Magazine

The Research Paper

Spring 2008

Cornell’s Undergraduate Research Magazine

Vol VII Issue 2

Beyond the Clocktower Duke University Stopping Cancer at its Roots

By Michael Weinreich ’08

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Faculty Feature Dr. Paul Chirik Transitioning to a Better World

By Daniel Kaufman ’09

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Features

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Visualizing Black Holes Using Supercomputers Arts and Sciences Get a Grip! The Control of Emotions Industrial and Labor Relations Consequences of Folate Deficiency Nutritional Sciences The Equine Pregnancy Paradox Agriculture and Life Sciences Border Banter: Controlling Illegal Immigration Human Ecology

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Research, Cooking, and Marketing: The Crossroad of Nutritional Science Agriculture and Life Sciences Iron Bioavailability in the Mung Bean Agriculture and Life Sciences What Do I Have to Lose? Business Simulation Lab Voices Behind the Storm Graduate Feature Detecting Planets Outside Our Solar System Arts and Sciences Satisfied With Your Job? Hotel Administration Waiting Done Right Human Ecology Media Influences on Body Image Agriculture and Life Sciences To Sell or Not to Sell? Agriculture and Life Sciences

Hunting on 10 Alienand Sciences Europa Arts and Ladybugs 11 Landscapesand Life Sciences Agriculture into the 12 Glance Ecology Gambler’s Mind Human

13 Modeling Shoreline Change Engineering

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