Here is the list of award recipients at the 2009 UMCUR Conference. Each award recipient was honored in the Mansfield Library undergraduate research exhibition and received a $100 gift certificate to the UM Bookstore. Poster Presentations Major Subject Area Project Title Nicole Swenson Biology Life Science BRASSICA APHIDS IN WESTERN MONTANA Student(s) Faculty Mentor Josh Slotnick, Environmental Studies DISTRIBUTION AND CHEMISTRY OF STREAMBED ARMOR IN THE Physical Nancy Hinman, Esther Bowlin Geology FIREHOLE RIVER DRAINAGE, Science Geology YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK , WYOMING, USA GROUP MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING FOR SUBSTANCE USE: THE EFFECTS OF SELFSocial Bryan Cochran, Emily Lund Psychology EFFICACY AND COMMUNAL Science Psychology MASTERY ON PROGRAM SATISFACTION AND WILLINGNESS TO CHANGE Oral Presentations Student(s) Major Cassie Keogh Music Molly Zeliff Spanish Gregory Smith Biology Andrew Tveter Geology Trevor Hunter Political Science Subject Area Faculty Mentor Maxine Ramey, Fine Arts A STUDY OF CLARINET PEDAGOGY Music A CONTINUITY OF THEME IN LITERATURE REVEALS THE Gary Hawk, Humaniti BARBARITY OF OUR SOCIETY AND Davidson es A WAY TO MOVE TOWARDS Honors College CIVILIZATION INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF Life SCV-SPECIFIC PIA OUTER James Battisti, Science MEMBRANE PROTEINS IN C. Biology BURNETII OBSERVING PAYMASTER CREEK’S Physical FLUCTUATIONS IN AQUATIC Nancy Hinman, Science CHEMISTRY AND MINERAL Geology FORMATION VIGILANTE JUSTICE IN THE WEST: James MONTANA SEEKS TO EXPAND Social McKusick, SELF-DEFENSE THROUGH A Science Davidson ‘STAND-YOUR-GROUND’ LAW (HB Honors College 228) Project Title