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Submissions from 2021
Oregon Agricultural Trust: Mid-Columbia Research and Engagement Report, Nicole Underwood, Bryan Bruckman, Josh Linden, Briana Orr, Taylor Potter, and Lisa Wasson-Seilo
E-Scooter Safety and How To Improve It, Eric Valentino
Letitia Carson in Court: African American Women, Property, and Wages in the Pacific Northwest, Stephanie Marie Vallance
Modeling Renal Function During Pregnancy, Christina A. Valtierra
The Current Language Crisis in Siberia, Emma L. Vandehey
Portland Urban Coyote Project: A Review of Citizen Science's Utility for Researching Urban Canids and the Human Environment, Keith David VanderBrooke
An Examination of Nurses' Schedule Characteristics, Recovery from Work, and Well-Being, Sarah Elizabeth Van Dyck
Session 1: Panel 3: Presenter 3 (Paper) -- The Reforms of Mikhail Gorbachev and Their Effect on the USSR, Fevronia M. Van Sickle
Amount and Depositional Fate of Carbon Mobilized by Landsliding in SE Alaska, Bryce Alois Vascik
Strategic Analysis of Mirror: The Gym, Neeti Verma
Biological Invasions in Coastal Marine Ecosystems: How Changes in Trade Are Linked to Ballast Water Delivery of Nonindigenous Species, Danielle Elizabeth Verna
The Manifestation of Total War in the Mexican Revolution, Craig J. Verniest
The Perforant Path And Activity Dependent Synaptic Plasticity, Amirali Veshagh and Gary Westbrook
A Novel in vitro Method for Pelvic Floor Dysfunction in PCOS Women, Ruben Vila
The Prevalence of Mental Health Disorders and Deficits in Individuals With and Without Siblings, Samantha Villanueva
Rowing Concerns: Collaborative Governance and Stakeholder Determination in the Central Oregon's Deschutes Basin, Noel Vineyard
Roles and Regulation of Satellite Cells in Skeletal Muscle Regeneration, Sydney Vlasman
Exploring How Gentrification-related Effects Impact the Health of Older Black Adults, Ann Wachana and Holly Hinson
A Side Divided: The Role of Pre-Existing Republican Disunity in the Spanish Civil War, Isabel Wagner
Eastbank Forum, Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), Portland, Alexander Wallace, Elliot Ford, Matthew Hurd, Natalie Reeder, Annie Carlton, Mark Greathouse, and Talya Naftali
Believe What You Will: Essays, Lee Ware
Discovering the Plankton Community Composition – Global Climate Functions Relationship in Real Time, Kassondra B. Watson
A Remote Environment’s Effect on the News Consumption of College Students, Amelia R. Webb
Music Education, Child Development, and Academic Achievement: A Review of Recent Literature, Connor M. Welsh
Before Beachie Creek, Raine Welterlen