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Benjamin Franklin Scholars: News and Events

BFS Events Fall ‘07-Spring ‘08

9/10 BFS Convocation

9/20 Tea with Professor Schlatter, Theater Dept.

10/4 Tea with Professor O’Leary, Political Science Dept.

10/5 First Fridays- Art Galleries in Old City

10/18 Tea with Professor Scatena, Earth and Environmental Science Dept.

10/25 Advance Registration Tea, Spring ‘08 BFS Faculty

11/5 Research Presentation by Matthew Berck ( COL, 2010): Exploring the

properties of a Steady-State Foam by Using a Bead as a Probe

11/8 Tea with Professor Fader, Marketing Dept.

11/15 Tea with Professor Winkelstein, Bioengineering Dept. 

11/15 Philadelphia Orchestra Performance

11/19 Research Presentation by Eric Schwartz ( COL, 2008): Understanding

Choice: Yes, No, Maybe So

12/12 Finals Study Break

1/23 Book Discussion:I am America (And So Can You!) by Stephen Colbert

2/13 Research Presentation by Deeptee Jain ( COL, 2009): The Role of

iMAP1 in Microtubule Organization in S. pombe

2/20 Tea with Professor Harkavy, History and Urban Studies Depts.

2/26 Research Presentation by Priya Agarwal ( COL, 2008): 1931 Cawnpore

Riots: A Story of Rioters and Communal Violence

3/20 Advance Registration Tea, Fall ‘08 BFS Faculty

3/27 Tea with Professor Sanchez, English Dept.

4/2 Research Presentation by Alison Levy ( COL, 2008): Testing for Perfect

Competition in Moroccan Outdoor Pedestrian Market

4/3 Tea with Professor Dunfee, Legal Studies and Business Ethics Dept.

4/9 Research Presentationby Anna Hartley (COL, 2008): The Modern Traveler and His Search for Authenticity

4/16 Research Presentations by Jane Kim (COL, 2008): Biblical influences in

Percy Shelley's 'Prometheus Unbound' and Serena Stein ( COL, 2009):Perspectives of Health and Public Health Infrastructure: El Barrio Nam Qom Toba indigenous community, Formosa, Argentina

4/17 Research Presentation by JessicaNatbony ( COL, 2008): Beyond

Current Campaign Finance Reform Law: The Limitations of the Bipartisan

Campaign Reform Act of 2002

BFS Research Presentations

For a complete schedule of this semester's undergraduate research presentations, click HERE