{"id":8109,"date":"2013-09-10T12:19:30","date_gmt":"2013-09-10T16:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8109"},"modified":"2014-01-25T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2014-01-25T23:09:51","slug":"up-front-fall-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?p=8109","title":{"rendered":"Up Front: Fall 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In classical mythology, the Muses were the source of all knowledge pertaining to the arts and sciences, and throughout the ages, these goddesses have served as a wellspring of inspiration for the great thinkers and creators.<\/p>\n<p>At TCNJ, <a href=\"http:\/\/fscollab.pages.tcnj.edu\/muse\/\" target=\"_blank\">MUSE is short for Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience\u2014an intensive, eight-week program during which students and faculty collaborate on scholarly and creative projects.<\/a> It, too, inspires new learning and creativity in a multitude of disciplines by giving TCNJ students\u2014including these 2013 MUSE participants\u2014the opportunity to work in close, mentored collaboration with the College\u2019s teacher-scholars.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty-student scholarly and creative collaborative activities are a hallmark of the educational experience at TCNJ, providing powerful learning experiences that prepare undergraduates for graduate work or professional endeavors. <a href=\"http:\/\/fscollab.pages.tcnj.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to learn more. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What\u2019s your MUSE?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-8109 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8113'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lee-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8113\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8113'>\n\t\t\t\tI study cell division\u2014more specifically, tubulin glutamylation in C. elegans \n\u2014Jessica Lee \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8114'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Lewkowicz-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8114\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8114'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m helping to create a documentary film that showcases the production of a play by Trenton youth\n\u2014Joshua Lewkowicz \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8115'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rabolli-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8115\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8115'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m studying the impact of mechanical strain on the differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells into tendon cells.\n\u2014Christina Rabolli \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8116'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Wells-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8116\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8116'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m comparing the physiological benefits of running and lifting combined workouts to popular metabolic running programs\n\u2014Matthew Wells \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8117'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Ly-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8117\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8117'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m studying population genetics of the threatened freshwater mussel species Lampsilis cariosa for conservation.\n\u2014Meaghan Ly \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8118'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Reddy-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8118\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8118'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m investigating the underlying neural mechanisms of respiratory function in genetically engineered serotonin-deficient Pet-1 knockout mice\n\u2014Renuka Reddy \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8119'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Barish-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8119\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8119'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m studying how a plant group evolved using a region of their DNA known as microsatellites\n\u2014Syndi Barish \u201916\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8120'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Perez-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8120\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8120'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m using mathematical equations to model tumor growth and invasion based on the surrounding blood vessels\n\u2013Jessica Perez \u201915\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8121'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Malmi-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8121\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8121'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m analyzing how the New Jersey education system is addressing the rise in autism rates.\n\u2014Nick Malmi \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8122'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Newberry-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8122\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8122'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m researching the factors that influence certain theories in memory and aging\n\u2014Kim Newberry \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8123'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/REvalski-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8123\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8123'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m analyzing satellite telescope data to study how active galaxies vary in brightness over time\n\u2014Mitchell Revalski \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8124'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Tahir-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8124\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8124'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m studying how environmental effects on development alter the expression of genetic variation in threespine stickleback fish \n\u2014Sadia Tahir \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8125'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Nugent-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8125\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8125'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m developing a device for monitoring the state of the power grid\n\u2014Tim Nugent \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8126'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Pena-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8126\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8126'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m reading and analyzing racism and its physical and psychological effects in American literature.\n\u2014Samantha Pena \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/?attachment_id=8127'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Calvello-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-8127\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-8127'>\n\t\t\t\tI\u2019m examining the effects someone\u2019s emotions have on their choice of food \n\u2014Noelle Calvello \u201914\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s your MUSE?  See what these readers had to say.\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2013","category-up-front"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tcnjmagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}