Mountaintop Removal at Hobet Coal Mine from 1976-2010

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

The Hobet Coal Mine is located in West Virginia and was an active mining site for 41 years and was one of the largest surface coal mines in the United States. The impacts of this particular mine are especially pronounced because of the sheer scale of alteration to the landscape caused by mountaintop removal to retrieve the coal, and valley fill techniques to dispose of the mining debris. In order to reach the coal located in shallow seams below these Central Appalachian Mountain peaks, hundreds of vertical feet of earth were demolished. This mining has impacted nearly every aspect of the geography of the region, from the environment to the surrounding human communities.

Moving North

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Mathematically modeled herring and mackerel fish migrations in the North and Norwegian Seas, related it to global temperature rise and and how it will affect the small Scottish fishing industry. This project was for a mathematical modeling competition for HSU.

Multifaceted: SEM analysis of Entolomatoid basidiospores

Casey Ledford , Biological Sciences Undergraduate Student

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

The Entomlomataceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) are a relatively speciose and highly variant family of fungi. They are identified by their salmon-pink pigmented basidiospores that are multifaceted/multiangular in polar or in all views. Known complexities in erecting species concepts and deciphering taxonomic groups exist, including extensive phenotypic plasticity. Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) images portraying basidiospore morphological nuances may serve as a powerful tool in solving the taxonomy of the group.

Music and Mindfulness

College of Professional Studies

Music and Mindfulness is a project created in partnership with Trinidad Elementary School to assess the efficacy of using therapeutic drumming and mindfulness for substance abuse prevention. This project combines research from Trauma-Informed practices, Relational Theory, and emotional awareness to assist students in building healthy relationships and increasing self-esteem.

My Protein Bars are Gendered

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

Did you know that most protein bars are gendered? DeFrancisco, V. L., & Palczewski, C. H. wrote that “communication creates gender, gender does not create communication,” and this is especially evident when looking at the difference in protein bars. Protein bars like the Clif bar and Luna bar are socially constructed to appear feminine or masculine. This is done by playing to cultural feminine ideals, by the packaging of the product itself, and by the rhetoric associated with each product.

My Self, My Community, My World

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

The LSEE 380 pilot class has been working in South Fortuna the past semester, working with 3rd and 4th graders on the concepts of Social Justice. We have asked the classes to help us determine the problems they see around their selves, community, and world. We asked "what would you do to change the problems around you?" This is the outcome...

My Service Learning Experience with CalTrout

College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences

My service learning project consisted of working with Mary Burke, Project Manager at CalTrout Arcata. Together we planned/coordinated special events for this year's Humboldt Steelhead Days celebration which included fun/educational activities, workshops, conferences, and engaging art experiences. We worked together with several local residents and organizations who all helped put these events together for a common goal of getting involved with the local community and helping educate them about CalTrout and other's work in watershed and salmon habitat restoration.

Mycoremediation and TEK Implemented into Ecological Restoration Practices

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Mycoremediation and traditional ecological knowledge or TEK implemented within Indigenous communities and blended with accepted ecological restoration methods in order to restore the health of damaged and contaminated ecosystems.

Nano Adventures: The Role of Adventure in the Lives of Humboldt Students & Beyond

College of Professional Studies

When was your last adventure? How did you know it was an “adventure”? If you felt like it was an “adventure” that’s a good start and likely means that it was! That is because the meaning of the term adventure is fairly personal and based on what you personally perceive as unique, unusual and exciting. It may also include a certain level of risk, potentially some dangerous risk, such as swimming with sharks in Australia or riding a motorcycle on a mountainous road in Italy. But risks don’t need to be life threatening or thousands of miles away.

Nanodisc assisted terbinafine transport into Saccharomyces cerevisiae

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

We wish to answer whether or not nanodiscs make an effective means of transporting medication, specifically in the treatment of fungal infections, seeing as research is currently examining its effectiveness in the transport of chemotherapy drugs to prevent collateral cell death. We tested nanodisc transport of the antifungal terbinafine, which is often used as a topical ointment for direct application, to determine if naondiscs improve its effectiveness as a fungal killer. We treated cultured samples of Brewer's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) with DMPC lipid nanodiscs wrapped in Apo-A1 protein and loaded with terbinafine and observed fungal cell death, as compared to direct application.