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From Farm to Friend: Fostering Compassion toward Farmed Animals through Design, Natalie Kosmos
At Home in Horror: Women and Body Horror, Brooklynn Kreps
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
"I know who I am": Draw-and-Tell Conversations with Gender-Creative Children, Eline Leemans Lenne
Head of Roses, Remy Levine
Working Paper No. 87, The Double-Edged Sword of American Philanthropy, Nathan Lewis-Lusso
Working Paper No. 97, Business Sabotage in Theory and Practice, Nathan Lewis-Lusso
Digesting the Details: How Cooking Shapes the Microbiome and Influences Obesity, Tracy Lieu
How do Patient-Provider Relationships Affect Patient Satisfaction?, Rose D. Lightspeed
From Lockdown to Learning: Understanding Motivation Shifts in High School Students Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, Kelly Lindberg
So Who Gets To Be Modern? Jadidism and Reform in Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Russia, Grant Douglas Linville
Exploring Natural Competence of Escherichia coli Through Biofilm Formation, Thulni Liyanaarachchi
Neural Visual Synthesis for Graphics, 4D Gaussians and Videos, Zhan Li
Objects Against Convention: An Objective Study of Claude Cahun's Overlooked Works, Zuzu Longstreth
Working Paper No. 90, Social Hierarchies in the Music Industry and Thorstein Veblen's Understanding of Institutions, Citlactli Carrera López
Social Emotional Learning With Children and Social Cognitive Therapies Used in Treatment For Schizophrenia: What is The Relationship Between Them?, Lynette Marie Lubiak
Variation of Oregon Law Enforcement Agency Clearance Rates and their Influencing Factors, Kendra MacSaveny
Exploring Muslim American Attitudes Toward Genetic Testing: Perceptions, Barriers, and Ethical Considerations, Hannah Mahmoud
Characterizing Rainfall Variability Within a Series of Storms Over Northern California in February 2017, Parker Jan Malek
A Qualitative Case Study on Nature Relatedness in Advanced Alpinists and Members of Subsistence Communities, Devon Martin