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An Exposition of "Probabilistic Polynomials and Hamming Nearest Neighbors", Vivek Srirama
Indigenous Language Revitalization: The Klamath and Cherokee Tribes, Josephine Stapleton
“Through Science to Justice” Magnus Hirschfeld’s Role in Queer Liberation, Katarina L. Stoll
The Influence of Ethnic Racial Identity on the Critical Consciousness of Asian American College Students, Aliyah Sukkram
How the U.S. Can Protect Taiwan in the 21st Century, Zachary Surmacz
Assessing Behavioral Health Services in Oregon's Rural Health Clinics, Sanya M. Surya
Is Education Regulation the Solution to Help Lower Substance Use Rates and Substance Use Disorder in Oregon Youth?, Sophia R. Swain
A Fifty-Year Assessment of Historical Planning Processes and Green Space Distribution (1975-2025): A Case Study of Portland, OR, USA, Quadri Olatunbosun Taiwo
Quantitative Analysis Using MRI of Patients That Are High Risk for Pancreatic Cancer, Aqsa Tarik
Impacts of Parent Separation Within Siblings: A Literature Review, Araceli Tello Hernandez
The Impact of NICU Death on Bereaved Mothers, Jennie Terranova
Pesticides as Multiple Stressors to Bivalves and Echinoderms, Alexandra Gabrielle Tissot
Mourning Doves: Father's Daughter, Julia Trujillo
The Great Eighty: A Selection of Chapters, Loie VanDenBergh
The Impact of COVID-19 on the United States Higher Education System, Phoenix Daniel Van Wormer
Trauma in the Middle Ages: The Viking Experience of Trauma through Saga, Kagan L. Vogt
When You Know: Essays, Kayla Jewel Vokolek
Investigating Hedgehog Signaling and TH17-Mediated Inflammation in Blau Syndrome: Insights into Chronic Inflammation, Benjamin Volinski
The Impact of Emotions on Informal Learning Experiences in the Workplace, Jennifer L. Walavalkar
From Prison Cells to Parliament: How the H-Block Hunger Strikes Transformed Sinn Féin to Enable Peace in Northern Ireland, Madeleine E. Wallenberg
Examining the Anxiolytic Effects of Flavonoids in Passionflower: A Gut-Brain Axis Perspective, Khelen R. Walsh
Comparing Acuity of Patient Care at Student Run Free Medical Clinic Locations, Hana Warmflash, Olivia Krol, and Alex Foster
Evaluating The Elder Justice Act: Challenges In Funding, Implementation, And Coalition Dynamics, Annabelle Weberg
Working Paper No. 89, Towards a Veblenian View of the Digital Realm, Tanner Weber
Identity, Bodies, and Time: Analysis of Transgender Education Curricula in K Through 12 Grades, Dean Weiler-Zilberman