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Keep Your Hands Off My DNA! – The Importance of Ethical Genomic Research in Foreign Countries

Franchesca Tinacba

The Art of Visual Storytelling: How Film and Design Shape Our Emotions and Culture

Mariana Chamorro

Understanding GMOs: Myths, Facts, and Benefits

Angelica Garcia

The Ethics Surrounding the Genetic Modification of Animals

Francisco Garcia

Genetic Privacy: Risks, Protections, and Ethical Considerations

Marian Hernandez Fernandez

Forrest Gump: Running through Life with Kindness and Adaptability

Danielle Villanueva

Gen Z Lawyer? JUSTICE WITH A TWIST

Emilio Orona

The South’s Worst Nightmare: John Brown and the Fight for Freedom at Harpers Ferry

Sarah Flores-Garza

Lock him up and throw away the key: How one man’s protest led to a revolution

Julia Camacho

Torn Apart

Pedro Alvarez Rivero

Dots, Dashes, and Discovery: Samuel Morse’s Invention of Communication

Taylor Wilczek

Want holes in your Lungs? Come on down to Vape Town!

Nya Millender

The Police Force of the Cell

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We Would Like to Play: The History of Nintendo up to Super Mario Bros

Aidan Farrell

The Cyber War Against Women: Exploring Cyber Terrorism’s Role in Perpetuating Gender-Based Violence

Lily Schow

The Power of Music and its Emotional and Mental Impact on Humans

David Kamel

The Deadly Sins of Epidemiologic Studies

Franchesca Tinacba

The Role of Art and Design in Cinema

Mariana Chamorro

U.S Latino Families: The challenges behind ADHD

Adelina Wueste

Picking Up The Pieces: Beirut Hits Rock Bottom

Naya Harb

The Presidential Campaign from Prison

Jacqueline Galvan

Hell Manifest: the 1st Marine Division in the Pacific War

Joseph Reed

Australia’s Worst Serial Killer?

Kaila Halpin

The History of Artificial Intelligence (1950-2000)

Antonio Vega

A Melody of Hope Against Domestic Violence

Elizabeth Gonzalez

Mental Health is not for the Weak, its for Everyone

Paola Citlali Garcia

From Mold to Medicine: Alexander Fleming’s Penicillin Triumph

Callah Preti

TikTok Made Me Buy It: A Comparative Analysis of User-Generated Content and Brand Curated Advertisements on User Engagement and Perception

Gabriella Sauceda

Beyond Alchemy: Antoine Lavoisier’s Experiment and the Birth of Modern Science

Alex Garcia

Beyond the Smoke: The Real Impact of Vaping on Teens

Hector Membreno

Help! I Can’t Stop Aging! – The Battle Between Time and Progeria

Franchesca Tinacba

The Untold Story of Salt of the Earth

Danielle Rangel

Genetic Engineering: Can Genetically Modified Foods End World Hunger?

Sunyte Jordan

Overthrow of Liliʻuokalani: The Last Monarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom

Liam Meza

The Black Death: A Pale Horse

Joseph Reed

From Billboards to Tweets: A study of Traditional Marketing’s Shift to Social Media

Savannah Dupre

The Ethical Concerns: Gender Selection During The Embryotic Stage of In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF)

Lia Messina

De-Extinction: An analysis on the ethics of gene editing

Luis Barco

Death Before Dishonor: The Last Stand of Takamori Saigō

Nikko Montenegro

The Road To Designer Babies: Ethical Concerns Regarding CRISPR-Cas9 Human Germline Editing

Mary Arden Guillory

A Bioinformatic Approach to “Zombie Deer” Prion Disease

Sophia Torres-Vasquez

Go Green: The Importance of Ecological Education

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Memory & Emotion: How it can be Affected Over Time

Maria Cossio

Pleasure at a Cost: The Effects of Pornography Addiction on Neural Networks in the Brain

Rita Estephan

Book Banning in Public Schools and Libraries

Sophia Phelan

The Devoted Wife: Jackie Kennedy

Danielle Sanchez

“We Must Rewild the World.” Rewilding: the Bold Conservation Concept

Tabitha Babcock

The Russian Imposter: Franziska Anna Schanzkowska

Sofia Perez

Margaret Chan: Tackling Ebola as an International Public Health Leader

Anna Steck

Are You Addicted To Social Media?

Yairy Mendez

Dyslexia and Dyscalculia: Their impact on the Brain

Yesenia Montalvo Lopez

The Ethics of Recruiting Teens into The U.S. Military

Stevie Guardiola

The Ethics of Donating Unclaimed Bodies to Science

Vanessa Ortiz

No Ordinary Year, 1947: Jackie Robinson Becomes a Legend

Jared Sherer

¡En un ratito! -El uso de los diminutivos en el español mexicano

Lilian Hernandez Peregrino

Lycophytes! The Giants of Yesterday & Our Hidden Little Heros of Today

Monabelle Elbayeh

DNA Evidence: The Double-Edged Sword of Forensic Science

Alina Moreno

Mingling Religions: The Ancient Roots of Modern Judaism

Gabriella Parra

Athletes and their Mental and Physical Struggles

Elizabeth Saxon

Listen To Your Doctor, Not Your Governor: The San Francisco Plague of 1900

Franchesca Tinacba

How Far is Too Far? Genetic Modification in Our Foods

Aryana Garcia

Is There a “Place for Us”?: The Role of Aging Women in Hollywood

Sarah Guerrero

Real News or Fake News?

Fatima Esparza

The Global Rise of K-Pop

Stephanie Sierra

Depression in Teens

Brianna Ford

Hilinski’s Hope: Spreading Mental Health Awareness In Athletes

Bailey Godwin

E-Cigarette Usage Among the Youth

Midori Flores

Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Horse of DNA

Sara Davila

“Peace is a woman’s job…” Jeannette Rankin and her pursuit for Peace and Women’s Suffrage

Serenity Kamenski

Action Park, The Most Dangerous Place on Earth

Dylan Miller

The Mouse and the Maker: How Walt Disney Made Some Noise for the Animation Industry

Gabriella Parra

Queen Elizabeth: Two Queens One Throne

Gisselle Baltazar-Salinas

The Smallest Warriors – The Creation of a Non-Profit for Childhood Cancer

Eva Garcia

Parents, Pills, and Princess Leia: Carrie Fisher’s Life on the Edge

Christopher Hohman

Taking Down The Crown: Why People Believe The Crown is Accurate

Courtney Peña

Peace Talks Breaking Down in San Antonio: the 1840 Shootout Between Comanches and Texas Rangers

Seth Roen

Remilitarizing the Rhine: Adolf Hitler’s Reasoning for the Remilitarization of the Rhineland

Aaron Sandoval

The Golden Age of Piracy: The Real Pirates of The Caribbean

Elliot Avigael

From Slave to Author: The Story of Harriet Jacobs

Ariette Aragon

American Scandal: The Hamilton-Reynolds Affair

Aidan Farrell

The Life and Death of Edith Cavell: A War Heroine

Karla Fabian

La Discriminación y su Efecto en el Idioma Nativo y la Identidad Cultural

Isabella Ramirez

Mining: Poison to the Environment?

Bianca Ramos

“For the Good of Belgium”: King Leopold II’s Blood-Drenched Reign over the Congo

Aneesa Zubair

A Lion in the Grass: Ethiopia’s Sovereignty and Fight for the Future

Danielle Slaughter

Argentina Dirty War: 30,000 Disappeared – the Fight for Remembrance

Aaron Sandoval

How the Nahuatl Language Survived the Spanish Conquest of Mexico

Emilia Caballero Carmona

“You talk like a girl!” The Benefits and Consequences of ‘Female Speech’

Phoebe Dickinson-Land

Nobody wins: Child’s brutal death ended with more questions than justice

Kimberly Mata-Rubio

Kobe Bryant, “The Black Mamba”: 60 Point Farewell Game

Juan Asfura

The Loch Ness Monster as We Know It, Debunked

Faith Chapman

Online Exam Proctoring: The Dark Side of Student Privacy and Health

Azariel Del Carmen

She’s Made of Plastic, It’s Fantastic! How Barbie’s Maker Used “Imagination For Her Creation”

Eva Lizarraga

From Austrian Archduke to Mexican Emperor: How Maximilian I Lost the Mexican Empire

Paula Salinas Gonzalez

“I Will Always Love You”: The Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner Love Story

Carly Bagley

“I don’t understand what you are saying, speak English.”: Tener un acento extranjero afecta la percepción.

Lyzette Flores

The Nika Riots: A Day at the Races Turned Deadly

Aaron Sandoval

Hatshepsut: The King Herself

Amanda Gutierrez

Cupid Didn’t Kill Ingrid Escamilla, Femicide Did: Valentine’s Day Femicide Protest

Kayla Mendez

From Curiosity to an Obsession: The Sinister Evolution of the Milwaukee Cannibal

Justine Ruiz

Counting Sheep When You Can’t Sleep during COVID-19

Elizabeth Santos

The Political Involvement of Twitter

Janie Cheverie

Claudette Colvin: The Woman Who Wasn’t Rosa Parks

Abilene Solano

Tulsa Massacre 1921: Buck Colbert Franklin in the Greenwood District

Alicia Martinez

The Modern Gold Rush: Death by Greed

Rhys Kennedy

The Cry of the American Negro: Northern vs. Southern Demands for Human Rights

Alexandria Garcia

The Quest for Cuzco: A Look Into the Mythical Genesis of the Inca Empire

José Chaman

The Warren Commission Report: Conspiracy Theories Addressed on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Samuel Enriqure Vega

“Manu, that is why you do the voodoo that you do so well!”

Shriji Lalji

Contemporary Corruption: The Evolution of a Social Disease in Peru Since 1985

José Chaman

“An Absurd Delusion”: Pride, Ignorance, and America’s Deadliest Natural Disaster

Kenneth Gilley

There’s No Place Like Home, In Hollywood: The Story Behind Judy Garland

Audrey Uribe

The People vs. Angela Davis: The Black Intellect on Trial

Sydney Hardeman

The Central Park Five: How the Truth Set Them Free

Nicole Ortiz

Diana Princess of Wales: A Fairy Tale Life that Quickly Became Grim

Vanessa Quetzeri

Behind The Tapes: The Actions Taken Towards Impeaching Nixon

Thalia Romo

America’s Greatest Escape: Alcatraz

Shea Slusser

Ted Kennedy: Reputation Drowns With Victim

Charli Delmonico

Who Wants to Live Forever: Freddie Mercury’s Last Years and his Battle with AIDS

Michael Lazcano

The Brutal Murder of The Black Dahlia

Saira Locke

A Dreaded Nightmare: Reinhard Heydrich and the Start of the Holocaust

Ya Pey Hew

A Woman’s Shot at Making History: The First Female CEO of Mylan and the EpiPen

Courtney Peña

The Consequences to Conquer Freedom: The Perilous Journey of Female Migrants across the U.S. Mexico Border

Rosa Robledo Martinez

Gun Violence in America: The Sandy Hook Story

Diamond Estrada

E-Cigarettes: An Incredible Invention or Complete Catastrophy? Adam Hergenreder Shares His Catastrophic Experience

Elizabeth Guardiola

Sexual Violence as a Military Weapon in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Testimony of Victory

Wilzave Quiles Guzman

Sticks & Stones May Break My Bones, But My Words Will Build an Army Against Apartheid

Auroara-Juhl Nikkels

Eunice Carter: The Unlikely Hero Who Brought Down the Mob

Mariah Cavanaugh

Murder or “Justifiable Homicide”?: The Death of the Revolutionary Fred Hampton

Natalie Thamm

“I Have not Yet Begun to Fight”: John Paul Jones’ Greatest Victory

Christopher Hohman

The Man Who Would Not Be King: The Abdication of Edward VIII of Great Britain

Christopher Hohman

A Charlie Brown Debut: Introduction to the First ‘Peanuts’ Member of Color

Rebeca Escobar

From a Life of Luxury to a Life of Holy Poverty: St. Francis, Before the Franciscan Order

Dalton Moy

The Duchess of Windsor—How the IRS Helped Create Same Gender Marriage

Christopher Metta Bexar

From Teahouses to Trading Ports: The Scallywag Empress Ching Shih

Danielle Slaughter

RuPaul’s Influence On Drag: You Better Work!

Nadia Carrasco

Emmy Noether: Woman Contributor in Mathematics

Sarah Uhlig

Why We Should Defend Human Gene Editing

Emily Velazquez

The Notorious RBG

Alicia Guzman

ACT UP! Fight Back! Fight AIDS! The AIDS epidemic

Mariah Cavanaugh

Becoming Christine: Ex-GI Becomes Blonde Beauty

Mariah Cavanaugh

China’s Plan to Shanghai Tibet

Robert Rees

Teaching Us R.E.S.P.E.C.T.

Max Lerma

Coining Genocide: The Legacy of Raphael Lemkin

Matthew Wyatt

The Unsolved Mystery of the Zodiac Killer

Nathalie Herrera

“And most importantly, why?”: Ted Bundy’s Last Lie

Emily Jensen

Che Guevara: Road to Radical

Alexander Manibusan

Columbia University Protest of 1968: Over 700 Students Arrested

Bictor Martinez

A Lesson in Foreshadowing: The American Nullification Crisis

Greyson Addicott

The American Constitution and the Death of the “Great Experiment”

Greyson Addicott

The Brains behind the Beauty: Hedy Lamarr, Actress and Inventor

Maggie Amador

The Corpse Without Peace: Evita

Marina Castro

Investigation into the My Lai Massacre, 1968

Adrian Cook

The Pain Behind The Smile: The Robin Williams Story

Brianna Ford

The Unabomber: Ted Kaczynski

Pedro Gonzalez Aboyte

The Drive to Survive: Eva and Miriam Mozes

Rylie Kieny

Lincoln vs. Douglas: The Debates on Slavery

Luke Lopez

Robert F. Kennedy Meets The Same Fate As His Older Brother

Luis Magana

“God will protect me”: The story of Desmond Doss, a man who would never touch a gun

Gabriela Ochoa

“I’m No Hero”: The Life Saving Acts of Irena Sendler

Auroara-Juhl Nikkels

The Massacre at Columbine: How Boys Can Become Murderers

Timothy ODekirk

She Sells Seashells by the Seashore: The Story of Mary Anning

Iris Henderson

Humble Beginnings: How Microsoft Created Windows from DOS

Nathan Hudson

Boston: The Band | Tom Scholz: The Rockman

Samuel Ruiz

“The Boogey Man Took Him”: The Cannibalistic Serial Killer Albert Fish

Constancia Tijerina

Heroes Raining Down: 555th Parachute Infantry

Hannah Wilson

The Unrecognized Soldier of the Mexican Revolution: Petra Herrera and the Adelitas

Regina de la Parra

The Spoils of War: Stolen Art in WWII

Natalia Flores

The Generation War: A Teen’s Voice Heard Around the World

Hanadi Sonouper

Snow White: From Grimm Origins to Happily Ever After

Natalie Thamm

Golden Problem: Who Won Puerto Rico’s First Olympic Gold Medal?

Rafael López-Rodírguez

“This is the Zodiac Speaking:” The Serial Killer That May Never Be Found

Gabriela Serrato

The Dream that Came True: The Story of the 1992 US Olympic Basketball “Dream Team”

Joshua Breard

The Chronicle of Walt Disney and his famous sidekick Mickey Mouse

Christine Sackey

Kumari: The Living Goddess of Nepal

Samman Tyata

Twenty Years Later: JonBenet’s Unsolved Murder Case

Cherice Leach

Domesticating Victor of Aveyron: the French Mowgli

Thomas Fraire

Chasing John Wayne Gacy

Jasmine Martinez

The days leading up to John F. Kennedy’s Assassination

Jasmine Martinez

Steve Jobs: “We’ll just name it Apple…”

Maria Callejas

Cleopatra and Antony: ‘Till Death Do Us Part

Alexandria Martinez

America in the 1980s: Obsession and Romanticism over The Night Stalker

Karina Nanez

From Montgomery to Detroit: Rosa Parks

Erik Shannon

Pleasure vs. Procreation: Egyptian Women Take Control of Their Sexuality

Mariah Cavanaugh

Bloody Mary in the Mirror

Nicolas McKay

The Weapon that Changed War: U.S. Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Cameron Adelman

Fastest Man Prevails Over Evil: James “Jesse” Owens vs. Adolf Hitler

Briana Bustamante

Diego Rivera the Muralist: A Different Working Mexican

Gabriela Medrano

A Failed Gate: The Water of Scandal Flows Over Richard Nixon

Cameron Mays

The Lynching Era: The Tragic Hanging of Laura and L. D. Nelson

Gabriela Serrato

“The Most Dangerous Woman in America,” Emma Goldman

Gabriela Serrato

Game Six of the 2003 National League Championship Series: Who Is to Blame for The Cubs Loss?

Morgan Playle

Into the Comic World: Superman and American Anxieties in the Great Depression

Amanda Cantu

La Malinche: Traitor or Survivor?

Mariana Sandoval

History 101: The Founding Fathers Vs. Slavery

Roberto Tijerina

Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Conspirators of America’s First Assassination (Part I: From Kidnapping to Assassination)

Roberto Tijerina

Sic Semper Tyrannis: The Conspirators of America’s First Assassination (Part II: On the Run and Trials)

Roberto Tijerina

Civil Rights Activist: Rosa Parks

Aurora Torres

The Roaring Twenties: Flappers

Aurora Torres

Pain and Beauty Standards: Chinese Foot Binding

Karissa Aguilar

To The One I Loathe: Chicago’s 1929 St.Valentine’s Day Massacre, Part II

Celina Resendez

To The One I Loathe: Chicago’s 1929 St.Valentine’s Day Massacre, Part I

Celina Resendez

The War of the Worlds: An Attack on the Fragility of American Life

Celina Resendez

America Loves Lucy

Celina Resendez

“She’s the Man”: The Reign of Queen Hatshepsut

Soki Salazar

Our Lady of Paris

Soki Salazar