Insight into the Morphology of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells

Josafath Aparicio, Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Human induced pluripotent stem cells have revolutionized the medical world. These cells come from adult somatic cells and have the ability to differentiate into the three germs layers of development: mesoderm, ectoderm, and endoderm. To better understand the nature of these cells this project attempted to provide insight into the morphology through the use of scanning electron microscopy.

Instilling Text and Subtext

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Costume designs by Isabella “Izzy” Ceja for the dance piece choreographed by Lisa Drew: Instilling text and Subtext. The dance was inspired by media bias and the distorted reality it creates, as well as the media propaganda that had occurred during WWII.

Institutional Autonomy Support Predicts College Student's Achievement Goals Through Psychological Need Satisfaction

College of Professional Studies

We explored the role that instructors play in predicting college student's achievement goals during the COVID-19 pandemic. Achievement goals help us explain the motives behind engagement. Certain types of goals tend to be more adaptive than others. We predicted that greater institutional autonomy support would predict greater psychological need satisfaction. In turn, psychological need satisfaction would predict, respectively, greater mastery approach goals and lower performance-avoidance goals. We found partial support for our hypotheses, yet our findings highlight the importance of encouraging students to self-regulate and explore their own interests.

Integrating 3D Visualizations and Geographical Data for Mayan Archaeological Mapping and Research

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Archaeologists have used GIS to analyze spatial patterns of ancient cultures, but integrating accurate 3D models of cultural features with GIS data is a new endeavor. This project provides a medium for spatial analysis that conserves the context of cultural features across the landscape, by combining 3D renditions with topographical LiDAR and spatial data collected by the HSU-Belize Archaeology Project in northwestern Belize. Using a variety of software, the authors modeled the field data into an interactive GIS mapping environment that integrates the multiple data formats into a working tool, allowing for accurate analysis of archaeology data in 3D or 2D layouts.

Integration and Supports for MSW Advance Standing Students

College of Professional Studies

The HSU Social Work Department is interested in better integrating the AS students into the existing two-year MSW program by considering instructor knowledge and awareness of the introduction of AS students, the importance and development of interpersonal relationships between the two cohorts, how AS students adjust to graduate-level work and how prepared AS students are for graduate-level work. The purpose of this project was to evaluate what changes have been made since the initial report by Assistant Professor César Abarca, MSW, Ph.D. conducted in 2014 and what recommendations could be made from the experience of the 2016-2017 on-campus advanced year cohort and existing instructors.

Interactions of Mycorrhizae, Native Grasses and Quercus douglasii in California blue oak woodlands

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Interactions of Mycorrhizae, Native Grasses and Quercus douglasii in California blue oak woodlands California’s endemic Quercus douglasii (blue oak) is not regenerating throughout the state and although many hypotheses have been made, no conclusive evidence has been brought forward as to why. The goal of this study is to find evidence of a relationship, if any exists, between Q. douglasii, mycorrhizae and the native grasses that once dominated the landscape.

Intergenerational Connections: Silvercrest Eureka, Salvation Army

Myranda Felton, College Corp Undergraduate Student

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Seniors at Silvercrest are a good example of the troubling statistics for Humboldt County. Over thirty people die of suicide in this county, ages ranging from forty to sixty, each year. BMC Public Health also says that “Approximately 50% of individuals aged over 60 are at risk of social isolation and one-third will experience some degree of loneliness later in life.” The answer is intergenerational connections. Harvard has found that people ages sixty five and older have “higher levels of energy with increased connections.” They have connected this with longer lifespans, which is what we are trying to implement at Silvercrest through volunteering.

Intergroup Compensations for Attributes of Warmth and Competence

College of Professional Studies

People use perceptions of warmth and competence as fundamental features in making decisions about others (Fiske, Cuddy, Glick, & Xu, 2002). Participants were told that they were part of a high status group and then rated either a high status in-group or lower status out-group along dimensions of warmth, competence, and perceived threat. Results show that high status participants view their in-group as high in competence and low in warmth, while perceiving the out-group as low in competence and high in warmth. These findings suggest that compensation in an inter-group setting operates according to distinctiveness rather than general positive ratings for the in-group on all dimensions.

International and Intercultural Collaboration in Experiential Learning: Lessons from Rural Youth Volunteers in India Project

College of Professional Studies

In spite of the initial challenges the students from the U.S. and India faced in an international experiential learning program, they reported benefits including cultural and social learning, understanding different perspectives, gaining communication skills, improvement in reflective skills, and improved self-efficacy.

Internship work with County Supervisor Mike Wilson

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The presentation will be on various topics researched for the county supervisor, ie local gun control laws, biodegradable shotgun wads, California granges, and the research and dissemination process of gathering information and presenting the information to the county supervisor. Each topic will receive time and space, but the presentation will focus on the internship instead of the topics.