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Cover Crops and Carbon: Evaluating Their Impact on Decomposition
No full textCover cropping is a conservation agriculture practice that uses non-cash crops, grown between cash cropping seasons, with the objective of balancing and enriching the soil. To explore whether cover cropping has an effect on decomposition, we measured the quantification of carbon dioxide over a set period of time. Soil samples were collected during the stages of V5/V6 among corn fields across southeastern Pennsylvania in the summer of 2025. Fields represent a legacy of cover cropping (CC) ranging from 0 – 15+ years. We analyzed these soils through a decomposition incubation assay to determine the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) that these soils produce. Soil samples from the depth of 0 – 15 cm were used to concentrate on the most recent addition of organic matter provided by the cover crops. As of writing this paper, only 4 of the 33 fields have gone through the decomposition assay, restricting any statistical analysis to be conducted. We saw a trend indicating that a five-day incubation period is sufficient to capture the peak microbial utilization of available carbon. We also observed a trend that the soils exposed to CC for a longer exposure period had a higher concentration of CO2. We stand by our hypothesis that cover crops contributes to a faster decomposition rate in agriculture soil. We plan on running all samples collected during the summer to determine if the trend does back a significance in the data
Pacific Surfliner Train 765 Los Angeles to Ventura (One-Way): 10:25 AM
No full textThese are a selection of photos taken out of the train window from the 2-hour journey between LA and Ventura, California. The series ends up showing the changes and similarities in landscape and culture between stops - going from a city area to suburbia to agricultural areas to the ocean, but having graffiti, palm trees, washes, desert, and warm tan tones be consistent. I took around 400 photos on this trip, not paying attention to framing or lighting, just looking out the window and capturing whatever caught my eye.
One of a series of fourteen photographs. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1007/thumbnail.jp
I Live, You Live, We Live 1
No full textOne of a series of three ink on paper linoleum prints. This print depicts Schaff Hall, one of the Main Street student houses at Ursinus College. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1023/thumbnail.jp
Escape
No full textAcrylic painting on canvas depicting a rainy street in New York City. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1027/thumbnail.jp
Dad
No full textWatercolor painting of a blue Porsche sports car, symbolizing the artist\u27s father who is a mechanic. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1028/thumbnail.jp
Churches
No full textOil painting on canvas depicting a saintly figure in armor holding a sword. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1076/thumbnail.jp
Vinyl 5: Lavender Highs and Violet Lows
No full textPhotograph of a woman on a vinyl record album cover. Presented as part of the 2025 Annual Student Exhibit in the Berman Museum of Art at Ursinus College.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/asae_2025_images/1103/thumbnail.jp
Stacks on Stacks 051
No full textOn August 22, 2025, first-year Ursinus College students participated in a common CIE event in Myrin Library. Teams of students, assigned to a particular section of Library stacks, searched for book titles that could be combined in meaningful ways. These combinations were then written and transferred to the end of each stack. This photograph shows the activities of the student teams in the Library and their final creations.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/cie_stacks/1162/thumbnail.jp
In Memory of the American Indian
No full textThis original poster depicts a portrait of Chief Seattle and contains a portion of the text from his 1854 oration. This part is titled In Memory Of The American Indian . Chief Seattle was the Chief of the Duwamish and Suquamish tribes and befriended white settlers in the area. Quotations on the poster are dated as originating in 1855.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/john_thomas_artifacts/1016/thumbnail.jp
A Statistical Comparison of Selected Old Testament and New Testament Books
No full textThe purpose of this project was to discover similarities between sentiments in Old Testament and New Testament books of the Bible, track emotional valence and find the most common words and sentiments in the books. Text analysis was performed on Genesis, Exodus, Matthew and Luke. Word clouds were also created for these texts