Jonathan W. Molesan — “Operation Overlord:
How the Allies Saved Western Civilization” (15:49)

Using his grandfather and uncle’s diaries to add personal color, Molesan describes the 1944 Allied invasion of Normandy. Molesan, who majored in both history and education, won the Christian P. Holmstrup History Award, which goes to the student with the highest grade point average in history, and the Education Department’s “Five C's” Award.

Kelly Opotzner — “Tort Reform Does Little to Reform:
A Study of the Effectiveness of Tort Legislation” (9:34)

Opotzner won the Economics Department Award for academically outstanding work in economics and the Phyllis Andors Award for outstanding performance in the study of government and politics.

Pasquale Chieffalo — “Reflections:
My Work and the Experience of Art” (12:25)

Chieffalo won the Robert D. Boody Memorial Award in Art, which is presented to a graduating senior in recognition of exceptional scholarly work in Art.

Alex Jacobs — “How Does a Woman Get to Be That Way? —
Formation and Rejection of Gender Identity in Jamaica Kincaid’s 'Lucy' ” (13:17)

Jacobs was awarded both the Outstanding Service in Communication Award for significant effort and dedication to a literary organization, and the Thomas Kendris Award in Expository & Journalistic Writing for outstanding work in college writing courses and journalism.

Mia Romano — “Abused Voices and Bodies:
Representations of Identity in 'Nada' and 'Te Doy mis Ojos' ” (13:18)

Laura Woodruff — “Beethoven’s Pianos” (13:04)

Woodruff was a double major in music and arts administration, and a good classical pianist. Heavily involved in various theatrical activities on the production side, she served a full-time internship with an arts promoter in Manhattan. Offering senior recital performances as both a pianist and a singer, she wrote her senior thesis on the interactive influence between Beethoven’s composition and the evolving technology behind the development of the piano.

Rebecca Arnold and Kayla King — Scene from “Stop Kiss,” by Diane Son

Lauryl Trenholme-Pihl — Monologue from “Epic Proportions” by Larry Coen, David Crane

Both performances (6:56)

Amy Jensen — “The Economic Relationship of Rutgers University to the New Jersey Pharmaceutical Industry” (4:17)

Amy Jensen won the 2007 Economics Department Award, given to recognize academically outstanding work in the field of economics.

Emily Babcock-Petrus — “Alzheimer’s Disease and
Hope for the Future Through Research” (8:13)

Elicia Enriquez — “Juror Bias: The Effects of Race, Sex
and Physical Attractiveness on Juror Sentencing” (12:20)

Zeinab Choucair — “Selenium as a Supplement to Combat Arsenic
Poisoning in Bangladesh Population: Baseline Data of Hair Samples” (12:40)

Choucair describes research she has done on the arsenic poisoning of rural village wells in Bangladesh. The poisoning was discovered by Wagner chemistry professor Mohammad Allaudin.

Jennifer Hart — “Hydrothermal Growth of Zinc Oxide Crystals” (12:14)

Hart won the 2007 Harvey Logan Memorial Award in Physics, recognizing academically outstanding work in physics.

Alfred Raccuia — “The Effect of Caloric Density on Conditioned
Taste Preferences of Caffeinated Beverages” (13:37)

Raccuia, a Biopsychology major with a minor in Religious Studies, won the 2007 George G. Hackman Prize in Religious Studies, which is granted to the graduating senior who has achieved the highest academic average in all courses taken in the religion minor.

Erin Volsario — “Teaching Multiplication and
Division in Fun and Innovative Ways” (16:15)

Volsario describes how she used what she learned in the Wagner College classroom to reach a local grade-school student who just wasn’t “getting it.”

Maris Reutzel — “A Statistical Analysis of
the Standard & Poor's 500 Index” (13:44)

Reutzel won the Harvey Logan Memorial Award in Physics, recognizing academically outstanding work in physics, and the Kappa Mu Epsilon Award, given to a mathematics or computer science major who excels in service and leadership.