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May
7
2026
12:30 PM
Asha Kannan “Optimizing Bryophytes and Biocrusts in a Dryland Carbon Cycling Model”
Lauren Marsala “Impacts of cyanobacteria symbiosis on desiccation and ecophysiological stress tolerance of Syntrichia caninervis.”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
7
2026
12:40 PM
ENVS 0401 B Community Engaged Environmental Studies Practicum Presentations: Social Change and/or Transformation
Franklin Environmental Center, The Orchard-Hillcrest 103
Open to the Public
May
8
2026
12:30 PM
Anna Cerveny “Distribution and Morphology of Chemosensory Hairs in a Model Butterfly”
Isabel Pentony “Molecular Mechanisms of Plant-Pollinator Interactions in Cucurbita pepo.”
Ariel Zhang “Testing the island rule using an introduced population of muskrats in the Gulf of Maine”
Claire Ellerbrook “Using stable isotope analysis to assess carnivore diet in the northeast”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
8
2026
12:30 PM
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 219
May
8
2026
3:00 PM
Kathryn Blek “Dose-Dependent Effects of Testosterone on Place and Response Memory in Young Rats”
Will Beckerman “Genetic influences on electric shock learning and memory in D. Melanogaster.”
Gabriela Clemente “Mitochondrial and Immune Responses Following Traumatic Brain Injury”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
11
2026
12:30 PM
Mishal Lalani “Saving Smiles One Protein at a Time: Targeting SloR in S. mutans”
Anabell Cloney “Proteins have a Social Life: What is SloR’s relationship with the Streptococcus mutans Clp proteasome?”
Ryan Mauney “Development of Electroporation and Fluorescent Live-Cell Imaging in the Chytrid Fungus Allomyces macrogynus”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
11
2026
3:00 PM
Sophie Larocque “Substance Use Risk Among High School Adolescents Who Have Experienced Intimate Partner Violence”
Owen Snyder-Smith “Variation in Ethanol Sensitivity and Tolerance in Diversity Outbred Mice.”
Katherine Vasquez “That Gave Me Goosebumps:” Personality Trait-Mediated Responses to Frisson and Methods for Studying Aesthetic Chills
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
12
2026
12:30 PM
Elly Tuffey “An Assessment of Mercury Accumulation in Different Forest Types”
Sarah Case “Determining the regulatory role of Tre6P in nectar production in Arabidopsis thaliana.”
Jordan Gardener “The Effects of Testosterone on Place & Response Learning and BDNF Signaling”
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 220
Open to the Public
May
22
2026
2:00 PM
Please join the departments of Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Climate Sciences, Geology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience, Physics, and Psychology for a reception celebrating graduates in these disciplines.
The following departments invite grads and their guests to join them in the locations listed below.
Biology | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm Chemistry | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | Great Hall | 2:00-3:15 pm
Earth and Climate Sciences | MBH 417 | 2:30-3:15 pm
Geology | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm Neuroscience | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm Physics | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm Psychology | Great Hall | 3:45-5:00 pm
McCardell Bicentennial Hall
May
22
2026
2:00 PM
Please join the department of Computer Science for a reception celebrating graduates in this discipline.
Atwater Dining Hall
May
22
2026
3:45 PM
Please join the department of Environmental Studies for a reception celebrating graduates in this discipline.
Atwater Dining Hall