBI vs the Nordic Model in NY State by Darina Keshtova
How California Can Create a Sovereign Wealth Fund to Support a Basic Income by Chendur Khary
Negative Income Tax: An Answer to Public Sector Inefficiency in Developing Countries by Daniel Kovan
Barriers to SNAP Participation: A Case Study of Broome County by Kaelem Michel
Tolstoy and the Single-Tax Movement: Tracking the Later Fiction's Political Impact by Laura Nothstine
Ensuring Equity: Investigation Of The Impact Of A Guaranteed Annual Income On The Homeless Population Of Binghamton by Liam Spiro
The Link Between Financial Insecurity and Crime: Would a UBI Help? by Susanna Wang
Empathy, Ethics, and Society
Why Do We Delight in Celebrity Misfortune? by Caitlin Chan
How Federal Law Assess Animal Pain: The Case of Lab Animals by Ellie Cukor
AI as a Replacement for Human Social Interaction: The Case of Character.ai by Emma Flores
Empathy for Caregivers: Analyzing the Significance of an Overlooked Clinical Relationship by Maya Fogel
The Absence of Outgroup Empathy in US Border Enforcement Rhetoric by Benjamin Goldstein
How Sympathy Lost its Luster: A Linguistic and Cultural Review by Zona Huang
How Prosocial Video Games Improve Empathy by Connor Hufnagel*
On Grooming: Fostering Selective Empathy Through Language in American Conservative Media by Alexander Jordan
Can Empathetic Portrayals of Substance Use Combat Stigma? A Comparative Analysis by Karly Kephart
Cognitive vs. Affective Empathy in Education: Associations with Student Engagement, Perceived Learning, and Teacher-Student Relationship Quality by Adam Lee
Family Acceptance of LGBT Youths in Media and Parasocial Empathy by Haille Mark
Spooky Psychology: The Therapeutics and Ethics of Horror by Shaelyn McGowan*
Investigating the Impact of Parenting Styles on Empathetic Development by Rachel Melamed
How Does Animation Elicit Viewer Empathy? by William Pyun
The Sympathetic Sublime: The Unknown and the Universal in the Poetry of William Wordsworth by Aidan Raudenbush
Serving the Other: Levinasian Alterity and a Reconceptualization of Volunteer Ethics by Cade Schafer
Does Fiction Make Us More Empathetic? Psychological, Literary, and Philosophical Perspectives by Cooper Sherman
Who Cares?: Exploring Empathy with Sofia Sinta by Sofia Sinta
Run CMD Human by Eva Tikhomirova
The Limits of Empathy Beyond Political Comfort Zones: An Investigation of the Absence of Empathy for Victims of October 7th by Eiden Weinberg
Gender & Sexuality in Antiquity
The Significance of Toys and Games on Ancient Mediterranean and Modern Gender, Societal Values and Human Development by Leila Brolly
Signifying Identity with Makeup in the Late Roman Empire by Madison Cardiel
Werewolves? There Wolves: Outcast Renegades and Paragons in Tales From Antiquity to the Middle Ages by Leah Dascoli
Venus vs. Medusa: Enduring symbols of the Femme Fragile and Femme Fatale by Jaiden Del Rosario*
Goddess, Murderess, Doctress: An Exploration of the English Suffix “-ess” and Its Decline in Use by Douglas DiGregorio
Selective Democracy: The Exclusion of Foreigners in Ancient Athens in the 5th Century BCE by Alyssa Flores
The Power of Appearance: A Study on How the Association of Masculinity and Power Influenced Pharaoh Hatshepsut's Decision to Change her Gender Appearance by Julie Friedlander
Women at Odds & Victim Blaming: Comparing Medusa’s Mythology in 21st Century Children’s Books with Ovid’s Metamorphoses by Alexandra Levitt
Uterine Amulets and Gynecological Texts: The Wandering Womb and Ancient Greek Society and Culture by Kelly Lin
Author or Archetype: The Importance of Philaenis As a Historical Figure and Subject of Ridicule by Nina Patel
Sinful Femininity: How the Villainization of Desire and Curiosity in Pandora’s Box Led to Gendered Biases in Psychology by Hannah Pitkofsky
The Ideal Woman: How Ancient Medical Beliefs Have Influenced Modern American Women's Health and Place in Society by Evelyn Polovich
Structuralism and the Left/Right-handedness Binary by Arielle Zeitchick
Trans-ness in Antiquity: Transgressing Gender and Definition by Joey Zhang
Living in a Material World
We, Ourselves, and Us: A Study of Students by Students by Aiden Banilivi, Gloria Blumenkrantz, Serena Cheng, Megan Chowdhury, Edward Cigna, Julia Czech, Eric Hauptman, Brandon Nudelman, Michael Papazis, Santhana Pierre, Anthony Rodriguez and Deborah Zeleny*
Mapping American Prejudice
Unwelcome Neighbors: Mapping Residential Segregation in Broome County by Kristen Li, Jade Torres, Cynthia Chen, Kristen Cho
Right-Wing Activist and Gender Pioneer: The life of Mary Elizabeth Tyler beyond the KKK by Jesse Findling*
The Controversies Behind Operation Babylift 1975 by Madelyn Fried*
Finger Lakes Klansmen: How the Ku Klux Klan Spread Their Invisible Empire in Upstate New York by Mary Givens
Perpetuating Racist Stereotypes: The Rise of Amateur Minstrel Shows in Broome County, 1910-1960 by Blake Goldstein
Stories of Faith and Community: Russian Orthodox Churches in Binghamton by Deniz Gulay
Navigating Prejudice and Solidarity: Labor Disputes in New York City's Chinatown in the 1980s and 1990s by Yao Shen He
Equity on the Whiteboard: Implications of Historical Redlining on Educational Outcomes by Clay Jeon
Black Beachfront Communities in the Hamptons by Leila Kleiman*
Good Trouble: The Forgotten History of Broome County's Chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality by Ava Micena
Breaking the Mold: Exploring the Anomaly of Italian-American Voters in Broome County, New York by Brett Patrick
From Southern Roots to Northern Soil: Unearthing the Ku Klux Klan’s Presence on Long Island in the 1920s by Jacob Schlatner
The Invisible Culture of Homelessness: Rising Rates of Homelessness in the Southern Tier by Akshirtha Selvakumar*
People, Politics, & the Environment
Gun Control & Federal Policy Across America by Rebecca Amar
Renewable Portfolio Standards Throughout the United States: Strengths and Weaknesses of Current Renewable Energy Policies by John Arnold
How to Improve Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) in U.S. Schools by Nicholas Chan
How did Covid-19’s Learning Environment Isolate Teenagers and Cause Social Stress? by Ethan Chandre
Why is Binghamton School District Amongst the Lowest Graduation Rates in New York State? by John Cunningham
Substantial Events and the Economic Status of Binghamton by Alyssa DeJesus
The Difference in Sustainability Measures Across Fortune 500 Companies by Andrew Epstein
Food Insecurity in Broome County & Tompkins County by Judy Field
Public Perceptions of Lyme Disease in Broome County by Daniel Fried
Analysis of the Developemnt, Effectiveness, and Future of Green Infrastructure in Broome County since the 2011 floods by Luke Goodman
Pollutant Mitigation in the Gowanus Canal and the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers by Maximilian Hunt
Race and Ethnicity: The Impacts on Southeast Asian and Chinese Cuisines by Erica Jin
Food for Thought; An In-depth Look at the Subpar Quality of Campus Food and the Detrimental Effects on Students by Isabella Karazia
Buffalo Snowfall by Salvatore Lima
Green Infrastructure: The Limits and Restrictions Concerning Previous Floods by Vincent McLoughlin
Investigating Water Scarcity In Las Vegas; Causes, Consequences, and Sustainable Solutions by Enzo Pupillo
Boosting Recycling: The Impact of Higher Bottle Deposits on Plastic Waste by Yoav Reshef
Water Quality Issues and Solutions for the Chesapeake Bay by Leila Tilem
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