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A Final Act of Giving Back: Sustainability of Green Burials
Get PDFThe Eastern world cultural practice of a green burial avoids adding harmful chemicals to the environment from alternative intering practices, including carbon dioxide from cremation or embalming chemicals
Gender and Climate Change
Get PDFThis recorded lesson explores how and why climate change is a feminist issue with attention to how climate change disproportionately impacts women globally, how some theoretical approaches to feminism center climate change as a feminist issue, and how women are acting as change-makers around climate
Student Life
No full textPhotograph of a group of women gathered in a room at SUNY Geneseo. Pictured is one woman who seems to be reading from a book while the other students listen.https://knightscholar.geneseo.edu/cap-as-unidentified/1000/thumbnail.jp
How BPA is Changing Our Children - Right Under Our Noses
Get PDFBisphenol A has been limited by the FDA because exposure to bisphenol A has been linked to neurological disorders and miscarriages. BPA has been found in breastmilk
203 - Investigating the Impact of Invasive Mussels on Ecosystem Dynamics in Conesus Lake
Get PDFThis study examines how invasive mussels influence ecosystem dynamics in Conesus Lake, the westernmost Finger Lake in New York. Conesus Lake has experienced cultural eutrophication, remediation efforts, and ongoing challenges such as hypoxia, harmful algal blooms, and invasive species such as Dreissena polymorpha and Dreissena bugensis. Using lake sediment archives, this study analyzes invasive mussel body size and morphology over time to assess their ecological impacts. Two 150 cm sediment cores from the south basin were analyzed using a Geotek multi-sensor core logger. Sub-fossilized mussel shells were identified to species level, and body size metrics—including length, height, and dorsal curvature—were measured. A total of 138 mussels from 12 stratigraphic horizons, spanning contemporary sediments to the first Dreissena appearance (mid-1990s), were assessed. D. polymorpha had a mean length of 5.2 mm, height of 2.7 mm, and L/H ratio of 1.8, while D. bugensis had a mean length of 1.9 mm, height of 1.2 mm, and L/H ratio of 1.6. Both species showed a strong correlation between valve length and height (r² = 0.998 and r² = 0.9611, respectively). Stratigraphic trends indicate that zebra mussels initially exhibited a broader size range, while quagga mussels remained smaller and stable, possibly due to competition or environmental constraints. These findings improve our understanding of invasive mussel population dynamics and their effects on nutrient cycling, benthic habitats, and food webs. Future research will integrate molecular techniques to refine species identification and invasion timelines
244 - Trends and Practices Relating to Maternal Mortality Rates in 19th and early 20th Century Rochester, New York
Get PDFThis study explores the incidence and causes of maternal mortality in 19th century and early 20th century Rochester. Several practices, including the emergence of antiseptics and obstetrics, have reduced maternal mortality rates since the end of the 19th century. At that time, the development of germ theory led to the discovery of the cause of puerperal fever, a common cause of maternal deaths first addressed by Semmelweis in the 1840s. Although the overall prevalence of sepsis-related post-birth mortality has decreased, we are now seeing how the medicalization of birth comes with its own complications, including hemorrhage and post-intervention infection. In this study, I seek to understand how maternal mortality causes and rates changed from the mid-1800s to the mid-1900s in Rochester, and how these outcomes were shaped by medical advancements and sociocultural factors. Methods used for this study include analysis of transcribed death records from Mount Hope cemetery, as well as sources documenting conceptual shifts surrounding birthing practices, medical advancements and morbidity and mortality over this time period. In addition to an overall decline in maternal mortality, I expect to see trends in maternal mortality being shaped by increased hospital births, decreased trust in midwives and complications from medical interventions
148 - Perspective Taking and Dispositional Empathy with Nature: The Mediating Role of Connection to Nature
Get PDFDispositional empathy for nature is an important predictor of pro environmental intentions. However, relatively little is known about the psychological precursors of dispositional empathy for nature. We predicted that connection to nature would mediate the relation between perspective taking and dispositional empathy for nature. Our reasoning is based on findings that link empathy to dispositional empathy for nature (perspective taking is a component of empathy for other humans), and our hypothesis that feeling connected to nature should increase empathy for nature. Undergraduate participants (n=117) at SUNY Geneseo completed an online survey that included measures of perspective taking of other humans, connection to nature, and dispositional empathy for nature, along with other measures. Results confirmed our hypothesis by showing that connection to nature fully mediated the relation between perspective taking and dispositional empathy for nature. Taken together with previous results, our results show that dispositional empathy for nature is an important variable that potentially links multiple components of empathy for other humans with pro environmental intentions
173 - Isolation & RNA Sequencing of an N. crassa fsd-1 DNA Binding Domain Mutant Strain
Get PDFNeurospora crassa is a model filamentous fungus that is widely used in a variety of genetics research. It is a reproductively versatile organism, with the ability to reproduce both sexually and asexually. N. crassa leaves many questions unanswered in regards to its mating behaviors. Specifically, we focus on how the transcription factor fsd-1 regulates mating behaviors of this fungus. Expression of fsd-1 allows for successful mating whereas strains with a deletion of fsd-1 (Δfsd-1) are functionally sterile. The focus of this study is the isolation of RNA from a mutant strain of Neurospora crassa containing a variant of the fsd-1 gene that has a single mutation in a key amino acid of its DNA binding domain. We have confirmed that this mutant strain is sterile and does not undergo mating. RNA will be isolated using the Trizol method and then sent out for RNA Illumina Sequencing. These results will be compared to those of previous RNA sequencing results for both the wild type and deletion strains. The Galaxy platform will be used for RNAseq analysis and to further draw conclusions regarding the differences between the wild type, deletion, and mutant fsd-1 N. crassa strains
054 - Language and Disability Justice Action Plan for the Good Food Buffalo Coalition
Get PDFIn governments and social justice work alike, the need for accessibility for those who speak other languages and those with differing abilities is abundantly clear. Even though there is no official language in the United States, English has dominated the dialogue. Currently, moreover, meetings show little regard to those with differing abilities then the general populace. How best can social justice organizations better accommodate everyone to help limit if not outright eliminate language and ability barriers? In my inquiry, I helped the Good Food Buffalo Coalition, an organization that is seeking to implement a values-based food purchasing program for public schools in Buffalo, tackle these barriers. Through a mix of scholarly research of case studies, dissertations, and government and social movement action plans, I have created a plan for the Coalition to combat language and disability injustices so that everyone within the organization can equitably participate