College Honors Program
The College Honors Program brings together academically accomplished and highly motivated students to pursue multidisciplinary studies in the natural sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. This highly selective and challenging program is composed of sophomores, juniors, and seniors from any major, and incorporates special seminars, an honors colloquium and a thesis.
The College Honors Program, established in 1962, is one of the oldest programs providing distinctive educational opportunities at Holy Cross culminating in the senior honors thesis, and the intellectual excitement of a multidisciplinary classroom, where students from all majors address significant matters with faculty who are experts in integrative teaching and scholarship.
Theses from 1987
The Effect of Acid Precipitation on the Growth Rate of a Protozoan, Euglena gracilis, Thomas Francis Panichella
Flash Photolysis Studies of Electron Deficient Molybdenum d4 Compounds, Christopher H. Peters
Amino Acids in synthetic nectar: feeding preferences of the fleshfly Sarcophaga bullata, Charles Potter
Uniqueness of the Reaction Between Cd+2 and P-tosyl-aminoquinoline When Bound to Silica Gel, Gabrielle Marie Sabini
Prophecy and the Interplay Between the Self and Tradition in the poetry of Chaim Bialik and William Wordsworth, Angela Marie Scolforo
Theses from 1985
The Elimination of Interferences in Fluorescence Procedures Via Immobilization Techniques, Suszanne M. Amabile
Structural Diversification in the Variable Region of the Heavy Chain of Anti-Azophenylarsonate CRIA+ Antibodies, Joanne Marie Carella
Inhibition of Communication Between Mammalian Fibroblasts by Ouabain. Possible Role of Calcium as Mediator of Ouabain Action., Coryn B. Clark
Tennessee vs. John T. Scopes: History as a Pseudo-Event, Martin Manning Fantozzi
Immobilized Cyclodextrin Enhanced Luminescence Spectroscopy, Laurel Anne Gilhooly
A Philosophical Investigation into the Significance of History: The Search for Meaning and the Judaic Example, Peter S. Gottschalk
Laser Excited Fluoresence and Energy Level Scheme of Pr3+:LaF3, Mary M. Hagerott
The Construction of Plasmid Vectors for the Expression of Drosophila src and Viral src Under Heat Shock Conditions, Robin R. Ingalls
The Completion of the Synthesis of l-Substituted-3-[N-Phenyl-N-(2-Indanyl)Aminomethyl] Piperidines for Use as Local Anesthetics, Dennis E. Johnson
William Carlos Williams: Development of an American Poetic, Margot Anne Kelley
The Effect of Aldosterone on Metabolic Cooperation in Kidney-derived Mammalian Cells, David M. McDowell
The Role of Advertising in the Early Development of the Automobile Industry, Andrew J. O'Brien
Two Different Approaches for Enhancing Metal Ion Detection via Immobilized Fluorogenic Ligands, Claudia Linda Poglitsch
A Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of Polymer and Polymer Blend Dynamics, John Anthony Porco, Jr.
A Defense of a Monetarist Interpretation of the Great Depression, Mark W. Powers
Depth Profiling Hydrogen Using a He Beam By the Elastic Recoil Detection Method, Kenneth Preston
Within Reach: Poetry and Short Stories, Joanne Sadowski
Theses from 1984
FDR and the Public Utility Holding Companies: A Departure in American Political Tradition, Brian A. Berube
Assessing the Vividness of Visual Images: What are you thinking of?, Dale Anne Dooley
The Irish and the Riot of New York in 1863: A Case of Racism and Retribution, Michael Joseph Downing
An Examination of the Effects of Various Nucleotides on Human Eyrthrocyte Membranes Using the Fluorescent Probe Merocyanine 540, Kevin J. Gaffney
A Man Young and Old: The Cuchulian Cycle of William Butler Yeats, Raymond H. Greene
An Historiographic Approach to the Issue of Stability in Industrializing Britain: Were the Workers Class Conscious?, Paul Gerard Igoe
Numerical Analysis of Titration Curves of Acid Precipitation Using Computer Graphics, Gerard R. Lane, Jr.
The Effect of Plasmid pKM101 on the Induction of Genetic Duplications by Ultraviolet Light in Salmonella typhimrium, James F. Linnane, Jr.
Synthesis of Substituted-4-(2-Piperidyl) Butyro 2',6'-Xylidides for Evaluation as Potential Antiarrhythmic Agents., Cheryl A. Martin
The Ladies Land League and the Parnell Sisters, Susan M. O'Hagan
Coeducation at Holy Cross: An Historical Perspective, Adrienne E. Quinn
The Perception of Women in T.S. Elliot's Early Poetry 1905-1918, Lisa M. Ropple
Conformational Studies of Lidocane Analogues, Charles Edward Stankard
Phenotypic Conversions in Cultured Mammalian Fibroblasts, M. Patricia Tranter
Theses from 1982
Studies on Long Chain Fatty Acyl-Coenzyme A Ligase from Rat Liver Mitochondria, Timothy J. Babineau
Children's Perceptions of the Importance of Social Skills in Peer Acceptance: A Developmental Perspective, Marie Kathryn Baker
Steroid receptors in the ovarian follicles of the turtle, Chrysemys picta, Terry Bushe
Synthesis and Characterization of an Immobilized Fluorescent Ligand for the Detection of Al (III), Gerard Doherty
The Longest Second: Essays and Short Stories, Michael J. Hallisey
A Psychological Approach to Cancer Care in the Hospital Setting, Michael G. Hoy
Effects of Retinoic Acid on Communication Between Cultured Mammalian Cells, Elizabeth M. Keane
Stolypin and Russia's Attempt at a Peaceful Revolution, Daniel J. Kelly
The Influence of Journalsim, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, and Cezanne's Painting on Ernest Hemingway's Development as Artist and Author During His Years in Paris, Patricia A. Lynn
The Supreme Court and Women's Rights: Equal Protection of the Laws?, Andrew G. McBride
Effect of a Tumor Promoter on Cell-Cell Communication and Potassium Content of Human Fibroblast and Mouse 3T3 Cells, Paul L. Medrek
Black Reconstruction Legislators on the Question of Land, Michael Wilson Reed
Divergent Evolution in the Forelimb Musculature of Two Species of Molossid Bats, Neoplatymops mattogrossensis and Molossus molossus, Daniel G. Reilly
Theses from 1980
Birth, Death and Love: The Journey of Galway Kinnell in The Book of Nightmares, Mark X. Cronin
The Magic in the Web: Sacred and Secular in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Margaret A. Dempsey
Stoic Theory and Practice in Seneca's Prose Works, Timothy W. Diggins
Septal Destruction In Day-Old Rats And Its Effects on General Activity, Kenneth J. Edwards
Charity as the Subject of The Faerie Queene, Book I, Bill Kerwin
Toward a Theology of the Holy Spirit: A Statement of Evidence and an Attempt at a Model, Bruce Thomas Morrill
Schizophrenia and Primary Process Thought, Beth Murphy
The Synthesis of 4-(1-Napthylmethyl)-benzophenone and the Use of this Compound as a Model for Charge-transfer Exciplex Formation, Francis Charles Nichols
Development of an Orthoester Latent Activating Agent for Peptide Synthesis, John M. Phelan
Creative Writing: Poetry, Jaime Welch
Theses from 1979
El gaucho pampásico y el gaucho literario: El papel de cada uno en la historia de la Argentina, Debra Collins