Browsing Student Research Papers by Title
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Wall obstacles impact escape response latency and directionality in Pacific staghorn sculpin
(2023)Effective escape maneuvers are critical for prey fishes, as fast-start performance has a direct impact on survival in predator-prey interactions. For fish living in structurally complex environments, physical obstacles – ... -
Washington State Food Banks Amid a Global Pandemic
(University of Washington Libraries, 2021-05)The Covid-19 pandemic has affected nearly every facet of life, most alarmingly that of food security. Scholars suggests that food security is one of the most important indicators of physical and financial wellbeing. This ... -
Wasure-chan わすれちゃん
(2020-05)An easy to read Japanese story about a req squirrel who lost his memory. He goes around with his friend to try to jog his memory back. -
Water chemistry controls on minor elemental concentrations and strontium isotopic compositions of freshwater biogenic carbonate in northeastern Washington streams
(2014-12)Tracking the movement of migratory freshwater fish is essential to those invested in rebuilding declining fish populations. Using strontium isotopic signatures to match calcified fish tissues to streams where fish spawn ... -
Water on the rise: Bull Kelp Gametophyte survival in rising temperatures
(2019)As anthropogenic climate change progresses, increasing seawater temperatures play a large role in shaping changes in the range of benthic species. Predominate cold temperate kelp species are such an impacted organism; they ... -
Wavelength-specific light attenuation, chlorophyll concentration and phytoplankton communities
(2007-05)This study evaluates the link between red and blue light intensity, chlorophyll concentration and phytoplankton community structure. Light profiles and water samples were taken at thirteen stations in Puget Sound including ... -
Wavering into Capitalism: The Politics of Sustenance in North Korea
(University of Washington Libraries, 2016)In the 1990s, a catastrophic famine engrossed North Korea. The famine not only claimed thousands of innocent lives but also the social, economic and political principles which had governed the nation since its founding. ... -
We Became the Cavalry: The Transformation of Native American Warrior Identity During the Vietnam War
(University of Washington Undergraduate Research Program, 2014)This project explores the complicated and distinctive relationship that Native veterans had with the U.S. military-industrial complex during and after the Vietnam War. Although veterans of all racial groups were forced to ... -
"We Have Shared the Incommunicable Experience of War": Recognizing Seattle's Involvement in the Civil War
(2012)A written history of the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery located in Seattle, WA and an inquiry of the significance of the cemetery in modern times. -
"We Wear Our Boots Just Like the Men": Women's Roles in Pacific Northwest Mountains and Society, 1890-1939
(University of Washington Libraries, 3/15/2019)Women challenged traditional roles and expectations in both the mountains and politics of the 20th-century Pacific Northwest. Though women continued to struggle for equality and retained separate spheres from men, they ... -
We’re on a Mission from God: A Translation, Commentary, and Essay Concerning The Hierosolymita by Ekkehard of Aura
(2011-03-07)This project is a translation, essay, and commentary about the Hierosolymita by Ekkehard of Aura. Written in the early 12th century, the Hierosolymita is a First Crusade chronicle that has been largely ignored by historians. ... -
What Are the Implications of Increasing Euroscepticism in Politically Confused France?
(University of Washington Libraries, 2017)This research paper attempts to make sense of the current political situation in France by analyzing France’s interactions with the European Union, French citizens’ opinions of those interactions, and potential consequences ... -
What Do We Have Here: Artifact ID Services at Museums
(2023-06)This study examines the attitudes of staff and participants towards in-person and virtual artifact identification services in the greater Seattle area. Answers from five semi-structured interviews highlight some of the ... -
What to expect when you're expecting (larvae): The effects of four algal diets on the development of Pisaster ochraceus larvae
(2019)Echinoderm larvae, particularly those of class Asteroidea, are well-studied in a variety of fields ranging from marine ecology to developmental biology. Larvae are useful study organisms in that they are generally easily ... -
What’s that smell? A Whiff of Gunnel Olfactory Morphology
(2022)Chemoreception is used to track predators, prey, or find conspecifics. Across the Zoarcoidei suborder, diet varies from herbivory to carnivory. Members of the Pholidae family are found along intertidal shorelines of the ... -
Where should I settle? An investigation into the larval settlement patterns of Mesocentrotus franciscanus
(2019)The red sea urchin, Mesocentrotus franciscanus, is an ecologically and economically important species. Although there has been extensive work on the life of the adults, little work has been done on the larval stage of its ... -
Where the Red Chert Grows: An investigation into a potential source of red clasts glacially distributed throughout the Puget Lowland
(2016-12)Clasts of fine grained siliceous red rock or red clasts (RC) have been found on many beaches around Puget Sound, Washington by E. Cheney from the University of Washington. Cheney plotted the locations of RC and created an ... -
Where the Wild Horses Roam: The Cross-Cultural Debate over the Fate of Wild Horses on Yakama Tribal Lands
(University of Washington Undergraduate Research Program, 2014)The horse has been recognized as an integral part of the Yakama people‘s culture for the better part of the last two centuries. However, in recent decades, the wild horse population on Yakama tribal lands has significantly ... -
Where Women Will Venture
(2021-06)This project's purpose is to provide Muir Woods National Monument with an interpretive package promoting the roles of women steward-leaders in the formation, history, and continued function of the park. The exhibit, ...