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From Farm to Friend: Fostering Compassion toward Farmed Animals through Design, Natalie Kosmos
Expanded Patient Reach at New Student Run Free Medical Clinic Location, Olivia Krol, Hana Warmflash, and Alex Foster
History in the Margins: Analysis of How the Language in U.S. History Textbooks Used in Portland Public Schools Marginalizes the History, Contributions, and Voices of People of Color, Ella Christine LaHue Brown
Therapeutic Potential of Follistatin mRNA-Loaded Lipid Nanoparticles for Skeletal Muscle Healing in a Cardiotoxin-Induced Injury Model, Ngoc Phuong Bao Le
Head of Roses, Remy Levine
Working Paper No. 87, The Double-Edged Sword of American Philanthropy, Nathan Lewis-Lusso
From Lockdown to Learning: Understanding Motivation Shifts in High School Students Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Kelly A. Lindberg
Exploring Natural Competence of Escherichia coli Through Biofilm Formation, Thulni A. Liyanaarachchi
Neural Visual Synthesis for Graphics, 4D Gaussians and Videos, Zhan Li
Working Paper No. 90, Social Hierarchies in the Music Industry and Thorstein Veblen's Understanding of Institutions, Citlactli Carrera López
Characterizing Rainfall Variability Within a Series of Storms Over Northern California in February 2017, Parker Jan Malek
Structure vs Agency: The Intersectionality of Race, Mental Health, and Homelessness, Jayley M. Martin
A Crucial Western Foothold: Uyghur-Americans in the Fairfax-D.C. Metro Area, Jake C. McCauley
Guidelines for a Good Life: How Morality Tales Have Shaped Communities and Cultural Landscapes, Kate E. McFarland
Primary Place to Go For Health Care and its Association with HPV Prevalence in US Adults: Results from NHANES 2013-2016, Amy L. McVeety and Miyuki Sun
Entheogens: The Hallucinogenic Plants That Shaped Religion, Nicolas A. Michaud
Youth Experiences of Participation, Inclusion, and Influence Within a Youth-Serving Organization Implementing Participatory Processes, Rhen M. Miles
Foundational Ecology of Recently Established Invasive Mediterranean Oak Borer (Xyleborus monographus): An Emerging Threat to Oregon White Oak (Quercus garryana), Allison F. Monroe
The Role of Feline Goddesses in Advancing Women’s Rights in Ancient Egypt, Caitlin Moran
Turbulent Structures in Coupled Wind-Wave Flows, Cerrina Mouchref
Seasonal Bioavailability of Dissolved Organic Carbon Within Eight Urbanized Watersheds Across the Portland, OR, Metropolitan Area (Oregon, USA), Mary-Catherine J. Munt, Jacob C. Rudolph, Jennifer L. Morse, and Rebecca Hale
Between Fire and Water: Miyazawa Kenji's Reimagining of Opposites in Ginga tetsudō no yoru, Taishi Neilsen
The Color of Society: A History of Textile Dyes, Tess L. Nestel
Penicillin: The Burdensome Physiology of β-Lactamase, Lena U. Ngo